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Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390

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Re: Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390

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Post by gcr »

Negitivefrags wrote: post #51
wmf wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

High-DPI doesn't work in Windows (officially it does work, but if you try it you'll find that every app is broken), so that's effectively an unsellable product.

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.

Re: Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390

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Post by nmcfarl »

justin66 wrote: post #76
justin66 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

I am mystified as to why someone deemed that correction worthy of a downvote?

Honestly, I down vote on the iPhone all the time, by accident. I'd assume that if I was you...

Re: Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390

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Post by justin66 »

nmcfarl wrote: post #82
justin66 wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am mystified as to why someone deemed that correction worthy of a downvote?

Honestly, I down vote on the iPhone all the time, by accident. I'd assume that if I was you...

Ah, interesting. Thanks.

Re: Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390

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Post by wmf »

trustfundbaby wrote: post #59
jsankey wrote: post #13

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?

With modern monitors you might as well skip the dongle and go DisplayPort.

Re: Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390

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Post by wmf »

wasd wrote: post #80
turtlebits wrote: post #15

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_...

I've followed this a bit by googling, reading posts and checking slickdeals and it doesn't output the 2560 resolution on anything but dual-link dvi and display port.

Those are the only protocols that can handle the resolution. It's not a product limitation, it's just a law of nature.

Re: Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390

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Post by GIFtheory »

wmf wrote: post #26
Osiris wrote: post #16

I hope this is a trend towards higher resolution monitors and displays in general.

It's not. Monitor resolution peaked in 2004 and then went down. Also, much of the cost reduction since then appears to be due to quality reduction, not efficiency.

Actually, most of the cost reduction is probably due to LCD manufacturers getting busted for price fixing: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/november/lcd-price-fixi....

Re: Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390

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Post by rogerbinns »

ars wrote: post #57
rogerbinns wrote: post #47

Dear display industry, Please please please increase vertical resolution. I look back on the days of 16:10 fondly and wish we could end up back there or better.

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 a 28" and a 24" both running 1920x1200 so that wouldn't be an upgrade. I think I bought almost the last monitors running at that resolution! I'd be happy replacing the 24" with something larger but it looks like the 27" 16:9 will actually be less vertical space.

My monitors are CCFL so they use a lot of power hence the desire to replace them eventually.

Re: Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390

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Post by timc3 »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #37
StavrosK wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for your reply. I just bought a new nVidia card (GTX 650 Ti) and it doesn't include a DisplayPort, so it looks like I'm out of luck on this :/ Thanks anyway!

To clarify, I am driving my display over Dual link DVI from my Nvidia GTX-660. The resolution limitation is specific to both the HD4000 + HDMI/DVI. That ebay listing indicates that GTX 4xx's and 5xx's are supported. I would suspect yours will be fine.

No, the HDMI spec is restricted in the resolutions that it supports, it's nothing to do with the HD4000, which could be a separate issue

Re: Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390

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Post by rogerbinns »

mixmastamyk wrote: post #52
rogerbinns wrote: post #47

Dear display industry, Please please please increase vertical resolution. I look back on the days of 16:10 fondly and wish we could end up back there or better.

Put the monitor in portrait mode, awesome for code and browsing ... just about anything that isn't a movie.

That requires having a stand that can accommodate the monitor that orientation - something neither of my existing displays can do. And you've just moved the problem around since a wider display would still be preferable.

I'd be really happy with three huge 4:3 displays but that will never happen.

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