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Samsung to help make Dell 27" screen
Author: Ryan GarsidePublished: 1st December 2006
The new Dell, 27 inches of pure visual goodness.
DailyTech is reporting that Samsung has signed a deal with Dell to provide the panels for its 27" monitors.
The specs page for the upcoming Samsung model (the Dell one shouldn't be too dissimilar) states that it will run in 1,920 x 1,200, have a contrast ratio of 1,000:1 and a 500 cd/m2. This monitor probably won't be cheap but will almost certainly be ideal for HDTV viewing.
At the moment we're getting a whole load of 22" monitors coming into the office, so it's quite refreshing to see that bigger and better things are on the horizon. This won't be the biggest monitor available but will perhaps push the boundaries for acceptable width on regular sized desks to the limit. Most desk simply can't fit much more than 27" on them.
At what stage do monitors get too big for normal desks? Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
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Or did I miss something? :)
Just like buyin a 19in instead of a 17in. A bigger screen with the same resolution means things (esp. text) are bigger and so easier to read from far away
apparently this was confirmed all the way back in March, so what is taking so long? seems more like someone stumbled upon the spec page and is speculating that they will release a 27 inch monitor.
I have had the 24" for a year now and its great recommend anyone to get one. :)
And I have been eyeing up getting another 24" so i might see if this 27" is true and wait for that.
so true. i mean how big is too big. for me i think 24" would be my max for a desktop monitor. now that doesnt mean i wouldnt buy a bigger monitor for use as something else, a tv perhaps. but as far as purely desktop purposes 27" is just too big.
tbh, I think 27" is too big...that's pretty much the same size as my main TV!
when the desk starts bending.
but seriously, and as already raised here, too big a screen is pointless given how close we tend to sit.
big screens are for watching, not interacting.
Of course, for most people it would be insane. Nobody needs a dozen pages worth of word documents visible at once. But any sort of editing or coding can really benefit from it (tabbed coding windows are good if you don't have enough space, but really doesn't come close to comparing to having them all visible at once).
Of course, I don't want much higher DPI either. What I'd really like is consistency - every display I have is different, so they never quite line up when using more than one on a machine. But you DO need to sit back a bit further from the big screens (or else you end up with a very sore neck). My 15" WS laptop is a foot closer to me than my 24" Dell, partly because it has a higher DPI (which means smaller text). I have very good vision, but I don't need to strain my eyes either.
I think for typical users, a 20" WS would be plenty. Gamers, 24-27", especially if they use their console/s on their computer display as I do. But content creators of any sort who have used two (or more!) displays know how much of a godsend it is.
While I'd jump at the chance to get a 30" or 27" for free, I wouldn't mind a 22" or 24" in practical terms, if I had the cash. It would certainly be very useful to me. My only gripe is with LCDs and native resolutions. :(
Holy cripes! That's 90% of the weight of an average adult person (If I remember correctly, the average adult weights 150lbs....but maybe that was before 70% of the population became overweight).
Weight is, indeed, one of the best advantages of LCD vs. CRT.
Hmm...and I think power usage too -- if you're using the 24" GDM-FW900 Trinitron I found on eBay, it looks like it can eat 170 Watts!
But...for a $249 eBay price, sounds like a good deal if you can muscle it onto your desk.
Personally I'd love to have a touchscreen the size of a drafting table (something like this or this) in addition to a wall sized display - perhaps with a way of switching the "drafting table" (or a portion thereof) to act as a touchpad.
dual 30"s would be hot fire if i was buying for a 3d applications/media rig. since thats what im studying in college maybe i should retract my statement about 24" max. ok retracted .
then theres always that, i cant have my computer monitor bigger than my tv. so now it has me thinking my tv needs to be 46"+ or a projector
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=124997
Then look at tads post on the second page (or fist depending on how you ahve it set up, its number 40)
Then tell me how big is too big.
Agree completely, wheres the bloody high res screens, I like my 24" but with 1920x1200 it could do with a smaller pixel pitch, Ideally under 0.22mm, don't understand all these companies releasing bigger screens with crappy resolutions, probably just because its actually cheap to make that then a decent panel.
I'd like 2560x1600 in a 24-26" that would be superb.
So back to the topic. I think that as far as the DPI stays nice, there is no such thing "too big". Yeah maybe a 50" would be a slightest overkill, but a 30" would be just cool. Two of these WS-thingies side by side would IMO be too wide to use comfortably so one bigger could be the best option.
Although I could be tempted by the 27" as I do like my 19" over the 17" i use at work. I'll have to see how much is costs though.
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Nope. More likely that many people (specially older people) find uncofortable pixel pitchs so small. A 1920x1200 27' panel can be placed further from you, while still being just as legible it will be better for your eyes.
And most people with the need for a 27' or the disposable income to get one on impulse are likely to be over 30 anyway (ie, not as sharp sight). Many gamers too, would rather get a bigger screen with a lower native resolution...at 1920x1200 you are already stretching most graphic cards beyond their practical limit and at 2560, anything less than a 8800GTX is simply not powerful enough.
Vista by the way is scalable so everyone would be happy with a very high definition screen!
^^^^+++++
Yeah...it won't be a day too soon the one in which my company decides to throw the 15' panels away and gets something wide screen.
And there should be an easy way in Windows of having the windows share the screen. I'd love to be able to have Visual Studio, and say, SQL Plus, in a 20' or even 19' wide screen, sharing 50% each of the screen at the touch of a button.