Weekend Open Forum: What kind of monitor do you use?

Dell U2312HM 23" 1920x1080 IPS. Dell warranty is amazing (Ultrasharp line gets premium warranty for 3 years; 0 dead/bright pixels and next day replacement). My next one will probably be an U2713HM, but the resolution (and the price) is a little on the high side and I would need a better GPU, so I'm happy for the moment (1080p is perfect for Blu-ray/tv shows anyway).
 
I almost don't know where to begin, which heralds the arrival of my not knowing where to stop.;)

My favorite-ist monitor is an HP ZR24w 24" IPS CCFL backlight @ 350 nits, 1920 x 1200, (16:10) It's big, bright, and spot on in color.

Next comes an 8 year old Westinghouse (!) TN 1680 x 1050
It's bright, and the color is good enough to edit photos with. Best TN panel I've ever used. (Yes, the best, believe it or not).

I bought a Samsung 22" same resolution, with a pivot stand for vertical use. The viewing angle wasn't quite as good as the Westie, and the color balance was so way too green, I shoved it in a box, in the backroom, where it remains. Despite Samsung's reputation, the only thing I've ever gotten really good from them or Toshiba, was their old VCRs, which were stellar and wore like iron. This monitor forced me to buy the Dell to follow:

Number 3, is a Dell 23" IPS, 1080p which I use vertically on my call Techspot computer.

This is the "new" 6 bit IPS panel. It really isn't anywhere near as good as my HP. Dell is claiming 270 nits brightness, and (IMHO), it's kinda dull. The whites never "pop", and the brightness needs to be pegged. Although this is a CCFL backlight, I consider it to be a harbinger of the new cheapie IPS / LEDs. They're doubtless 6 bit panels, and on paper they aren't as bright as this one.

I also have an old Toyo 24" MVA 1920 x 1200 which is decent and gets pressed into service when I have to setup an extra desk top.

Then, I have an Acer G276HL Ddb, 27" 1080p, MVA LED @300 nits (!)
I grabbed this on sale @ $199.95, maybe 6 months ago.

(This Acer series should be decent, the 2 bills was a promo release price. It only has DVI, no HDMI, which obviously helped to bring the price down).

One day I really should pop this out of the box and see if it works. Or then again, maybe I don't want to find out, as the 30 day return period has long expired. Hell, it's liable to be out of warranty before I get it out and test it...:D
 
I recently bought Dell U2713HM and I love it, especially the resolution is great, I can't imagine going back to 'just' 1080p monitor.
 
Dell U2412M, 24" 1920x1200. Amazing image quality and even good for gaming.
I'm very sorry to see 16:10 slowly being phased out, 16:9 1080p makes me sad.
 
I bought DELL U3014 in April 2013, and have been supremely happy with it. It gave me no trouble, so I would disregard somewhat not too high rating it received on Amazon.

It takes a decent graphic card to feed this monster, so I purchased nVidia GTX 780 back then, and it handles most games pretty well at the maximum 2560x1600.

As of this day, 2560x1600 still remains the king of the practical resolution in both 2D and gaming, because higher resolution monitors are not ready for prime time yet, they cost way too much, and have no decent support by OS-s or applications or even the hardware.
 
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Samsung SyncMaster 226BW. It's an older 22" monitor. But it's still looking good after all these years. 1680x1050
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Me too - knocks the spots off the shoddy 24" LG Flatron that I use for work (company supplied). It's developed a sort of dead-pixel so I'm in the market for something bigger (27 maybe) but with the same quality/speed etc (or I just go for the Oculus Rift). 1680*1050 is plenty enough pixels to push my pair of 560Tis in some games so I'm in no hurry to move up to a higher (native) resolution
 
VitalyT said:
I bought DELL U3014 in April 2013, and have been supremely happy with it. It gave me no trouble, so I would disregard somewhat not too high rating it received on Amazon.

It takes a decent graphic card to feed this monster, so I purchased nVidia GTX 780 back then, and it handles most games pretty well at the maximum 2560x1600.

As of this day, 2560x1600 still remains the king of the practical resolution in both 2D and gaming, because higher resolution monitors are not ready for prime time yet, they cost way too much, and have no decent support by OS-s or applications or even the hardware.
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Seems a sensible option for a high end system. 4k monitors are far too expensive for the average person and the refresh rate is very low. Add to that the cost of graphic card/cards you need to spend in the region of £4k.


I am pleased to see that you have pointed out which GPU is powering your monitor. Clearly with the multitude of monitor standards it would be useful if someone could produce some tables giving guidelines on suitable monitor/GPU configurations.
 
Half a dozen Dell 3008's for a few years now. Waiting for the Dell 4K stuff to drop massively in price ;)
 
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Half a dozen Dell 3008's for a few years now. Waiting for the Dell 4K stuff to drop massively in price ;)
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Not just in price, but also in weight and consumption. The current UP3214Q is too heavy, compared to otherwise similar DELL 3014, and just eats up power, without good reason. I know 4K needs more power, but not like that.

If that wasn't bad enough, UP3214Q is 2 monitors pretending to be one, which causes additional compatibility issues, clear cheat by DELL.

When they get this right by end of this year there should be proper connectivity with DisplayPort 1.3 and HDMI 2.0. I think that buying any of the current 4K monitors is a bad investment on many levels, it is only for people who do not count money for the hardware.
 
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Currently running three BenQ GW2760s in my home office. Each has a resolution of 1080p which is fine for me and less taxing on my GPU for gaming, plus the VA panel is surprisingly accurate and good-looking compared to TN
 
Being 55 years old with reduced vision, I have recently bought a cheap Samsung 40" TV that I use !
Viewing distance approx 2 feet - more when watching movies, etc. Resolution: 1920x1080
 
In this case (by definition) a monitor is a device to display content from your computer. That being the case the only monitor I have is my Sony KDF-60XS955. It's about 8 years old but does a fine job. Defiantly more of a Home Media set-up but I use it for all of my computer viewing/gaming.
 
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With all the "my monitor is bigger than your monitor" going on in this thread, Im surprised no ones actually said, err excuse me guys, I don't have a monitor!

I ditched monitors in favor of laptops several years ago. I insist on high resolution displays on my laptops. A few years ago, I purchased a 24" 1080p dell monitor to plug the laptop into but sold it a couple of months later, as it didn't offer much of a benefit over the laptop screen.

Again, we only use laptops and tablets in our household for our computing requirements.
 
20" 1600x1200 Samsung monitor and another 22" (I think) 1080p Samsung monitor which I like less (because it's can't tilt and the TN discolouration is visible).
 
"With all the "my monitor is bigger than your monitor" going on in this thread, Im surprised no ones actually said, err excuse me guys, I don't have a monitor!"

Don't feed the troll!...must...resist..!!!
 
gcarter said:
With all the "my monitor is bigger than your monitor" going on in this thread, Im surprised no ones actually said, err excuse me guys, I don't have a monitor!

I ditched monitors in favor of laptops several years ago. I insist on high resolution displays on my laptops. A few years ago, I purchased a 24" 1080p dell monitor to plug the laptop into but sold it a couple of months later, as it didn't offer much of a benefit over the laptop screen.

Again, we only use laptops and tablets in our household for our computing requirements.
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Well I have a Dell laptop for work and that is connected to a pair of 22" Dell monitors at work. I use all three screens and I would love to have larger monitors. At home I use an old 19" 4:3 monitor but I hope to upgrade later this year.
 
Currently using two Asus vg-247 24" monitor. Wanted ultrasharp but that was too much. Will revisit issue when monitors die.
 
Dell 3007WFP-HC 30 inch, about 6 years old now and absolutely Love it.@ 2560 x 1600 its hard to game on anything else..it will die before I jump to 4K , but pretty sure my next will be 4K.my backup rig which I use regularly as well is a 32 inch Visio tv@ 1920 x 1080 ,was dirt cheap as a wallmart demo.does the job. any bigger I think would take away from the experience IMO...the 65 inch 3d tv.is ok for some games . and the blueray movies.
 
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I use BenQ and ASUS high-speed rigs. The catch to me is I get headaches at 60Hz. 75-80 and the headaches go away. So all of my monitors are basically 120Hz units or more. Currently my gaming rig uses a 144Hz ASUS 1080 monitor. I'd love to find one in 1440 vertical pixels and/or IPS with high-speed for gaming, etc. But I'm also a rare duck. Not looking forward to 4k rigs cause many of them drop to 30Hz even or barely 60Hz so until they really get those models cookin, it'll be slow for me unfortunately.
 
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