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If you're a bit paranoid about quality/support for some of the cheaper 27" monitors out there a good compromise is to wait for the Dell U2713HM to be on sale. It's regularly 30% off which brings it down to ~$500 (+ GST in Australia, AUD and USD are comparable). I'm happy with mine!
How does it work with the Apple Dual Link display adapter?
Am I the only one who would rather see more work around thinner bezels for better multi-mon experiences? Seeems like all the large panels have at least an inch to inch and a half bezel space; two next to each other and the non-lit area get obstructive.
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/pc-peripherals/monitors/g... check these out
These 27" 1440p displays are still only 110 PPI. Compared to tablet screens surpassing 300 PPI, reading on lcd monitors becomes so painful when you get spoiled on those tablet screens. I'll be interested in 1440p when the displays hit 22 - 24" inch range and the PPI approaches 150. I'd really like to wait for 4k resolution displays to take off, and get shrunk down to 27". That would be much more reasonable pixel dens…
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Get the Asus PA248Q. It's a calibrated IPS monitor, 24" 1920x1200 (i.e. 16:10). I have one and it's great.
I have both an HP LP2475w (24" 1920x1200, IPS) and a 27" 2560x1440 monitor--the same resolution as mentioned here. (I didn't want to deal with potential dead pixels and scaling issues, so I forked over the $700 for the Asus PB278Q instead of buying the off-brand.) Honestly, I hate using my HP now. It's a great monitor, but the 2560x1440 resolution on the Asus is amazing . Side by side, the Asus knocks the HP out of t…
Microcenter sells one @ $399 with the same warranty but has DVI/HDMI/VGA/DisplayPort. I'm assuming same panel as it is also IPS LED. http://www.microcenter.com/product/384780/EQ276W_27_IPS_LED_...
> Microcenter sells one @ $399 with the same warranty No, according to your link Microcenter is selling with a one year warranty. The OP article indicates Monoprice will use a three year warranty. I wonder how likely a monitor like this is to fail in year two or three.
> As you've come to expect from Monoprice, we stand behind our products and offer a full 1 year warranty, which is at least 3-4 times what is offered by other monitor manufacturers.
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Really? I find that it works significantly better then the crazy Apple approach. Not a single problem with it.
Crazy? What is apple's approach? Windows' approach is by just upscaling each window, which makes things blurry. Linux' approach is by letting you set the DPI in dozens of config files (eg one for GTK+, one for QT, ...), but at least the end result looks "reasonably" what you want.
The Apple approach is some kind of misguided middle ground. Applications are fooled in to thinking that they are rendering on a "normal" sized screen but they are actually rendering 2x2 blocks for every single pixel. Then the whole screen is resized in to whatever resolution that it actually has.
Lets say you pick the "Looks like 1920 by 1200" option (why not just give me a percent scale?). The app thinks it's rendering at 1920 x 1200, it's actually rendering at 3840 x 2400, and then the thing gets scaled down to 2880 x 1800.
Can't you just let the damn app render at the actual resolution of the screen and give it a percentage scale?
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I really like 16:10, not sure why 16:9 is so much more common.
16:9 are physically smaller and use less material yet able to maintain the same screen size specification as a 16:10 monitor. Hence such difference is often missed/ignored by the ordinary customer and hence manufacturers are able to get away with this. In other words, 16:9 monitors == higher profit margins
It sucks, because I like 16:10 too.
27" is too big for my desk and would rather not have to move my head side to side to see everything.