27" asus monitor for everyday computer use?

[SNAAKE]

good idea..bad idea? anyone use something like this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236080
this one is on sale.

using a 22" samsung but its 1680x1050. could use a FULL HD monitor right about now.

[SavannahLion]

Depends on what you consider "every day use". For me, every day use generally consists of writing code, reading documentation related to that code, watching video lessons and crazy amounts of porn*.  I don't play games very much on my PC in this day and age unless it's for testing (MAME) or a few rounds of retro gaming. And I most certainly don't watch movies on my monitor unless I'm working with it. Only reason I would go bigger screen is to pack more information ie code or documents, into the screen real estate. I wouldn't up it for the porn because most of those people are pretty skanky and you wouldn't want to be turned off by giant images of someone's sores.




*Not really. I don't have time for porn and I'd rather get my knocks off with my wife anyways.

[SNAAKE]

talking about web surfing, youtube, photoshop, making useless flash stuff, video production, etc etc..

I am just worried about a 27" monitor having a blurry screen or something. but there is no signal processing. it says 1080p native resolution. as long as I set my video card to that should work. still doing my research.

[whammoed]

You can get that same resolution on smaller monitors.  I've heard for PC use, the 27" 1080p doesn't look so great.  Bigger pixels relatively speaking.  Might be better off getting the 24" and saving a few bucks.   I have neither, just passing on what I've read.

[MonMotha]

Above 25" or so, I'd demand 2560x1600 (WQSVGA) or similar for day-to-day computer monitor applications, but then I find anything less than about 130DPI objectionable on an LCD.  I'm currently rocking a 15.4" 1920x1200 (WUXGA) - that's about 150DPI!

Note that 27" diagonal at 2560x1600 (16:10 aspect) is ~111DPI, which is barely above "Windows standard" from old school blurry CRT days of 96DPI, and this is the highest resolution you're likely to find.
27" diagonal at "Full HD" 1920x1080 (16:9 aspect) is only ~82DPI, which is actually less than "Windows standard", so things would appear comparatively grainy and blocky (or just bigger) to the old reference.

Gotta remember, television resolution has always been fairly low compared to computer monitor uses.  There's actually an xkcd strip about this: http://xkcd.com/732/

A 27" 16:9 is probably too big (due to the width) for my taste in a PC monitor, anyway, but you may be fine with it, especially if you just want everything to be "big".  I find things that wide tend to exceed my physical field of view at normal monitor viewing distances, which causes me to have to shift my eyes a lot or (worse) pan my head just to use the monitor.

A 27" 16:10 might be OK (though again I'd want very high res at that point since the pixels start getting too big), but I suspect I'd still personally find it too wide.  I have some 24" 16:10 CRTs that seem to be about the biggest I'd normally want (I use them for games and such, but I don't like them as much for office/work use).

[Ed_McCarron]

2 22" monitors?

[MonMotha]

2 22" monitors?

Yes, two monitors is SOOO handy unless you really need that one giant screen for some reason.

[Ed_McCarron]

2 22" monitors?

Yes, two monitors is SOOO handy unless you really need that one giant screen for some reason.

I'm never sure... Is that sarcasm?  I swear by my dual monitor setups -- job spec on one screen, autocad schematics on the other.

Except when windows gets confused and I move the mouse off the right of the screen and it hyperspaces to the left of the wrong screen...

[MonMotha]

That is definitely NOT sarcasm, sorry.  I love multi monitor setups.  I'm currently trying to find a good video card with 3x QUALITY analog outputs to drive my FW900s.  I'll probably just have to go DisplayPort with external DACs, though.  Nothing seems to be able to keep up with 250MHz+ pixel clocks, anymore.

[SavannahLion]

Gotta remember, television resolution has always been fairly low compared to computer monitor uses.  There's actually an xkcd strip about this: http://xkcd.com/732/

What's mystified me is when the manufacturer reveals the "native resolution" of the HDTV and it's lower than the "class" of the T.V. Went shopping for a new HDTV and I was totally stumped by a "1080p" TV with a vertical resolution of 1024 (no not 1024x768, quite literally ???x1024.  Spent a good twenty minutes with the moron salesman trying to convince me that 1080p is the horizontal resolution before I gave up and went to Best Buy instead  )

2 22" monitors?

Yes, two monitors is SOOO handy unless you really need that one giant screen for some reason.

I'm forced to use dual screen at work and I have to readily admit that it's a massive waste of money, time and resources (for my job application).

I'd rather opt for wide screen for my work and dual screen for home. But that's just me. I'm all about using the right tool for the right job.

[Blanka]

For that money, get a IPS/PVA screen 21-23 inch with the same resolution. 1920x1080 sucks big time on 27 inch, especially in a TN screen. As the corners are so far from the center, you already have bad viewing angles when you are straight in front!

Seems like Newegg refuses to sell good screens. It always puzzles me why good panels are so hard to get in the US. All European quality screens are unavailable to you guys.
Dell U2312HM: can't find it
Have a look at this list and try to find any of them in the US. Good luck:
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/cat/344/monitoren.html

[vcoleiro1]

Id go for it.  I have been using a 24" Benq full hd monitor for about 4 - 5 years now . At the time people said that a screen that size would be bad, but to be honest, I have often considered going bigger. The extra realestate is just priceless as I often have multiple windows open.  I also have a bluray drive on the PC and a 5.1 speaker system. Movies , youtube etc are great on it.  Makes a nice relief to be able to watch full hd movies with surround sound under the disguise of working on the PC.
 

[BadMouth]

I bought this one to use in my next cab:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824016155
(got it for $240 + tax from Dell a few weeks ago)

I've got project overload at the moment, so I'm using it on my desktop.
It looks good and works better for games & illustrator type stuff,
but I ended up running my web browser and everything else windowed (about the size of my regular monitor)
so I don't have to move my head back and forth so much to read.
I'm basically using it as dual screen with two windows on the same screen.

It feels like it takes more work to do things on this monitor than the old one.
I plan to switch back to my old 19".  That's my take on it.

[RyoriNoTetsujin]

I have a 27" Viewsonic that is native full HD (1920x1080) and it's fine at that resolution.  I'm no color-reproduction snob so I can't comment there, but it handles fast movement games (PS3 fighters and FPS, for example) without noticeable issue.  

In "everyday" use, especially for writing/reading any kind of text, I too have most programs windowed.  That said, for that purpose it is also fine, there's no blur, text is crisp and readable -- if it's at the panel's native res, it should be, no matter how big or small the panel.  Honestly, my vision(!) is the problem in this scenario because the monitor is a smidge further away from me than I would want it for "work" purposes.  

But that's just it ... (*Jeremy Clarkson voice*) You don't buy a 27" monitor ... to do "work" on it.    http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=113185.0

[Ed_McCarron]

It feels like it takes more work to do things on this monitor than the old one.

You have to move the mouse further.