Not mass market yet in terms of affordibility. A year ago, everyone was getting 22" - now 24" are becoming more common. I wouldn't be surprised if 27"ers came into fashion in the next financial year.

I've got quite a deep desk with probably vary similar dimensions to yours and this is partly due to the fact that i used to own a 19" CRT monitor which was pretty deep itself and i ended up sitting pretty close to it which admittedly was not as comfortable. Right now i'm using a dell 2408wfp, and it is pretty comfortable. I've not measured my viewing distance but i think I'm using it at about the recommended viewing distance. I am pretty sure i'd be able to handle 27" and 30".

I recently got a dell 24" for the office as well which cost about RM500+ which is a pretty mainstream price. I couldn't have seen myself getting a 24" in 2006 when i bought my first viewsonic 20" WS LCD which cost >RM1K which to me seemed extravagant. For me at least, it seems that it's the price that determines what it mainstream.

Also someone mentioned the size of the screen and resolution being too big, you are supposed to adjust the pitch size so that text and icons are at a good balance between clarity and readability. My dot pitch is set to 120dpi at the moment which ensures I don't have to sit too close to the monitor

I'm waiting till single slot GCs can produce decent fps at 2560x1200 before i make the jump to 30". Oh that and the fact the 30" prices aren't mainstream enough for me

Dual processor though isn't it? I was under the assumption that it worked kinda like SLI but on a single card - and therefore SLI support had to be coded into the game/program. In any case - i usually hate those types of card for their heat/power consumption and noise. Anyway sorry for OT back to LCD monitors!

Was just looking at benchmarks - still can't handle crysis at very high details .

Anyway, i believe 30"ers run on dual link DVI, which means you need 2 DVI cables?

Which basically means I'll have problems running my current dual monitor setups - which i can't live without nowadays. So the only solution would be a dual GC card setup - whether sli/xfire or not. At this point in time, still not willing to have a pc that sounds like a vacuum cleaner when i power it up....

Anyway, all that is irrelevant, i don't really have any desire to upgrade my monitor or to a system that lets me game comfortably at 2560x1600. My next system build will be a HTPC which is a project i'll undertake next year. So to go back on topic, I know that thermaltake and silverstone sell cases with 7" touch screen lcds (this is the on topic part), anyone know of any suppliers here who bring in those overpriced parts? Also anyone here have any experience on the fidelity/quality of those 7" parts, would love to hear of your experiences.

I believe that's exactly right. Cutting lcd panels of 1920x1080 means you get more lcd panels than you would if you cut them at 1920x1200 panels.

Full HD just means that the screen resolution is 1920x1080 whereas HDMI enabled means you can connect via the hdmi port on your laptop. The VGA port will also give an analogue signal whereas the HDMI cable will be digital and will also provide sound in addition to graphics.

Actually yes, because response time is not the same thing as lag or more specifically input lag. Input lag is caused by overdriving the monitor, that is increasing the voltage on the pixels. Overvolting the pixels will sometimes result in input lag on pva panels like my dell 2408wfp while on TN panels it can sometimes cause inverse ghosting.

An informative article can be found here http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/monitors/...-of-overdrive/1

Oh! i didn't realise that they had finally replaced 2408wfp. (Which is a shame because i wanted to get a matching one for looks if the price dropped any lower)

Noticed that the panel type was IPS, which means that it should not suffer from the input lag you get from VA panels.

I also noticed that it doesn't have stereo out in the specs for people planning to plug hdmi connectors into the monitor.

If the picture quality is as good as (or better than) the 2408wfp, then grats! on a great buy!

Changing from 2408wfp to U2410 (which sounds like a German submarine btw)

Upgrade= you get rid of about 30ms worth of input lag
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Downgrade=loss of inputs/outputs
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sidegrade

But if you get the U2410 in addition to your 2408wfp you get matching dual view monitor display (apart from the stands). Now that's gotta be cool.


Actually, if you consider that IPS panels are superior to VA panels, then getting the U2410 at the same price as the 2408wfp which i got at about the same price a few months ago would be considered a bargain.

And i use it primarily for gaming - pc and consoles just because of the superior input options.

This post has been edited by Kidicarus: Aug 28 2009, 09:48 AM

From the results in game mode, that is really really really low input lag. Even with my current high latency monitor which is supposed to average about 30ms, i don't notice the lag with my FPS games.

I have never had a problem with this. That's what this setting is for

I think this is an example of inverse ghosting. It's what happens when you have a TN panel overdriven to give low ms response time.

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Added on September 4, 2009, 3:40 amIt's a far better panel I agree. But the inputs for me are still useful as i have a few retro consoles plugged in at the same time. It's a convenience thing and I'm extremely lazy

This post has been edited by Kidicarus: Sep 4 2009, 03:40 AM

No i don't believe the problem lies with dithering. As i said, the problem is more likely caused by inverse ghosting from the overdriven panel. A possible solution would be to try some other modes in the LCD panel.

The discolouration you see is possibly caused by overvolting the lcd pixels to achieve that 2ms pixel response time.

A description of the problem can be found in this article. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/monitors/...-of-overdrive/5

So the problem doesn't lie so much with the lcd panel but more with the hardware pushing the panel.

Apparently the gatewar 2400 suffers from really horrible backlight bleeding