Recommendations wanted for new 24" monitor
It's not specifically Linux but it is computers. My Dell 2001FP is beginning to show its age so I'm after a new monitor, the 'sweet point' for me seems to be a 24" wide screen running 1920x1600 as the current Dell runs at 1600x1200 so the new one would be similar but a little wider. I need two inputs (VGA and DVI-D/HDMI), I don't really need speakers. So has anyone here got something like this and/or bought one recently? Any ideas or recommendations would be most welcome. I'd like to keep the price below £200. My current front runner is the LG W2452TX which is £169 from CCL. -- Chris Green
At work I've recently been given a Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS its got VGA, DVI and HDMI but its "only" 1920x1080 and seems to cost a bit more then the screens you've been looking at but I can't fault it. I can't decide if its better then using two Dell 19" monitors though. Dennis
Dennis Dryden wrote:
At work I've recently been given a Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS its got VGA, DVI and HDMI but its "only" 1920x1080 and seems to cost a bit more then the screens you've been looking at but I can't fault it.
I can't decide if its better then using two Dell 19" monitors though.
I had that problem when I switched from two aging 17"'s to a 22" (1680x1050) The short answer is it is better for some things and worse for others :) I ended up reusing one of my 17" screens as a 2nd head, the 17's are not widescreen but the change in aspect works out better than you would think (or at least does with twinview) I find that with a bit of height adjustment the 17" (1280x1024) pretty much lines up with the desktop between the gnome panel and taskbar on the 22" so if I disable those on the second screen it mostly looks ok. Of course when dragging an app between the two it shrinks a bit but this isn't so noticeable. Those are both connected via DVI, but I have the VGA from the 2nd screen floating under the desk. So if I need to fire up another machine I just prod nvidia-settings in a way that flips me back to single head and I can use the 17 as a VGA display on another machine.
On 11 Nov 17:48, Chris G wrote:
It's not specifically Linux but it is computers.
My Dell 2001FP is beginning to show its age so I'm after a new monitor, the 'sweet point' for me seems to be a 24" wide screen running 1920x1600 as the current Dell runs at 1600x1200 so the new one would be similar but a little wider.
I need two inputs (VGA and DVI-D/HDMI), I don't really need speakers.
So has anyone here got something like this and/or bought one recently?
Any ideas or recommendations would be most welcome. I'd like to keep the price below £200. My current front runner is the LG W2452TX which is £169 from CCL.
Assuming that the LG one is similar to my telly, it'll be fantastic value... (my telly is a 22" LG at 1920x1080, and is lovely as a monitor too). At work I have 2 22" Iiyama ProLite E2208HDS which should be around that same price range and are also 1920x1080. They're very nice monitors too. Cheers, -- Brett Parker
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:07:31AM +0000, Brett Parker wrote:
On 11 Nov 17:48, Chris G wrote:
It's not specifically Linux but it is computers.
My Dell 2001FP is beginning to show its age so I'm after a new monitor, the 'sweet point' for me seems to be a 24" wide screen running 1920x1600 as the current Dell runs at 1600x1200 so the new one would be similar but a little wider.
I need two inputs (VGA and DVI-D/HDMI), I don't really need speakers.
So has anyone here got something like this and/or bought one recently?
Any ideas or recommendations would be most welcome. I'd like to keep the price below £200. My current front runner is the LG W2452TX which is £169 from CCL.
Assuming that the LG one is similar to my telly, it'll be fantastic value... (my telly is a 22" LG at 1920x1080, and is lovely as a monitor too).
Yes, we have an LG television too, and like it. That's one of the reasons that the LG is quite high on my list of possibles.
At work I have 2 22" Iiyama ProLite E2208HDS which should be around that same price range and are also 1920x1080. They're very nice monitors too.
My son has an Iiyama around that size which he likes. I suspect that almost any monitor with the right spec. is going to be OK nowadays, there don't seem to be any real lemons. There's only two manufacturers of the actual screens I believe. -- Chris Green
2009/11/12 Chris G <cl@isbd.net>:
I suspect that almost any monitor with the right spec. is going to be OK nowadays, there don't seem to be any real lemons. There's only two manufacturers of the actual screens I believe.
It depends how close you sit to the screen. I have a Dell 2007FP (1600x1200) and I can see it flickering when displaying large blocks of dark colours. An old dilemma is back - matt or shiny. Shiny screens tend to have better colour, but the reflections put us back in the bad old days of CRTs. Tim.
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