Displays High resolution 20" Monitor?

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  1. xrob

    xrob What's a Dremel?

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    Does anyone make high resolution 20" monitors?

    Cant seem to find anything, I don't really want 24".
     
  2. Tangster

    Tangster Butt-kicking for goodness!

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    What's "high resolution" to you? You won't find anything over 1920x1080 in the 20" market these days.
     
  3. CrapBag

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    What do you class as high resolution?

    I think you may have to look at 21.5" for 1920x1080 at least.

    It's not that much bigger and would give you a lot more choice.
     
  4. xrob

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    Sorry, 1920x1200 would be nice, I prefer the 16:10.

    Currently have 1680x1050 Dell.
     
  5. samkiller42

    samkiller42 For i AM Cheesecake!!

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    You wont find any 20" displays with that res. I don't know of any displays under 24" with that resolution.

    Sam
     
  6. KidMod-Southpaw

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    I noticed you have an Nvidia graphics card. Some monitors will allow you to create a higher custom resolution using the Nvidia control panel.
     
  7. GregTheRotter

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    I think NEC do some business grade monitors at smaller sizes and larger res. I went from a 20" NEC to a Dell u2711 and resolution increase is very nice. I think you're going to have a hard time finding something suitable.
     
  8. longweight

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    Not higher than the screens native resolution though.
     
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    There's plenty of 21.5", 1920 x 1080 screens on Scan but I doubt you'll get a 1920 x 1200 panel this side of a 24" Dell U2412M...
     
  10. KidMod-Southpaw

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    Actually, when I had my old crappy 19" TN panel, that had a native resolution of 1440x 900 and I could scale it to 1920x 1080 just fine.
     
  11. Tangster

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    Must be interpolated. You would be missing large amounts of detail, because the pixel density isn't high enough to display them.
     
  12. KidMod-Southpaw

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    It looked ok actually when I was running it. Still, the move to this U23 was still massively awesome and 100X better! :D

    OP, I think you's be best going with this:
    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/23-l...l-hd-1920x1080-250cd-m-5m1-12-ms-dvi-vga-hdmi

    Cheaper than the 21" version too! :thumb:
     
  13. longweight

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    It's still not a true higher resolution though.
     
  14. KidMod-Southpaw

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    Oh I knew that, just increases the pixel density and hurts my eyes. XD
     
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    Thanks guys, guess no choice but to go for 21.5", really dont want anything too big.

    Cheers
     
  17. KidMod-Southpaw

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    But the 23" version is £1 cheaper!

    Either way, get one of those 2 LG panels, you won't ever regret going IPS!
     
  18. hamza_tm

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    afraid you can't increase pixel density, it's a physical property of the screen and no software can change that
     
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    My terminology is awful. :(
     
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    We still love you!
     

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