[Closed] 24" or 27" Monitor?

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And what is your budget? 1080 at 27" isn't that nice, you'd want more like 1440.

Depends on your budget, if it's a choice between a high quality 24 or a so-so 27 I'd go for the smaller. If cost isn't a factor get the larger one.

I bought a couple of Samsung 24" monitors recently, nice to use.

Stick with 24" and run your old one as a 2nd monitor for emails etc..

I wouldn't want 1920x1080 on a 27 inch panel it'll look horrible.

Get a decent IPS 24"

P.s. What's the budget?

Dont want to spend more than £150 really.

Been getting frustrated as the missus laptop only has a Fisplay Port connection and not access to admin settings. So if i adapt it, and the resolution is weird through hdmi, i cant do anything about it!

27" is too big for desktop use really, 24" is the big end of perfect imo.

P-Jay - Member
27" is too big for desktop use really

I use 28" every day and it is great. Sometimes i plug in a 24" next to it when i need a bit more space 🙂

Dont want to spend more than £150 really.

Maybe stick to 21". There may be a sub-£150 27" monitor out there, but I wouldn't expect it to be very nice to look at for very long.

27.5

When my last monitor packed up I plugged a 94cm Samsung TV into the HDMI. I liked it so much it's still connected. A good excuse to buy a bigger TV too.

I've just bought a Dell U2515H for exactly that reason. It's (another) excellent Ultrasharp Dell in my opinion. Bit over budget, but excellent 🙂

£70 extra could net you an Ultrasharp 30" if you're lucky, lost out on one last week!

But yeah, for that money look at the best 24" you can get or a second hand 27". TV's are crap (I'm running a cheapo 21" right now) and just end up causing more issues with resolution scaling and stuff.

Dell u2414h [url= http://www.nrgit.biz/product/dell-tft-monitors/dell-u2414h-24-ultrasharp-just-in-at-nrg-it-ltd.html?c=104&p=1065 ]here[/url].

They usually get stock pretty quick, they were £150 a few weeks ago when I got a couple. There is one now for £149 without stand.

Best monitor for the money. If you're serious about gaming though, you'd want a TN panel.

TV's are crap (I'm running a cheapo 21" right now) and just end up causing more issues with resolution scaling and stuff.

I'm intrigued, what horrors should or shouldn't I be seeing? It's not a cheapo TV but a mid-range 37" Samsung. Photos look great, vids play great, everything fits the screen automatically. If I put my glasses on and sit too close I can see the pixels, but everything is so big I don't need glasses and can sit back in comfort.

When I bought the replacement TV I went through the specs of TVs and monitors in the FNAC and found that for the same price a TV has a bigger screen, more pixels and a higher frequency.

27" is too big for desktop use really

27" monitor in front of me, flanked by a 20" and a 17" at the sides.
And I'd be quite happy with more space than that. 😀

But yeah, if the OP wants/needs to stick to 1080 resolution then that might be a bit too low for a 27" monitor, as it would look a bit blocky. (For reference my 27" is 2560 x 1440)

Can you go up to £240?

Aria have a Dell 28inch 4k monitor for £239 on special offer
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/28%22+Dell+Ultra+HD+4K+LED+Monitor+-+P2815Q+?productId=62778

My monitor is a 17" CRT, I think I'm in the wrong thread. 😆

My monitor is a 17" CRT

Tell the 90s I said "Hi" 😀

Dell U2412M here myself. Again +1 on an Ultrasharp. Great quality, IPS, 1920x1200 24"

About right size for my desk and use it for general office stuff and software development. Plus I have my old 18" 1800FP Dell as a second monitor, still going strong over 10 years later (and a nice IPS monitor too for its time).

27" is a fair size for a desk, unless you're looking at graphic design but I'd be wanting a higher resolution and maybe some touch features and that's going to be way over budget.

+1 for Dell 24 its really awesome, i have that and a 1440p 27" for gaming but the dell is much better for everything else and the build quality is superbe!

2 x 27" Apple displays + 1 x 24" UltraSharp + 13" MBP Retina screen on my desktop 😀

Absolutely gorgeous to view - shame I'm only using the terminal 95% of the time....

I've a couple of Dell UltraSharp U2414H 23.8 inch Widescreen IPS LCD Monitor (1920 x 1080) both with Dell AC511 USB Powered Soundbar Speakers for sale. Great monitors, I used them with my MBP on a project with a static base whicb has now finished. Email me if you are interested.

Honestly, I need to post twice how happy I am with the U2515H. £250 and 2560x1440, decent accuracy and no discernible bleed.

The bezel is really thin so if you do a dual monitor setup, it'll be as good as it gets.

I still run 2408, 2413 and 3011 Dell Ultrasharps and I think this is the best of the breed yet. Only downside is DP and HDMI connections only. I realise it doesn't fit the OPs description after re-reading his post, but I'm super happy with it and need to tell somebody (again). 😉

OP, as per my earlier post given £150 budget I'd say 24. I have a Samsung monitor but have heard good things about Dell and Asus

Well, bought a 24 based on the negative about going up to 27 with a low ppi. Bought an AOC with DP and HDMI ports, looks pretty decent, no discernable ghosting, build quality looks good and the picture is nice.

Edukator -

I bet if you hooked up to a similarly sized monitor side by side the difference would be immediately noticable.

I'll explain why - TV's display at 60hz, monitors at anything above this, usually 120Hz IIRC giving a far better display.

You can also run into problems with scaling. My TV is 1080p, my graphics card outputs at 1080p yet I still have scaling issues on the screen that mean I have to mess about in the settings to resolve (and when I do get teh full screen the text looks rubbish). This can happen on any TV, not just the Tesco specials.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying a TV is useless, what I am saying though is that given the choice you are always better off going for a monitor (you even get TV capable monitors with the required tuner these days that give you the best of both worlds).

I have a Dell U2713H on my desk and my wife a Dell U2410 on hers.

The 24 used to be mine, and I'm not particularly fussed about the extra screen real estate going to 27 has brought me. I'd say go for the best 24 you can.

Are you sure all TVs are 60hz? In the shop I noticed cheap ones were 60hz but the sky was the limit with 400hz being commonly quoted, is that something different? There are TV capable monitors and computer capable TVs it seems to me.

As for scaling, I plugged it in, Windows 8.1 found it along with the correct numbers so I clicked OK.

Hmm, looking into it you're right. Never mind that then...

The 200/400hz quoted on TVs is to do with the rate of display factoring in the processing they do to smooth out the source input. So smoothed out it's generating an image on screen at a huge rate, but the input for TV and films will always be 24fps or 50/60hz.

As for scaling, some LCD TVs are set to oversan by default, same as all CRTs did, which ends up scaling the input signal. Most decent ones now have a 1:1 mapping mode under various names, and some default to this. However for a computer the input needs to be bang on a 1080p signal else it gets scaled.

Colour calibration on TVs is different also, and many will be set up in the default over saturated mode, and will have presets for movies etc and colour temperatures set warmer than a usual PC monitor. All possible to tweak though. Some have a wider gamut and this will look very weird on a computer desktop, though good for photos, though most TVs aren't set up to use it by default as very few sources use the colour depth. Some computer monitors are also wide gamut and likewise can look odd if not used for photos.

Used a TV as a second monitor for a while 32" LCD, not as good as a proper monitor but not crap, despite having a lower Res it was great for reference and general second monitor duties (code/Excel/monitor in Premiere)

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying a TV is useless,

TV's are crap (I'm running a cheapo 21" right now) and just end up causing more issues with resolution scaling and stuff.

But for the OP if it's one the biggest, best quality one for the price, there is probably an equation for it. But in the end 3 bigger better ones will be better.

Hey, I'm nothing if not consistant.

Kenny, that sounds like what I read before. Maybe. But probably.