I find myself needing a monitor for work, to enabled me to spend hours looking at spreadsheets, mathematical stuff and a little bit of web browsing. My various laptop screens don't hack it.
So I need something that's a good compromise between an easy/comfortable reading distance and not too huge a field of view.
What do you guys use, any suggestions?
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Get a Dell, 20-22"-ish. They come in all price ranges and are in my experience very good. Mine's been working really well for 6 years now.
Dell Ultrasharp U2415 comes recommended from thewirecutter.com and from an excellent Danish monitor review site. It's a little larger than what I'm used to but I don't think it'll be too much.
Quote from: Liep on August 04, 2016, 04:02:26 AM
Get a Dell, 20-22"-ish. They come in all price ranges and are in my experience very good. Mine's been working really well for 6 years now.
Liep, thanks for that.
Yeah 22in seems an ideal size, couldn't find a Dell in a hurry, so went for an Asus one instead. Thanks.
You're right about Dell, all of their kit I've bought still works years later.
I'd say go for a 23 inch monitor. I think that's the sweetspot, unless you have an unusual reading distance. I've had a 27 inch monitor at work, and that was a bit over the top.
Quote from: DGuller on August 04, 2016, 02:47:05 PM
I'd say go for a 23 inch monitor. I think that's the sweetspot, unless you have an unusual reading distance. I've had a 27 inch monitor at work, and that was a bit over the top.
Thanks for that, yeah I figured anything over 25-26 would be too much, in the end I went for a 22 inch, thought I'm pretty sure the slightly larger pixel pitch on 23-24inch monitors would have been as good if not a bit better, though the increased field of view might have been a bit too much?
Monitor arrived this morning, using it now, makes a big difference. :blush:
I'll try it with some games this evening.
Quote from: mongers on August 05, 2016, 07:49:22 AM
Monitor arrived this morning, using it now, makes a big difference. :blush:
I'll try it with some games this evening.
Windows tried to simulate the effect with the side-by-side arrangement, but dual monitors is still really a night and day difference. If I had more room on my desk at work, I would pitch the productivity increase in doing that to my boss.