The LCD Buyers Guide

[Gorod]

24" is about as big as I'd ever put on my desk, and its a bit further back than my others so I don't get nauseous when playing

Seriously, it dwarfs my 22". You would think they would be close, but they aren't. I don't even want to know how big a 30" LCD really is in person.

Do you have the power to push 2560x1600?

Yeah i guess 24" is big enough , the thing is that i dont have TV (no space in my small room) and use my PC for watching movies so i thought 30" LCD would be cool to have About the power needed to run 2560x1600 thats a good point , you are right about that . Right now i am using 8800GTX SLI though , hope its enough for 2560x1600 @ AAx0/AFx16 (i dont use AA at all with 1600x1200 now and for sure wont use it with higher resolution like 2560x1600 ) .

One thing that bothers me is that HD DVD/Blue Ray use 1920 x 1200 resolution
right ? So wouldnt it mean that its better to use 24" screen with its native resoultion for that ? If so what BenQ Model do i get - FP241W or FP241WZ ?
90% of time it will be used for Gaming and rest for movies

Thx for all the help btw

[psyconut713]

One thing that bothers me is that HD DVD/Blue Ray use 1920 x 1200 resolution
right ?

HD-DVD and Blu Ray use 1920 X 1080, or 1080p, and are 16:9 Aspect, the 24" inch screens, at 1920 X 1200 are 16:10, its cleaner for PC usage, fits 2 full sized 8.5" X 11" sheets of paper on the screen. So you will have black bars on the top and bottom of your HD-DVD's or Blu Ray movies, unless you stretch the film, which i wouldnt recommened

[Machinus]

These recommendations are great, but I don't want such a big monitor on my desk. Is there anything in the range of 21"-23" with the speed, gamut, and quality of an S-IPS?

[aznsniper911]

I'm trying to upgrade my 22" Samsung 226BW to a 24" but I'm having a hard time deciding on a monitor. Which one would you guys take, the LG L246WP-BN or Samsung 245BW?