1080p vs 1200p Monitor?

[lumencreative]

I won't name the brand but I'm looking at buying some new monitors for an office extension. In our current office we have the 1920x 1080 variant and have been quite happy with them, however, when looking online I see the new version is 1920 x 1200 which is obviously more vertical real estate.

I am trying to decide whether to pay £150 for the 1920 x 1080 or whether it's worth an extra £30 per monitor for the 1920 x 1200 version. We need 12 of these so it's a difference of £360 in all.

Both monitors are the same brand, same product range, both are 24" (well the 1080 is 23.8").

Would appreciate opinions.

 

[mickyflinn]

If you need 12 they may give you a discount for bulk buying, a quick google tells you the diffrence so it boils down to what work your doing.

 

[lumencreative]

A discount would likely be similar for either models though so it still begs the question of whether an extra £30 on a sub £200 monitor is worth it for the difference.

Work wise it will be graphic design, accounts, etc so quite varied.

 

[Mr Evil]

If it was for my own use, I would definitely pay £30 for an extra 120 vertical pixels; being able to see a few extra lines of text is very useful. Have you tried asking the people who will be using them?

 

[EsaT]

Definitely 1200.
That gives fast like 15% of more work space, because of fixed pixel size tool bars taking smaller percentage of vertical size.
16:9 low screen is better only for watching movies.

 

[Mr Evil]

...16:9 low screen is better only for watching movies.

I would say that 16:10 is better for movies too, as subtitles can fit into the black bar underneath rather than covering the picture.