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Considerations for choosing monitor
Display size of monitor
Bigger display is better. However, do note that you should have sufficient distance to place your monitor towards your eyes.
Keep a distance of 50cm from your eyes to the screen.
No point getting a 30 inch monitor if your viewing distance is less than 30cm. Your eyes will suffer!
Pixel pitch on the monitor screen size
In this case, smaller pixel pitch is better, which is more pixel per inch.
For example :
Display resolution
1920×1080 (1080p)
Mega Pixel
2.1
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Screen Size / Pixel pitch (mm) / Pixel per inch
21.5” / 0.248mm / 102.5
23” / 0.265mm / 95.8
23.6” / 0.272mm / 93.3
24” / 0.277mm / 91.8
24.6” / 0.284mm / 89.6
27” / 0.311mm / 81.6
Format for monitor
4:3 – Standard format
16:9 – International standard format of HDTV
16:10 – Good for viewing widescreen movies
16:9 is good to go.
Response time for monitor
2ms or less – Excellent
5ms – Good
8ms or more – Normal
Response time 2ms is good for serious gaming.
More like advertising hype, can your eyes see the difference between 2ms and 5ms?
Types of monitor
CRT: Legacy monitors which occupy a lot of space.
LCD: Most common type of monitor in the market and occupies less space compare to CRT
LED: Note that this is a LCD monitor that use LED backlight, uses less power than LCD monitor but more costly due to its technology.
Types of LCD monitor
Twisted nematic (TN) - The inexpensive twisted nematic display is the most common consumer display type.
In-plane switching (IPS) - In-plane switching was developed by Hitachi Ltd. in 1996 to improve on the poor viewing angle and the poor color reproduction of TN panels at that time.
Advanced fringe field switching (AFFS) - This is an LCD technology derived from the IPS by Boe-Hydis of Korea. Known as fringe field switching (FFS) until 2003, advanced fringe field switching is a technology similar to IPS or S-IPS offering superior performance and colour gamut with high luminosity.
Multi-domain vertical alignment (MVA) - Multi-domain vertical alignment was originally developed in 1998 by Fujitsu as a compromise between TN and IPS.
Patterned vertical alignment (PVA) - Patterned vertical alignment and super patterned vertical alignment (S-PVA) are alternative versions of MVA technology offered by Samsung's and Sony's joint venture S-LCD.
Advanced super view (ASV) - Advanced super view, also called axially symmetric vertical alignment was developed by Sharp. It is a VA mode where liquid crystal molecules orient perpendicular to the substrates in the off state. The bottom sub-pixel has continuously covered electrodes, while the upper one has a smaller area electrode in the center of the subpixel.
Brightness and Contrast
The two main user adjustments of a video monitor.
Brightness - It adds or subtracts an offset, or bias, into the red, green, and blue signals.
Contrast - It applies a scale factor (gain) to the red, green, and blue signals.
You may want to see and try this at those electronics shops displaying the monitors for comparison.
Brightness 250 cd/m2 and Contrast 1000:1 is good to go.
Power Consumption
The lower, the better.
Graphic card for monitor
Do ensure that your graphic card can support your monitor.
Check the display port requirements such as VGA, DVI, HDMI and DP.
Conclusion
Hope this helps you to decide your desirable monitor. Enjoy!
Display size of monitor
Bigger display is better. However, do note that you should have sufficient distance to place your monitor towards your eyes.
Keep a distance of 50cm from your eyes to the screen.
No point getting a 30 inch monitor if your viewing distance is less than 30cm. Your eyes will suffer!
Pixel pitch on the monitor screen size
In this case, smaller pixel pitch is better, which is more pixel per inch.
For example :
Display resolution
1920×1080 (1080p)
Mega Pixel
2.1
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Screen Size / Pixel pitch (mm) / Pixel per inch
21.5” / 0.248mm / 102.5
23” / 0.265mm / 95.8
23.6” / 0.272mm / 93.3
24” / 0.277mm / 91.8
24.6” / 0.284mm / 89.6
27” / 0.311mm / 81.6
Format for monitor
4:3 – Standard format
16:9 – International standard format of HDTV
16:10 – Good for viewing widescreen movies
16:9 is good to go.
Response time for monitor
2ms or less – Excellent
5ms – Good
8ms or more – Normal
Response time 2ms is good for serious gaming.
More like advertising hype, can your eyes see the difference between 2ms and 5ms?
Types of monitor
CRT: Legacy monitors which occupy a lot of space.
LCD: Most common type of monitor in the market and occupies less space compare to CRT
LED: Note that this is a LCD monitor that use LED backlight, uses less power than LCD monitor but more costly due to its technology.
Types of LCD monitor
Twisted nematic (TN) - The inexpensive twisted nematic display is the most common consumer display type.
In-plane switching (IPS) - In-plane switching was developed by Hitachi Ltd. in 1996 to improve on the poor viewing angle and the poor color reproduction of TN panels at that time.
Advanced fringe field switching (AFFS) - This is an LCD technology derived from the IPS by Boe-Hydis of Korea. Known as fringe field switching (FFS) until 2003, advanced fringe field switching is a technology similar to IPS or S-IPS offering superior performance and colour gamut with high luminosity.
Multi-domain vertical alignment (MVA) - Multi-domain vertical alignment was originally developed in 1998 by Fujitsu as a compromise between TN and IPS.
Patterned vertical alignment (PVA) - Patterned vertical alignment and super patterned vertical alignment (S-PVA) are alternative versions of MVA technology offered by Samsung's and Sony's joint venture S-LCD.
Advanced super view (ASV) - Advanced super view, also called axially symmetric vertical alignment was developed by Sharp. It is a VA mode where liquid crystal molecules orient perpendicular to the substrates in the off state. The bottom sub-pixel has continuously covered electrodes, while the upper one has a smaller area electrode in the center of the subpixel.
Brightness and Contrast
The two main user adjustments of a video monitor.
Brightness - It adds or subtracts an offset, or bias, into the red, green, and blue signals.
Contrast - It applies a scale factor (gain) to the red, green, and blue signals.
You may want to see and try this at those electronics shops displaying the monitors for comparison.
Brightness 250 cd/m2 and Contrast 1000:1 is good to go.
Power Consumption
The lower, the better.
Graphic card for monitor
Do ensure that your graphic card can support your monitor.
Check the display port requirements such as VGA, DVI, HDMI and DP.
Conclusion
Hope this helps you to decide your desirable monitor. Enjoy!