It's been a while since I was up-to-date on what made a decent display (the last time I was buying IPS was the new big thing), and it seems to be difficult to find the sort of information I'm after.
I'm looking for something that's 16:10, 24-28", and would want to expand later with smaller panels in portrait. For the expansion, it needs to have a native resolution that would be easy to match P/L and smaller bezels would be a bonus. (The expansion requirement is making searches difficult.) It needs DVI and multiple HDMI inputs. I don't really do AAA gaming, so standard (60-75) refresh rates will suffice. Budget around £300-400.
Could either of you recommend some decent panels that would fit?
I have a couple of iiyamas that are 27" and 29" and cost about £300 each, six and three years ago. They suit me fine but then most of the technical stuff you just said was gibberish to me so I may not be the most helpful.
Dell monitors get a thumbs up from me. Good value, and solidly built. Dont even bother touching any monitor that doesn't have VESA mounting screws on the back.
>>25075 >Dont even bother touching any monitor that doesn't have VESA mounting screws on the back.
Agreed. Whilst monitors have progressed in leaps and bounds recently, the stands they come on are universally fucking shit. You need to get better desk mounts and arms, particularly if you're going to end up with a multi monitor/portrait tip going on.
I'm 4 monitors always, at home and work. At home, 100 inches of love baby.
£400 will get you a 4k IPS panel, which I'd highly recommend. You can choose a 27" monitor for high pixel density (~160dpi), or a 40" TV for high desktop real estate at normal resolution (~110dpi). For comparison, a bog-standard 24" 1080p monitor has a resolution of 92dpi.
The massive 3840x2160 resolution makes multiple monitors redundant in many cases. You can use desktop splitting or window tiling software to flexibly use the space however you like.
You'll need a graphics card with DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 2.0 to get 60hz refresh rates, but there are plenty of cheap cards available with the right ports.
>>25076 There are some monitor with decent stands. Any monitor geared towards a more professional user, generally has at least good height-adjustment and doesn't wobble. (Unlike the crappy Samsung I always regretted buying that wobbles so much you could set your watch by it.)
It's not my screenshot, I just picked something from Google Images to illustrate the point. My desktop is littered with commercially sensitive stuff. I couldn't be arsed with the faff of taking a screenshot myself.
Dell have some monitors with fantastic stands, the one I've just bought can rotate, pivot, switch between landscape and protrait and is height adjustable with a smoothly sprung mechanism. And it has a hoop for the cables to go through.
