Need A ~0.27mm Dot Pitch Monitor

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Bought a state of the art 2408WFP just 18 months ago and suddenly it seems all 1920x1200 monitors have disappeared off the face of the planet??? My second monitor broke so I need one that has very similar dot pitch so things don't look wrong. Anything between 0.265 and 0.275 should be okay. I think these are the normal combinations (from wikipedia):

21.0" @ 1680x1050 - 0.269mm (Rare)
23.0" @ 1920x1080 - 0.265mm (Uncommon)
23.6" @ 1920x1080 - 0.272mm (Rare)
24.0" @ 1920x1200 - 0.27mm (Uncommon)

Needs to have DVI as well, anyone know a good sub £200 1920x1200? Most places seem to be doing 21.5" or 24" @ 1920x1080 which would be way wrong and I couldn't span a window across the two monitors.

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Oh and I'd rather have one without any glossy finish bollocks on it.

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I would look at these monitors:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/162989

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/24-LG...itor-Black-DVI

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160281

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150970

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173932

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/24-Sa...cd-m-5-ms-VESA

The Philips 240SW9FS looks OK for under £175 and is not glossy:

http://www.consumer.philips.com/c/pc...9fs_05/prd/ie/

However the 24" monitors under £200 are going to use a TN type panel unlike the S-PVA type used in the Dell 2408WFP.

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Thanks a lot! I guess this will all have the exact same TN panels in?

I've been reading around and they seem to be 72% gamut (why don't manufactuers list this number on their sites? imo it's the most important one), 2ms Grey, 5ms Typ. I think my Dell is 112% and 6ms Typ. The low gamut is okay as these will mainly be used for just windows/folders. So...

I'm not being ungrateful but one of those was a duplicate, one ex-display and one had no DVI... so I'm left with:

Philips 240SW9FS/05 @ £173 - Grey
LG W2452TX-PF @ £178 - Glossy
Samsung SM2433BW @ £200 - Glossy

So at the moment it looks like the Phillips. I'd rather have a black diffuse plastic bezel but you can't always have what you want! Any other suggestions before I part with my cash? Thanks!

[jim]

Thanks a lot! I guess this will all have the exact same TN panels in?

I've been reading around and they seem to be 72% gamut (why don't manufactuers list this number on their sites? imo it's the most important one), 2ms Grey, 5ms Typ. I think my Dell is 112% and 6ms Typ. The low gamut is okay as these will mainly be used for just windows/folders. So...

I'm not being ungrateful but one of those was a duplicate, one ex-display and one had no DVI... so I'm left with:

Philips 240SW9FS/05 @ £173 - Grey
LG W2452TX-PF @ £178 - Glossy
Samsung SM2433BW @ £200 - Glossy

So at the moment it looks like the Phillips. I'd rather have a black diffuse plastic bezel but you can't always have what you want! Any other suggestions before I part with my cash? Thanks!

The non-glossy version of the Samsung is the SM2443BW, but that's about £230 - more than your budget allows... I think your budget is a little bit optimistic, that's probably why you're struggling to find suitable candidates. I will buy either the SM2443BW or a 24" Dell next year I reckon, the best TN 24" displays from what I've seen so far.

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The non-glossy version of the Samsung is the SM2443BW, but that's about £230 - more than your budget allows... I think your budget is a little bit optimistic, that's probably why you're struggling to find suitable candidates. I will buy either the SM2443BW or a 24" Dell next year I reckon, the best TN 24" displays from what I've seen so far.

So just to have a non-glossy finish it's £30 extra? Surely it must have something else extra too... I don't think my budget is that optimistic considering you can get this nice 2048x1152 one for £180. And plenty of 1920x1080 ones for £130-£150.

[jim]

So just to have a non-glossy finish it's £30 extra? Surely it must have something else extra too... I don't think my budget is that optimistic considering you can get this nice 2048x1152 one for £180. And plenty of 1920x1080 ones for £130-£150.

You pay a premium for 1920x1200 as things stand, 1080p panels are all the rage

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You pay a premium for 1920x1200 as things stand, 1080p panels are all the rage

Well... they are obviously gonna be more. If you can get a 1080p for £150 you would expect a 1200 one to sell for about £167 (+11%)...

Anyone who buys a 1080p monitor should be shot! These people are killing off the good monitors!

Will take a look around a bit more otherwise it's gonna be the grey Philips there.

[jim]

Well... they are obviously gonna be more. If you can get a 1080p for £150 you would expect a 1200 one to sell for about £167 (+11%)...

It's not so much the additional pixels, it's the fact that all people want is "1080p" so the production on them has been ramped up and unless you're a professional who wants an IPS/PVA screen the assumption is that you want 1080p. As a result, there aren't that many TN 1920x1200 panels on the market and so prices rise out of proportion.

Pain in the arse, but it's just the way it is.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Also the fact is that it is cheaper to make a 1920X1080 panel as most widescreen TVs also are 16:9 ratio nowadays and the panels for both the TVs and computer monitors can be made in the same factories.