Want to purchase new monitor, dot pitch? lower is better or vice versa?

[SaturnX]

Hey,

I've been looking to buy an affordable 19" inch monitor, however there are numerous models each ranging in dot picth from .25 to .27 and so on. Which is better, lower or higher?

Also, does OptiQuest (which is a division of ViewSonic, I believe) make decent monitors? I'd go with a Samsung if I had the cash, but I don't have enough money to go with something like that.

Any input is appreciated.

--Mark


Edit: I've been looking at the OptiQuest Q95 (19" with .26dp diagnol), is that any good?

 

[Idoxash]

haha well lower is better for gameing i go with 0.25 or 0.23 belive me you can tell the differ from a 0.23 and 0.27 but thoes are
ok too if price is what holding you back......

 

[Shooters]

For all monitors excpet aperture grille, the pitch refers to the diagonal length between two dots of the same color (red, green, or blue). Since aperture grille monitors use stripes of color instead of dots, then the pitch is the horizontal distance between two stipes of the same color. Obviously in both cases the smaller the number the better since you'll get a finer, crisper picture. .24 mm is the standard for good monitors and a few very high end Sonys have a .22 mm stripe pitch.

 

[VBboy]

Smaller is better for crisp, sharp text, but for games or misc. low-res video apps you won't notice the difference.

Just so you know, Packard Bell used to have .29 dot pitch with their absolutely ugly, "Low Radiation"-branded monitors, and had a bubble in the center of the tube