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    Quality or Quantity

    I have roughly £250 to upgrade my 22" viewsonic as the dvi has blown. This puts me in the price range of the 23" dell ultrasharp on special offer ATM or buying a iiyama prolite 26 or 27 (or other branded large monitor).

    Main usage is gaming. No I dont have room for an eyefinity setup :

    Where would you put your money??

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    The dell.
    Simply put, with the Ultrasharps, you know where your money has gone, and will last for many years.
    (My 2004 20" widescreen Ultrasharp is now doing sterling service for my mum).
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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    Quote Originally Posted by dfour View Post
    Where would you put your money??
    I recently went from 2x 22" Samsung TN displays, which both decided to die post warranty period, to 3x 23" Dell U2311H. After seeing these IPS panels in action, gaming included, there's no way I could ever go back to TN.

    Quality over quantity any day
    My only concern is should I hide my true identity? A costume maybe?

    0iD: Plus weeing in it every now & again does it good
    scaryjim: 10" is just a little large to hold comfortably in one hand, which makes it a lot harder to tap, swipe and generally interact with.

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    Just to keep things straight.

    My 20 inch dell ultrasharp (with 3 year warrenty) lasted 3 years and 2 months.

    Aghghgh

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    Pretty much echoing my thoughts as the 24" untrsharp is a massive jump for the 1" screen size and a few extra tweaks.

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    iiyama were a fantastic monitor brand back in the CRT days; not sure what their TFTs are like though. We recently got a cheapish Benq 24" 1080p to replace a stolen television and I think it's wonderful: I don't think I'd necessarily bother with anything bigger than that though.

    The real question is: will you ever find yourself sitting there, looking at a 23" screen, and thinking . o O (wish I'd bought a 27" iiyama...)?

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    I have listed a few decent quality monitors in this thread:

    http://forums.hexus.net/graphics-car...ml#post2036956

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    Quote Originally Posted by dfour View Post
    I have roughly £250 to upgrade my 22" viewsonic as the dvi has blown. This puts me in the price range of the 23" dell ultrasharp on special offer ATM or buying a iiyama prolite 26 or 27 (or other branded large monitor).

    Main usage is gaming. No I dont have room for an eyefinity setup :

    Where would you put your money??
    For me, quality > quantity. It might not necessarily be that Dell (though I've nothing against it), but in the choice between quality 23" or cheap 'n' cheerful 27", I'd go 23".

    But I stress, it's a personal choice.

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    Not sure if you mean it as though Iiyama aren't quality - they make some of the best LCD panels you can get. The OSD and case aren't as fancy as the big names but it's what's inside that counts.

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    ^^ what Watercooled said.

    Also, I'd be more worried about pixels than anything else. 1920x1080 23" panel vs a 1920x1080 27" panel... why would you want the bigger one? If it's a 2560x1440 27" panel, then that's a different situation altogether.

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    Quote Originally Posted by watercooled View Post
    Not sure if you mean it as though Iiyama aren't quality - they make some of the best LCD panels you can get. The OSD and case aren't as fancy as the big names but it's what's inside that counts.
    I'm not sure if that "you" related to the OP, or me, as the previous poster.

    On the off chance that it relates to what I said, no, I wasn't commenting on either Iiyama in general or that particular monitor. Merely the motion of going for a quality display or mere screen space, because generally, for a given price, you'll get one or the other but not both. I certainly wouldn't comment on quality of 26/27" screens, because I've got no need for or interest in anything that big, and wouldn't buy one, period. Therefore, I know precious little about what is or isn't good, beyond a rather strong suspicion that at that price, it won't be the world's highest quality panel. .

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    I was replying to the OP, thought he might have meant it like Dell = quality, Iiyama = quantity.

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    Quote Originally Posted by watercooled View Post
    I was replying to the OP, thought he might have meant it like Dell = quality, Iiyama = quantity.
    I thought you were, but the way I read it was ambiguous so thought I'd cover it anyway.

    I agree, by the way. Both companies do monitors in, relatively speaking, both camps.

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    Re: Quality or Quantity

    Quality for me. I went from a 20" Dell 2007wfp (sat gathering dust at the moment) to a Dell U2311H. I have looked at cheaper, larger TN panels but they lack the colour depth and quality that i`m used to having had 2 very good IPS monitors.

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