24" suggestions?

[WhiteGiant]

I'm looking to get a 24" monitor soon, but I'd like to be able to watch TV too.

I was thinking of this one : http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158375

Any other suggestions?

[Singh400]

The one you linked to is a 23"....

I've got the Dell E248WFP brilliant screen imo.

[matty-hodgson]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158908

what about this?

[DanceswithUnix]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158908

what about this?

I have the version with DVI inputs, and whilst it is a fantastic monitor it rather lacks the Freeview tuner I think he wanted.

OTOH, the OP could put the money saved towards a TV to hang on the wall in addition to his shiny new monitor and then have the option of using both at the same time

[WhiteGiant]

Yeah, I had thought about getting separates, but I lack space.

[jim]

What about a standard 24" monitor and a PCI TV tuner?

[WhiteGiant]

That is a possibility I suppose, I'll have to have a look around.

[this_is_gav]

The 23" monitors good value for what they are, but pretty crap compared to a screen with a decent panel. You've also got to consider that it's going to look very long. Most applications benefit from extra height than width, so other than films and certain new games, chances are you're losing out to a 24".

Some older games won't work too well with the 16:9 ratio either, as it's relatively new to mainstream PCs (some of the less popular ones still won't work with 16:10 properly!).

A 24" will allow you a standard (PC) widescreen resolution, and any TV or videos which are 16:9 will just have tiny black bars (60 pixels each) at the top and bottom of the screen. You're losing nothing, there's just a bit of screen not being used.

Unless the use is almost exclusively media, I'd go with the 24".

The cheaper 24" monitors with TN panels will be the same quality as the 23" screens. The more expensive 24" monitors with decent S-PVA, MVA, S-IPS or H-IPS panels are obviously preferred, but carry a not-insignificant premium... consider one if you're going to be editing photos or the like though.

[DanceswithUnix]

Agreed, but personally the Samsung 2048x1152 panel was just more than I could resist.

48 vertical pixels down on the 1920x1200 panels.
More pixels overall.
Cheap (and most people REALLY like that bit).

I agree that 16:10 is the better and established standard, but I suspect that the choice of 16:9 for blu-ray will, ultimately, push 1920x1200 into an expensive fringe position and future games will be optimised for 1080p aspect ratio because that will be the main market.

My 2048x1152 (twice 576p resolution) is a slightly oddball choice, but so far I am very happy with it.

Someone at work bought one and he is a keen photographer. When he comes back from holiday I shall be interested to hear how he got on with calibrating the display for photo use.

[peterb]

I bought this recently

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MO-028-NE

I am very pleased with (I use it with a freeview box for TV and just switch inputs when I use it as a monitor) It has gone up in price in the last month or so, but is occasionally on offer (it was when I bought it)

[aidanjt]

1152 is plenty vertical pixel space anyway, but having more horizontal pixels is much more useful for having multiple windows open side-by-side. Particularly with the way modern software is being designed.

[schmunk]

I bought this recently

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MO-028-NE

I am very pleased with (I use it with a freeview box for TV and just switch inputs when I use it as a monitor) It has gone up in price in the last month or so, but is occasionally on offer (it was when I bought it)

I hear that this is occasionally on offer. Was it when you bought it?

[peterb]

I hear that this is occasionally on offer. Was it when you bought it?

Yes!

[schmunk]

Yes!

Hey, no fair, you edited my post - cheat, cheat, cheat!

[WhiteGiant]

Thanks for the suggestion Peterb (I remember you from back when I used to browse Ars!), but thats a little rich for my tastes.

I'm now considering a decent monitor only (without TV etc). I currently have a great monitor but I'm thinking its a little small as I'm finding myself using my overly expensive system as a media centre for a good 80% of the time.

[peterb]

Hey, no fair, you edited my post - cheat, cheat, cheat!

Moi???!

Thanks for the suggestion Peterb (I remember you from back when I used to browse Ars!), but thats a little rich for my tastes.

I'm now considering a decent monitor only (without TV etc). I currently have a great monitor but I'm thinking its a little small as I'm finding myself using my overly expensive system as a media centre for a good 80% of the time.

No, not cheap - but I have used NEC monitors before (and Mitsubishi before that - who own NEC) and they are good - with a good warranty.

(Not sure about Ars - might have been a different Peterb!)