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I currently have a TFT 25.5 inch monitor (HP 2558HC) that cost a lot back in the day (€500), some 7 or 8 years ago. I was considering buying a new HP 27ES, which is bigger, a lot slimmer, and not that expensive (€250). I don't really game that much nowadays, just wanted better quality and bigger screen. However, seeing the specs, I get confused. The 27ES has less brightness, less color gamut (?), less pixel pitch, less maximum refresh rate... It is however an IPS panel, and a LED. I just really want less space occupied and bigger screen for graphic design, without breaking the wallet that much. I know it isn't a top monitor, but am I really downgrading, or being a LED IPS I'm going to get better overall quality? Quite confused here. Can you guys give me some feedback?
 
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There are ips that are worse than tn. Lots of the cheap ones are equal although can be worse since they have the infamous ips glow. In fact this is one of those that are equal to tn but that tn is also a very nice high end tn+. Display tech hasn't changed much so even though it's old, that's still considered high end.

The hp 27es does have less color gamut if those specs are right. I think you put a ? because you don't know what it is. This is the color range that it can display so the higher the coverage, the more colors it can show, the better it looks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamut There are different gamuts but usually ntsc or srgb is stated in specs and it looks like hp lists ntsc on all their spec pages. Pixel pitch is...
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this honestly can sometimes boil down to personal preference...but...i can tell you i have never seen a newer IPS panel that doesnt look wayyy better than an almost decade old LCD display, that's for certain. if your question is "is it going to be noticeably better looking?" then yes, it most definitely will. is it going to absolutely blow your mind? that's hard to say; everyone is different.
 
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There are ips that are worse than tn. Lots of the cheap ones are equal although can be worse since they have the infamous ips glow. In fact this is one of those that are equal to tn but that tn is also a very nice high end tn+. Display tech hasn't changed much so even though it's old, that's still considered high end.

The hp 27es does have less color gamut if those specs are right. I think you put a ? because you don't know what it is. This is the color range that it can display so the higher the coverage, the more colors it can show, the better it looks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamut There are different gamuts but usually ntsc or srgb is stated in specs and it looks like hp lists ntsc on all their spec pages. Pixel pitch is worse because it's lower resolution and physically bigger. You're going from 25.5" 1920x1200 to 27" 1920x1080. Led is just going to use less power and last longer. These are 130w vs 28w. Although ccfl still lasts a long time before needing to be replaced.

This is a big downgrade besides being 1.5" bigger with a thin bezel.
 
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Apart from the very nice techy details as explained so well by k1114, I'll add this. Most ppl sit @3' or so from their monitor when it's on the desktop. At this range, 1920x1080 at 24" is about as good as it gets visually. When moving up to 27" or 28", the pixel pitch starts becoming important. Because the actual dots start getting larger, the picture gets worse, grainy. For 27" you'll really want to consider 1440p vrs 1080p.

To really experience this at home, sit in front of the TV where you normally sit. This would be a 24" monitor. Then move way up close to the TV, you'll really see the pixels get worse as the screen gets bigger. This would be 27" at 1080p.

Other options for more space would be either a 29" ultra wide or a second monitor instead of a single larger one.
 
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Thank you k1114 in special for the technical input, but also Karadjgne and dangus for the help. I guess new isn't always better. Guess I'll save up for a better monitor later. It's a shame the 27es doesn't live up to it's gorgeous looks.
 
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