24" IPS > 27" IPS

zola25 · 18 Feb 2015 at 10:56

I currently have a Dell U2412M (1920 x 1200) which has served me very well, and although there's nothing wrong with it I'm quite interested in making the move to a 27" 1440p monitor. I only have a small desk so multi monitor is not an option, and I'd like to increase the screen real estate instead.

Although I am an avid gamer I don't play competitively and the monitor will also be used for work. There's no way I could go back to a TN panel now for any reason. I have my eye on the Asus PB278QR as the one that would seem to fulfil my needs and is a currently on a great deal at OCUK.

What I am unsure of is if the benefit of going from 1200p @ 24" to 1440p @ 27" is a worthwhile one for the money? Anyone made a similar move and have any comments?

zola25 · 18 Feb 2015 at 13:30

Thanks Niko, my mistake I actually meant the PB278QR listed here:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-077-AS&groupid=17&catid=1120

Sadly looks like the price has just changed, a little annoying as when I checked TWO at around 11am the deals were listed as 18th - 25th Feb and this monitor was still listed.

Edit: Called the shop and as I only just missed the deal, OCUK agreed to honour the price - what great service

zola25 · 18 Feb 2015 at 13:45

Thanks GMac, out of curiosity did you have any preference between the Asus and Samsung?

zola25 · 19 Feb 2015 at 09:49

Thanks GMac just what I was after, given the same panel it was your experience on the implementation/build of each one I was interested in.

I'd also seen a few more negative comments on the Samsung floating around which swayed me to the Asus. However, I can see that for those who did receive a flawless Samsung it's supposed to be just as good.

zola25 · 20 Feb 2015 at 11:44

Thanks Steviepunk. The Dell was also on my final shortlist as my U2412M has been excellent. In the end OCUK honouring the TWO price for the Asus swung me to that, and that's what I've gone for.

I am still working on setting it up just right, there doesn't seem to be a huge amount of calibration info out there for the new revision of the monitor.

zola25 · 20 Feb 2015 at 13:01

There's no doubt the Dell is tempting Randal.

Muz333 said:
Rather than 1400p maybe you should go for a screen that's 1600 keeping the same 16:10 aspect ratio of your current screen.

Although I slightly prefer 16:10, I am sick and tired of games that don't properly support the resolution. 16:9 at 1440p seems to be a decent compromise in that the loss of vertical aspect is offset by the greater pixel density.

zola25 · 21 Feb 2015 at 17:06

Now that I have the monitor set up correctly I am really pleased with it. I can't say that it makes the Dell look like a TN panel, I'd say the colour saturation and contrast is very close. The only negative is that it does suffer from glow whereas the Dell didn't, but given the massive increase in resolution and physical size that's a small trade off.