1920x1200 or 1920x1080?

[aidanjt]

1920x1200. The little bit of extra pixel headroom helps.

[aidanjt]

Aye, a 24 inch is nice to watch films on but its still nowere near as good as watching it on a proper TV

I don't know how you work that one out, when monitors have far higher pixel count per square inch. Even the best 42" telly is a heap of turd compared to the best 30" monitors, in every respect.

[shaithis]

I don't know how you work that one out, when monitors have far higher pixel count per square inch. Even the best 42" telly is a heap of turd compared to the best 30" monitors, in every respect.

It's because of optimal viewing distances and what the human eye can perceive.

A VERY high quality 30" screen with a native 2560x1600 resolution isn't going to look better then a 42" screen at native 1280x768 resolution unless you are sat with your nose almost touching the screen.

You need to take viewing distance into account, hence my post was talking about horses for courses. A PC monitor is designed to be sat right in front of (hence it needs the higher resolutions), a TV is designed to be sat at a distance from.

I have the following screens in my house:

Dell 2405
Dell 3007
Panasonic TH42PX7B
Panasonic TH50PHD8

And I would never watch a film on the LCDs, even though they are the only screens with enough pixels to show HD films without downscaling them somewhat. All video looks infinitely better on the TVs.

[aidanjt]

Yes, the crap video quality is obscured with distances of over 10 feet. But the quality is still crap. Monitors are superior in every respect.

[shaithis]

Yes, the crap video quality is obscured with distances of over 10 feet. But the quality is still crap. Monitors are superior in every respect.

No they are not lol.

How can you say it's superior when the image looks better on the TV?

That's like saying that a Ferrari is superior to a transit van when you need it to move bricks.

Horses for courses. Use a device for the purpose it is best for, a monitor is not best for viewing video/films unless you are sat 2 feet away.....how many people do you know who watch films from those viewing distances?

[aidanjt]

How can you say it's superior when the image looks better on the TV?

Because it doesn't. My PS3 looks like a heap of **** hooked up to our TV. Plugged into my monitor it looks gorgeous. It doesn't matter if I'm staring at the XMB, or playing games, or watching movies. It all looks far better on my monitor, the colours are more refined, the picture is far sharper, there's just no comparison.

[magneticman]

Bit of a generalisation to say all monitors are better than televisions or vice versa, there are crap monitors and there are good monitors; just like there are crap TVs and good ones - but, my uncle has a full HD Pioneer plasma (might be a Kuro, but i'm not sure) and the quality is mind blowing, I'd like to see a monitor show as much detail in dark areas as one example.

[allyb]

pios are nice
yes I think I will probably go for the 1200. Maybe I should stretch to the 26 inch instead of 24 but just worried going above 24 with a tn panel. :/

[Pob255]

Viewing distance to screen size chat
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/09...o-screen-size/

[explicit4u]

For watching movies or just desktop usage, 1920x1080 should be fine as it will not have any black lines while watching wide-screen/Full HD content. However a 1920x1200 is great for gaming, and multiple windows but not as good for watching movies, especially if you hate the black bars running along the top/bottom of the screen.

[Singh400]

1920x1200 - those extra pixels come in handy. Plus gaming at 1920x1200 is something to behold too

[explicit4u]

1920x1200 - those extra pixels come in handy. Plus gaming at 1920x1200 is something to behold too

Exactly, 1920x1200 is a very sexy res, the amount of detail and the quality is just immense, once you go 1920x1200 there is no going back (unless you dual+ screen)

[allyb]

yeah im thinking that now, can always change aspect ratio like i do on my tv
any recommendations for 24-26' tft monitors preferably with usb/speakers and hdmi?

[explicit4u]

yeah im thinking that now, can always change aspect ratio like i do on my tv
any recommendations for 24-26' tft monitors preferably with usb/speakers and hdmi?

Specific Price range?

[Pob255]

However for gameing thoes few extra pixels also eat up more gpu power
2.304million to 2.0736million or 10% more
So you may even want to consider dropping down to a 22" (1.764million), esp if you run a tv for movie watching.
Will be dependent on games played, graphics card and what you're happy with as playable fps.

EDIT: oh and i'd not bother with monitor speakers (one area tv's are better for is the speaker quality) I'd consider a seperate speaker set, even cheap surround sound 5.1 speakers will be better than monitor speakers.

[explicit4u]

EDIT: oh and i'd not bother with monitor speakers (one area tv's are better for is the speaker quality) I'd consider a seperate speaker set, even cheap surround sound 5.1 speakers will be better than monitor speakers.

Yeah monitor speakers are seriously rubbish, TV's (especially Samsung) speakers are really good.