Monitor - S27A950 or S27A850 ,which one?

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by He111

The S27A850 runs at 60hz, does the SA22450BW and Dell 2209WA run at that ? I think 60Hz is a basic default ?

If I was going to buy a 24" inch screen then 1920 x 1080 might suffice but 27" really requires a higher resolution ? is that true? I sit about 2-3 feet away from the monitor.

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My Dell 2209WA is 60Hz, yes. All LCD/TFT monitors were using this standard until they started making new panels that support 120Hz.

The thing is, you don't need that much of a refresh rate on LCD monitors because they don't suffer from the flicker that characterized CRT monitors. On CRTs you needed the high refresh rates so that your eyes can't perceive the refresh (if they did, you saw flickering). For example, my old 17" Phillips CRT can do 85Hz at its max resolution and more than 100Hz at a bit lower ones, but it was actually important to have at least 75Hz back then.

Currently, the main reason to go for 120Hz with a TFT panel is if you want to try out that 3d vision stuff. However, most (if not all) of the currently available 120Hz panels are of the TN type: the so called "gaming" monitors (due to their fast response times), which suffer from poor color quality and viewing angles (compared to other panel types that is).