[Solved] Buying a monitor: Resolutions: 1920 x 1200 or 1920 x 1080

If you are buying new monitors you need to look for at least one to have a display port. This will save the hassle of trying to get an adapter to work.

1920x1200...ftw!

By far one of the best monitors available for the price and performance...Hanns-G HG-281DPB. There is a reason why it is a six time customer choice award winner on Newegg...super big, bright, and friggin great for gaming and HD content.

Chef: I have not found any monitors that have the Display Port connector.
Does one exist? I primarily see HDMI and DVI. I was planning on buying a converter, but I would prefer a monitor with Display Port. I know my Radeon 5970 card will have a display port (I was finally able to buy a 5970).

Chunkymonster: I checked the Hanns-G HG-281DPB. The contrast ratio is only 800:1; this seems rather low. Also, the pixel pitch is 0.309mm, I think 0.27mm is better for a quality picture and gaming experience.

^ 800:1 is the actual contrast ration. the ones you see with 50000:1 are the dynamic ratio. They blow it up for marketing.

Also the pixel pitch is larger because the pixels are larger as it is a larger screen. It is explaining pixel size. If the pixel size was smaller the resolution would be higher as there are more of them.

lcd, or even led if you could go farther

it's hard to find at 1920x1200 for 220-ish

most in that range at x1080 because it saves the manufacturer money...

at dell they sell a 24 inch 1920x1080 for only $190

probably you best bet.... though personally i like one large monitor over 2-3 smaller ones as i used it for games and entertainment (multimoniter setups are more suitable for office work)

Chunkymonster:
Good info above; this is the knowledge that I need to know, thank you.

I was considering for my Eyefinity setup; a larger monitor for the middle (25” to 28”) and two smaller identical monitors on the right and left (21” to 24”). Would this set up be OK if the specifications of the middle monitor are slightly different than the lateral monitors?

I have a vk266h, the best asus monitor available. I bought it for 300 CAN and it has a webcame is 1920 x 1200 and is 25.5" great great monitor for games. Though its hard to find the right colour and obviously it's a TN monitor I love it!

The Asus VK 266 H is one of the monitors I am considering for purchase for my Eyefinity set up. At $330.00 a piece x 3 monitors is a heavy hit. I thought about using this monitor for the front and two slightly smaller monitors on the right and left.

Yeah, I'll take your advise and go with 3 identical monitors. No web cam is needed, so the VW266H may be the way to go; although, Newegg is sold out.

lol do you have a graphic card to support those resolutions?

Alright have fun with the monitors. I personally hate dual monitors, makes me sick (nauseous) and it annoys me when I'm on desktop/internet. I'd personally have one top quality 30" LED monitor.

+1 for 1900x1200 here. I own a samsung 2433BW and am very happy with it. I like how 1900x1200's are "taller" as opposed to shorter and wider. Games look incredible at this resolution as well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824001309

Well, almost every input, I didn't see a DisplayPort on it.

I’ve been researching many monitors and this seems like a fantastic buy. Perhaps too good to be true.

Pardon my ignorance, I have been out of the game for a while, so to speak: what is "DisplayPort"?

He needs at least one displayport monitor for Eyefinity to work, which is what I'm referring to.

I have almost decided to buy Dell Professional P2310H 23” Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor; $209.00. It is available through a Dell web site:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna [...] lid=628335

I had difficultly figuring out how to buy 3 of these online, so I called the number at the top of the page, 1-877-220-3355, went through 2 minutes of prompts and finally got a human being with a heavy Indian (India) accent; so communication was difficult. I just wanted to know how to buy 3 of these monitors online. He wanted, and he got, much of my personal information such as full name, home address, and phone number. After 18 minutes on the phone, I come to the realization that he wants to make this sale over the phone and he will omit the shipping charges. I am more comfortable doing things online because it is documented.

This could be a really good deal, but it just seems too good. This monitor could sell for $300. Why is it so difficult to purchase online? Why is this Dell person so focused on selling me this product over the phone?

I told him that I have to pick up my little girl and politely said “Good Bye”; although, he wants to call back and I said this is OK.

I am not sure where to go at this point.

He probably gets comission which gives him a fairly large incentive to sell you over the phone as it's a percentage of each sale and you're buying three. As far as the monitor, it's really nothing out of the ordinary except it has display port functionality (1920x1080 21.5" run around $160 with 5ms). As far as purchasing online being difficult I am not sure, I haven't bought anything from Dell for a long time, but I don't remember it being too bad.

I can't say that's true. 1920x1080 16:9 is well supported and will not cause problems with games. I can name a bunch of games that support it perfectly that I own personally:

Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Far Cry 2
Team Fortress 2
Torchlight
Risen
Need for Speed SHIFT
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Fallout 3
Borderlands
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
BattleForge


And of course many more...

Many of you seem to complain that DisplayPort needs a lot of adapters to work, and HDMI is better.

That's so not even close to true. You are saying that DVI needs many adapters when it just came out - when VGA reigned supreme. DisplayPort can handle more than HDMI.

HDMI is simply supported on more platforms due to the fact that it's slim & can transmit audio.

16:10 will give you more screen area than 16:9 will with the same diagonal size. Because of that, I believe a 16:10 monitor > 16:9 monitor at the same price & diagonal size.

My 5870 has a full size Displayport connector.

I would have bought the 23 dell if it had been available a few months ago... not that I mind the higher grade display I bought instead.

Last, there is more to the DP selection than royalties. The main thing is that the standard is fixed timing and it already existed. The way EF drives 6 monitors is that they all have a common timing source.