New Monitor opinion/advice

[yakaddict]

You should concern yourself less with the size of the monitor and more with its respective rezolution and features. A 1080p monitor does not look good at 27". Consider the ceiling for that at 24". Anything above that should be a higher rezolution. Also, consider how far from the monitor you will be and how powerful your computer is. Running CloD on anything above 1080p requires very significant hardware unless you lower the rezolution. Ther other thing to consider is the panel type itself. There is twisted nematic (tn), pva and cpva, and IPS (in plane switching). IPS is generally regarded as the best for its mix of high response rate, high color accuracy and viewing angles. TN has the fastest response rates but terrible colors and viewing angles. IPS panels come in around 8 to 5ms response rates and have incredible colors. CPVA panels have about the same color quality as IPS, sometiems better, but inferoir viewing angles and horrible response rates. I currently run a dell IPS panel that while technically rated at 8ms is closer to 5ms for most colors and would never look back at a TN monitor. The so called ghosting at that response rate on these monitors is simply not significant enough to justify a TN when the color accuracy is so good on an IPS panel. Usually its overlooked but once you start to use one you see colors and details you would never otherwise notice and the overall effect is more profound. A good IPS panel at 23" can be had from asus for about $230 and from dell for about $300. They are more expensive than the average TN but the average TN isnt really very good, and higher performance TN monitors usually end up costing about as much. Just my take on this, hope it helps.