Displays new big screen with low pixel count

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  1. alpaca

    alpaca llama eats dremel

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    hi,

    my grandparents asked me to find a new screen to replace their old crt behemoth. i am looking for a big screen (20-24inch range, bigger the better), with a low pixel count (so everything is bigger, my grandpa likes that, the likes of 1280x768) and a good quality panel. price is not too important, but it has to be 'reasonable' (their own word choice).

    any 'user recomendations'?

    kind regards, alpaca
     
  2. Slizza

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    why not just get a 24" 1920 x 1080 or 1920 x 1200 and then set the resolution to whatever you like.
     
  3. Cupboard

    Cupboard I'm not a modder.

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    If you do that it looks rubbish. You would be better just increasing the size of stuff on screen.
    I can't remember how to do it in XP but 7 is very easy - just go to the "Display" options in the control panel and choose "larger"!
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    yes, I am using an expired beta of 7....
     
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  4. RinSewand

    RinSewand What's a Dremel?

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    Agreed - or just manually set the font sizes larger?

    You'll struggle to find a new low pixel monitor of that size...

    *edit - Cupboard beat me to the suggestion - with pictures! *edit*

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  5. azrael-

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    As always I feel the need to throw the Dell UltraSharp 2209WA into the mix. 22" and 1680x1050 resolution. You'd be hard pressed finding something with a lower resolution, *unless* you look at e.g. 26" LCD tvs. They usually come with 1366x768 resolution. On top of that, as the previous posters mentioned, large fonts. Do not, however, run an LCD at a lower resolution than its native resolution. It certainly doesn't look pretty.
     
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  6. Elton

    Elton Officially a Whisky Nerd

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    Look at 26" LCD HDTVs as Azrael said. Cheap and effective.
     
  7. alpaca

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    ok tnx guys, i'll see what i can do.
     
  8. azrael-

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    A little follow-up: Often it's very hard to learn which type of panel is in an LCD tv. For good image quality you'd usually want to avoid TN panels.

    A good indicator is to look at the viewing angles, if they appear in the specs. If it says something like 160 degrees (or half that) in *either* direction you're most certainly looking at a TN panel. IPS panels boast a 178 degrees viewing angle in both directions, and I believe that (mostly) holds true for xVA panels as well.

    A couple of interesting models would be the Sony KDL-26V4500 and Sony KDL-26L4000.
     
  9. Elton

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    In this case, you'd be hard pressed to find IPS or x-VA panels that are that big and have such a low resolution, as most TVs using those panels usually have a higer pixel pitch than regular monitors anyways(i.e 20" being 1600x1200, 22" being 1920x1200..). Although 24" and up keep the 1920x1200/1920x1080.
     
  10. azrael-

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    The ones I mention have panels with a resolution of 1366x768 pixels and the panels are NOT TN panels (viewing angles of 178 degrees). There are other potential candidates out there, but I knew the specs of the two mentioned models since I looked them up a while ago.

    From what I can tell the Toshiba 26AV615D, 26AV605P and 26AV607P might also be interesting as they have a viewing angle of 170 degrees, which definitely not points to a TN panel either.
     
  11. Elton

    Elton Officially a Whisky Nerd

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    Really? But the problem with these monitors is that you can only tell IRL, they can advertise it to be like so, but usually it turns out to be a TN. For example, my Dell W2607C, it has a pretty wide viewing angle, which is nice, but it perplexes me still since it has some really bad color inaccuracy(grey = deep purple).
     
  12. azrael-

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    Of course manufacturer's can always print erroneous specifications, so it's true that seeing the product in real life is the only way to make sure it lives up to the specs. But going on the specs the models I've listed shouldn't be TN-based.
     

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