Choice between 20 + 22"

allydm

allydm

allydm

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Hi all.

Not visited for a while, but building a new PC and need some advice about monitors.

I'm currently looking around, and am trying to decide between a 20" monitor (with a 3000:1) ratio or a 22" monitor (with a 2000:1) ratio.

Basically, i'm wondering if its worth sacrificing the 1000 off the contrast ratio for the bigger monitor.

The 22" i'm looking at is the Asus VW222S ( http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-009-AS )

And the 20" 's i'm looking at are these:
Samsung SM-206BW - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-051-SA&groupid=703&catid=17&subcat=948

Samsung SM-2032BW Pebble - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-063-SA&groupid=703&catid=17&subcat=948

I'm aware that they may not be "the best" monitors, but i'm trying to stick to a budget of about £180 max for a monitor. Although, if are there better alternatives to those then i'd be glad to hear about them :)

Thanks for any advice :D
 
don't get too bogged down in contrast ratio figures like that if you can help it. Those 2000:1 and 3000:1 you see quoted are dynamic contrast ratios, and in practice, you may never see anything near that. There is a large amount of marketing going on with contrast ratios at the moment, and you can even see models with 5000:1 and 10,000:1 being announced nowadays. Remember, dynamic contrast ratio (DCR) is only really useful (useable even!) for multimedia, and perhaps gaming in some cases. In normal use, you'd have this feature turned off and would see a static contrast ratio of more like 700 - 1000:1, depending on the panel and model.

It's important to appreciate that both these models are TN Film based, and so performance characteristics should be very comparable between the two. What are you intending to use the screen for?
 
I'm intending to use it for Eclipse / NetBeans (java programming), Dreamweaver / Photoshop, and then i'd like to be able to play games on it. So I like the multi window options of the 22", as it'd enable me to have a couple of apps on the screen simultaniously.

Thanks for your advice.
 
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