Having real difficulty choosing a new monitor... help!

Katch · 1 Sep 2010 at 12:12

Ok so I managed to tip over my Viewsonic VX2260wm 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor and smash the panel; bad day.

I'm now looking to replace it and would like to go bigger; so 24 or 27 inches I guess. Trouble is I'm finding it very hard to choose a good display. I was very happy with the Viewsonic and don't want to be disappointed with its replacement.

Any suggestions - ideally it must have HDMI

95thrifles · 1 Sep 2010 at 12:18

24" will be fine, what budget you looking at?

Katch · 1 Sep 2010 at 12:20

£300 max would prefer less

Why do you say 24 over 27 - I use the screen to watch a lot of movies.

95thrifles · 1 Sep 2010 at 12:21

ahh ok well your choice, just imo anything bigger than 24" isnt managable whilst sat in front of it, but if youre sitting back watching movies I guess itd be of benefit
I know you said preferably less than £300 but if you can go a little over this is definitely worth it (uses IPS panel which is far superior to TN film for colour depth and generally better pic and viewing angles), if not then look at this which is 120Hz

Katch · 1 Sep 2010 at 12:25

recommendations of either 24 or 27 inches?

95thrifles · 1 Sep 2010 at 12:26

edited post before, now got recomendations in

mysticsniper · 1 Sep 2010 at 12:30

I have got one of these, for the price, you can't go wrong.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-001-HS&groupid=17&catid=1120&subcat=

'Wes · 1 Sep 2010 at 12:34

The LG 27" is a very nice monitor.

mattyfez · 1 Sep 2010 at 12:49

I was in a similar position and went for the iiayma 27" and never looked back, its an awesome screen for gaming. I almost went for a 24" screen but I'm glad I didn't, coming from a 22" asus screen.

I sit about 2 feet from the screen on a desk, and it's really imersive as it fills your field of vision nicely. It takes a day or two to get accustomed though, as its pretty big!

jamjar · 1 Sep 2010 at 13:25

95thrifles said:
ahh ok well your choice, just imo anything bigger than 24" isnt managable whilst sat in front of it, but if youre sitting back watching movies I guess itd be of benefit
I know you said preferably less than £300 but if you can go a little over this is definitely worth it (uses IPS panel which is far superior to TN film for colour depth and generally better pic and viewing angles), if not then look at this which is 120Hz

i,m intrested in the 24 inch HP can you confirm if it is 16:9 sctreen ?

cmndr_andi · 1 Sep 2010 at 13:30

No, the ZR24W is a 16:10 screen, with a 1920x1200 resolution. Here is a review.

PiKe · 1 Sep 2010 at 13:32

ZR24W as it's the cheapest and uses the same panel as the more expensive Dell and HP monitors.

Plus, you'll most likely get one with the colour cast problem as 90% of panels seem to be affected.

95thrifles · 1 Sep 2010 at 13:33

as andi says its 16:10 which is what a lot of games/programs are natively coded for, 16:9 is movie format so movies will have the letterbox effect with a couple of black stripes at top n bottom
Ive got the HP LP2475W and its awesome