I use a Dell 3007 (30" 2560x1600) for almost 8years now, before I used 2x 17 - 19 - 24 - 27inch. don't wanna go back!
Does anyone use an Apple/Mac monitor but hooked up to a PC - in laymans terms is getting it to work on a windows pc desktop a pain? Do you need a special graphics card etc? Any info would be appreciated from anyone who has actually gone through the process. Thx
Targa Visionary LCD 22" http://www.adverts.ie/monitors/targa-visionary-22-16-10-lcd-monitor/2652698 very cheap and after about 7 Years, still running great
For my part I use one AOC e2752Vq 27" and one Samsung 22" . I have the latter for more than 10 years, and something like 2 years for the AOC...
What do you use the AOC for? Are you doing any graphics (vectors etc), photo's, games etc? What are the actual 'real estate' dimensions of it (meaning the actual screen h x w and not the bezels etc)? Is this a 16:9 or a 16:10?
The HP 27" are superb Monitors, they are more or less in the same league as Dells 27" and Apples (2560x1440) You should def, check out those Korean IPS Monitors (who use the same panels as Dell&Apple) 27" 2560x1440 @ around 350 bucks (on ebay). After my Hp died i got one of those and i love them. Depending on price you get more inputs and OSD (important for calibrating). I´m Selling mine now and get a korean (39"4k for about 475 bucks pre shipping) display. no more scrolling and finaly only one monitor review of the monitor
I use a 27" iMac along with a Dell P2715Qt - it's quite new and was well reviewed when it was released last year. It will give you 4K resolution (though only at 30 Hz with the iMac) - this is convenient in some cases, but at 27" 4K detail is quite small. Instead I normally drive it at 2560 X 1440 so it matches my iMac display. It's surprisingly bright and vibrant (unlike the 1080 Dell monitor I replaced with it) - I think I paid $550 for it. No regrets.
I bought it mainly for gaming, it wasn't too expensive with a good response time, of course now that I started to produce music (or at least try to ^^) I don't have muche time to play games any more... ^^ To answer your questions: Yes, I use(d) it for all those things, and I'm happy with it, altough I don't do pro graphics (only some works with photoshop, a bit of unity 3D and a tiny bit of blender). It's a 16:9 , 34 x 60 cm without the border.
Strange how no one really raves about HP monitors like they do for Dell or Apples. My being in Asia, I've heard that the Korean IPS monitors are likely not to be as good as the one you got - something about sending the normal rejects to Asia for less money so you can't be sure what you'll get.
I've decided that until Windows & apps can deal with 4k, not much point getting one as it defeats its purpose when you have to downgrade the resolution - just my opinion.
yes they are all rejects, but to put in context, what is wrong with my monitor is 59hz and not 60hz, if you want a quasi pristine panel you pay more like 120hz or more inputs "guaranty pixel perfect". labels like apple or dell can and insist that the panels are as ordered but that doesnt mean the panels are bad ;)
I'm starting to focus on the Dell U2515 and the U2715, though they're both 16:9's. But what I can't get to see as no shops here have them on display to compare (Dell have no actual shop unlike Apple, which leaves small distributor shops to sell everything and they only display say up to a 22" - anything bigger and you have to pay before the shop will open the box), is whether the actual screen real estate at the resolution they have will result in the amount of overall space I'm looking for, because when I compare physical dimensions to my smaller current screen there's not enough in it to justify the cost, or my eyesight will get worse straining to see smaller text menus etc. How can I visualise the difference between 2560 x 1440 at 60Hz & 1440 x 900 @ 60Hz when the screen dimensions physically grow 5" diagonally?
