Comments on: Dont Buy a 19 inch LCD monitor

By: jack

jack — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:13:50 +0000

Well i bought some polyview moniters 2 yrs ago and use them for gaming and they are fantastic ,no blurring ,excellent colour /sharpness and no trouble ,everyone comments at how clear it is .

By: mikk

mikk — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:25:46 +0000

Let’s look at the current market. 17″ lcds are getting harder and harder to find, and in general buyers prefer a larger, easier to read screen. I think it is about time this outdated article is edited or removed.

1. Quality 17inch LCD’s have a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024, same for the 19 LCD’s. So both display the same amount of information (text in a document, characters in a game, pictures on a website etc)

-The further you are away from the screen, the less detail your eyes can make out, but by going to a bigger screen you make it easier for your eyes to see the information in the picture.

2. 17inch LCD’s use at least 20% electricity. Lower power bills for you

-Great, but you’re talking about an insignificant difference each power bill. If you worry about this stuff, then you should also buy a slower processor (generally they use less electricity).

3. 17 inch LCD’s cost much less eg: 25%. More money in your wallet

-These days the difference in price sits around the 10% mark, if you can find a 17″ LCD. There are many more places only selling 19″ LCDs or bigger, meaning that when you find a 17″ LCD it usually costs more than the 19″ LCDs in most stores.

4. 17 inch LCD’s take up less space in height and width on a desk. After all the whole point of moving to LCD technology was that it took up less space.

-Great, but that would imply that we should use even smaller screens, like 15″.

5.17inch LCD’s are a good match for the 1280 x 1024 resolution whereas a 19inch LCD running at 1280 x 1024 looks pixelated and blurry because the same amount of graphical information is spread across a larger area, similar to the useless digital zoom offered in digital cameras

-This just elaborates on point 1, but i’m yet to see a blurry or pixelated 19″ LCD running at a native resolution of 1280×1024.

By: milo

milo — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:21:35 +0000

Ok, so I’ve only just discovered the same problem. 19″ monitor led me to assume I would get a higher resolution than 17″. Wanted a bit more screen real estate at work so requested a 19″ through the request system. When it arrived I blasted the IT department for getting me one with such a low resolution. Have since had to apologize at it seems that ALL 19″ LCDs have a low resolution.

I’ve got the 19″ now, and i’ll keep it as its a bit nicer than the 17″ I had. However if i can score a couple of 17″ LCDs I’ll happily get rid of the 19″ and run dual screen. Can’t run dual with two 19″ as it would take up too much space. Get a heck of a lot more screen real estate without unneccessary bulk.

I see there are a lot of people that like bigger is better, but I like a crisp image in the most efficient space so 19″ has really led me on and let me down.

EDITOR: Finally someone with common sense makes a comment

By: th3_73chnical

th3_73chnical — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:20:14 +0000

dude u have it all wrong, i have a CMV 19″ LCD, and i have never noticed any pixelation or blurry image, btw most if not all 19″ LCDs now available have a native resoultion of 1440:900, unless u have been looking at some ultracheap generic models, which shouldn’t be touched with a 10 foot pole. BIGGER is better, screw power consumption and the environment. i recently purchased a 28″ Viewsonic LCD with a native resoultion of 1920:1200 and it is amazing, awsome for gaming, movies….. just about anything, once u go bigscreen u never want 2 go back, i feel 4 people who still use 17″ monitors, i know CRT has better image quality, and viewing angles etc.. but until they make a 28″ thats under $1k and 50KG i’ll stick with my current purchase.