If you had £1200 to Spend on a Monitor.............

[tombull]

If you've got £1200 to spend on a a screen, I say definitely go for a 30inch now. You're looking at a good few years before affordable OLEDs of that size and resolution. Depends what you do with your screen, but for all-round stuff, a 30incher can't be beat. At the moment, I use a Dell 3007WFP-HC flanked by 2 x 2001FP (20inch 4:3) screens. I managed to find the 30 inch screen less than £800 'refurbished' a couple of years back and it has been perfect for me.

I've also been using a 3x 24inch setup at work. This is good for programming, but not so good for certain other stuff, where the 30inch screen wins (photo-editing, games). I think its definitely important to have more than one screen even if you have a 30 inch, as screen-borders provide a natural division between applications, so if you're using one or two apps on your main screen - you can still have outlook open on a second screen for example.

Also it's all about IPS screens if you have any desire to rotate them (v. useful for certain apps). Don't bother with anything less!

[Syd]

If you've got £1200 to spend on a a screen, I say definitely go for a 30inch now. You're looking at a good few years before affordable OLEDs of that size and resolution. Depends what you do with your screen, but for all-round stuff, a 30incher can't be beat. At the moment, I use a Dell 3007WFP-HC flanked by 2 x 2001FP (20inch 4:3) screens. I managed to find the 30 inch screen less than £800 'refurbished' a couple of years back and it has been perfect for me.

I've also been using a 3x 24inch setup at work. This is good for programming, but not so good for certain other stuff, where the 30inch screen wins (photo-editing, games). I think its definitely important to have more than one screen even if you have a 30 inch, as screen-borders provide a natural division between applications, so if you're using one or two apps on your main screen - you can still have outlook open on a second screen for example.

Also it's all about IPS screens if you have any desire to rotate them (v. useful for certain apps). Don't bother with anything less!

You are spot on, the 30 will give me the one screen real estate I crave - so it's just deciding between the Dell and the NEC

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I have used a 30" Apple Studio Display and they are fantastic for image editing and the amount of desktop space they provide as a result of the greater number of pixels they have over most smaller screens too.Also icons and text won't appear too small unlike with smaller high resolution displays.

The OP could also have a dual monitor setup too and this is fantastic if you have multiple windows open.