27" 1080p does it look bad close up?

Voicon · 4 Feb 2013 at 17:19

I want to buy 2 new monitors for my home setup but don't really want to pay for 2 X 27" 2560X1440 monitors, I have been doing some reading and a few people say that the 27" 1080p monitors do not look good close up when sat at a desk.

Is this true?

Should I just get 2 X 27" 1080p monitors or 2 X 24" 1080p monitors?

Cheers

mattf · 4 Feb 2013 at 17:21

Looks bad to me but I have a 1440p monitor so this may have skewed my opinion

LanceCrossfire · 4 Feb 2013 at 17:31

My old Samsung 27 950D looked fine with my eyes about 3ft away from it. All down to personal opinion I guess.

panyan · 4 Feb 2013 at 17:31

Voicon said:
27" 1080p monitors do not look good close up when sat at a desk.

Is this true?

Yes

Steveocee · 4 Feb 2013 at 17:38

My samsung 27a750D is 1080p and looks absolutely fine to me. (Although i have never used a resolution higher than 1080p)

PCM2 · 4 Feb 2013 at 18:09

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=23495433&postcount=3

chaparral · 4 Feb 2013 at 18:09

You be much better off going for the 1440p ones...

The extra desktop space it they give is well worth paying the extra for..

GMac11 · 4 Feb 2013 at 18:10

Yeah they're quite bad. Had a 27" 1080p and upgraded to 1440p - will never go back, looks awful.

Admittedly, blu rays/tv shows there is no difference as they can't achieve that resolution anyway (bar some upscaling options on some high def discs) but the difference up close when browsing or surfing the net and gaming is staggering.

Voicon · 4 Feb 2013 at 18:25

Thanks for all the advice, I don't play games very often, I do watch HD movies and TV on them a bit but they will mainly be used for web development and programming.

After the advice looking at getting a pair of these, like the super thin bezel bit...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-050-AS&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=0

Suarez7 · 4 Feb 2013 at 18:26

1080p looks fine to me on a 27" and I only sit a foot and a half away.

MOOGLEYS · 4 Feb 2013 at 18:53

1080p on a 27" looks fine to me and I use a Dell 2560x1440 as my main display. Everything just seems a little big but it still looks ok.

Jas1222 · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:31

How far are you going to be sitting from it?

Relentless81 · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:32

Looks fine to me, no different to 23" or I cant tell the difference anyway I would much rather have the extra size even if there was any quality loss to speak of

Voicon · 4 Feb 2013 at 20:49

Jas1222 said:
How far are you going to be sitting from it?

2ft on average

MarkA · 4 Feb 2013 at 22:14

I totally disagree with it looking bad. In fact i'll be buying another 27" 1080p monitor pretty soon.

*Rich* · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:34

Mine looks fine too at 1080 27". I've had higher res's too.

djkav · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:52

I have an eye disease, so 27" @ 1080p helps me a lot

, while keeping the native res. I don't think my gtx580 could drive 1440p. Also the text would look too small, without messing with the desktop settings.

joun · 6 Feb 2013 at 11:12

yes, 1080p looks blurry at 27". Viewable, but not sharp.

Just got a Dell 2713HM and running it at 1080p via DVI while waiting for my minidisplay-displayport to arrive in the post to enable 2560x1440 - hope the postman comes soon!

Definitely get a 2560x1440 if you can.

MOOGLEYS · 6 Feb 2013 at 11:16

joun said:
yes, 1080p looks blurry at 27". Viewable, but not sharp.

Just got a Dell 2713HM and running it at 1080p via DVI while waiting for my minidisplay-displayport to arrive in the post to enable 2560x1440 - hope the postman comes soon!

Definitely get a 2560x1440 if you can.

That's because you are running a non native res. A 1080p 27" looks considerably better than a 2713 at 1080p.

rolypolyman · 6 Feb 2013 at 11:23

OP, if you can afford 1440p @ 27" and have the graphics card oomph to drive them then its a no brainer, get them. If you cannot afford 27" 1440p then 27" 1080p are absolutely fine. Lot of rubbish posted on here, mostly by folks who have gone from 1080p to 1440p and then decide that 27" 1080p is suddenly rubbish, its not its fine, trust me I have one.