[geeks] tis the season for hardware to fail...

[Joshua Boyd]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 07:16:33PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
> If you want larger than 24", the odds thin out fast.  Don't waste your
> time or money on the 27.5" Hanns-G; they're cheap, but their quality is
> shit, their warranty service is abysmally slow, and they weasel out of
> their warranties.  (DAMHIK.)  NEC has a 26" for about $475, Viewsonic
> makes a 26" for $880 (damn, they must be awful proud of that), and
> that's your lot unless you go up to 30" monitors with 2560x1600
> resolution and truly breathtaking prices.

2560x1600 30" displays seem to be moving towards 2560x1440 27" display
instead. :(

However, you also skipped the 2048x1152 resolution available in 23" from
Samsung, or 27" from Acer.  The nice thing about this resolution is that
it doesn't require dual link DVI, and thus is more widely compatible.
It also has 2.5% more pixels than 1920x1200.  The down side is that the
extra 48 vertical pixels is probably more valuable than the extra 128
horizontal pixels.  The other downside is that this resolution is
getting rarer.