topic Re: 22" or 24"? What's your chioce? in Installation & update

22" or 24"? What's your chioce?

Mats_Knutsson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:09:26 GMT

Hi,
My 19" screen is to small for efficient work and I'm going for a 22" or 24". Does anyone have something to say about these sizes? Maybe someone that has tested both sizes.

Size does matter right!?

M

Re: 22" or 24"? What's your chioce?

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:41:20 GMT

I'm going to upgrading as well from a 19" monitor - my initial impressions are that the 22" isn't a big enough improvement over the 19 while the 24" is a significant improvement. Any thoughts from those using these sizes would be great.

Of course, then I saw a 30".......

Re: 22" or 24"? What's your chioce?

Brad Elliott — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:01:48 GMT

Don't even look at 22" monitors. They have the same resolution as 20" monitors only bigger pixels. So unless you have bad eyesight and need everything to look bigger save your money and buy a 20" or go up to a 24" monitor and get a lot more screen real estate.

And if I haven't convinced you yet, if you are going to use two monitors like with a laptop or an all-in-one, the 22" monitor will show everything at a different size and make for an ugly experience.

Re: 22" or 24"? What's your chioce?

Gerald Hoffman — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:19:41 GMT

I run a Dell 24" off my laptop in the office and it is great. Wouldn't go back to a smaller one now. I was using a 21"

Cheers,

Re: 22" or 24"? What's your chioce?

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:53:08 GMT

I run two 24" Dells...I stretch ArchiCAD across both. Left monitor for plan and rendering window right for Project Navigator, sections, 3D window and layout page. I would love to run 30" but the graphics card requirement keeps me away...for now....perhaps time for one more 24".

ArchiCAD 11 build 1114 usa full
windows XPsp2

Re: 22" or 24"? What's your chioce?

Mats_Knutsson — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:20:15 GMT

Brad wrote:
Don't even look at 22" monitors. They have the same resolution as 20" monitors only bigger pixels. So unless you have bad eyesight and need everything to look bigger save your money and buy a 20" or go up to a 24" monitor and get a lot more screen real estate.

And if I haven't convinced you yet, if you are going to use two monitors like with a laptop or an all-in-one, the 22" monitor will show everything at a different size and make for an ugly experience.

Convinced! Thanks!
Mats

Re: 22" or 24"? What's your chioce?

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:11:41 GMT

24 is the right choice! 30 even better!
I'm going to byu a 24" soon - I just cannot choose between Apple or Eizo!

Re: 22" or 24"? What's your chioce?

Thomas Holm — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:01:25 GMT

kliment wrote:
24 is the right choice! 30 even better!
I'm going to byu a 24" soon - I just cannot choose between Apple or Eizo!

I recommend Eizo. The background lighting has better quality, and, most important, some of their stands are extremely flexible and allows you to lower the screen all the way down to your keyboard. I'm using this model: http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/S2411W/index.asp

Re: 22" or 24"? What's your chioce?

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:35:14 GMT

I use a 30" apple at home and a 24" imac at the office. One can never have enough real estate - I suppose up to the amount of peripheral vision you can use. The 24" area seems cramped!

Re: 22" or 24"? What's your chioce?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:04:46 GMT

Thank you, Thomas! I'll go for it!

Brian, I wish I lived in USA! At these prices I would buy a 30" too!

USA: 1 799 $ =1 244 euro
Bulgaria: 3 955 leva=2 918 euro