24" resolution

andicole0 · 20 Dec 2010 at 11:48

My 24" monitor (Hyundai) is 1920*1200 but I see most that are available from OCUK now are 1920*1080, what's been the reason for the change?

Andi.

jbs · 20 Dec 2010 at 12:27

Cheaper to manufacture mostly. 1920x1080 is "True HD" used by TV's so the panels are made in higher quantities.

NathWraith · 21 Dec 2010 at 09:52

jbs said:
Cheaper to manufacture mostly. 1920x1080 is "True HD" used by TV's so the panels are made in higher quantities.

Unfortuantly this is true. Manufacturors have jumped on the "HD ready" bandwagon with monitors and because they are cheaper to make the classic 1920 x 1200 resolution is slowly dying out.

Phinor · 21 Dec 2010 at 14:18

This is a really sad development. I'm currently looking for another 1920x1200 24" monitor and in about six months for one more but now I'm not even sure if the resolution still exists mid-2011. 1920x1080 is simply not even an option with Eyefinity as I already have superior 1920x1200 monitors.

I bought my first 1920x1200 resolution monitor nearly five years ago. During those five years the industry has moved backwards. Stupid marketing people.

Aod · 21 Dec 2010 at 17:22

Phinor said:
This is a really sad development. I'm currently looking for another 1920x1200 24" monitor and in about six months for one more but now I'm not even sure if the resolution still exists mid-2011. 1920x1080 is simply not even an option with Eyefinity as I already have superior 1920x1200 monitors.

I bought my first 1920x1200 resolution monitor nearly five years ago. During those five years the industry has moved backwards. Stupid marketing people.

professional grade monitors intended for photo editing and the like should remain in the 16:10 aspect ratio

Also, I believe that 30" monitors will continue to be in 16:10 for the foreseeable future.

Phinor · 22 Dec 2010 at 10:05

Aod said:
professional grade monitors intended for photo editing and the like should remain in the 16:10 aspect ratio

Also, I believe that 30" monitors will continue to be in 16:10 for the foreseeable future.

Yep, no doubt there will be few products out there with 16:10 aspect ratio. It's just that more and more often those are either priced way, way higher or are, as you said, meant for photo editing and such. Meaning they might lack in response times, might lack features I desperately need such as pixel mapping/aspect ratio mapping etc. Mainstream gaming monitors are mostly 16:9 now but I'm looking for reasonably priced 16:10 monitor for gaming.

Aod · 22 Dec 2010 at 22:31

Phinor said:
Yep, no doubt there will be few products out there with 16:10 aspect ratio. It's just that more and more often those are either priced way, way higher or are, as you said, meant for photo editing and such. Meaning they might lack in response times, might lack features I desperately need such as pixel mapping/aspect ratio mapping etc. Mainstream gaming monitors are mostly 16:9 now but I'm looking for reasonably priced 16:10 monitor for gaming.

professional-grade monitors usually have much more advanced/featureful control hardware on-monitor and are much more likely to have things like 1:1 pixel mapping, aspect-ratio mapping and so on.

For example, i have an Eizo 18" 5:4 TFT which has a PVA/MVA panel, dual-DVI input and 1:1 mapping, and it was manufactured in December 2001

as far as response time is concerned, well, i suppose it's just down to luck really