you might not be able to see more details in 22", given the fact that their native resolution is the same.

in fact, 22" monitor will be 'blurer' than a 20" because of d the dots distance (i might not be using a technical term).

even 24" dell has come to historically low at rm1899....

i would rather wait for merdeka month n hope there will another round of price slash!

sharing my 2cts here...

To customize a desired resolution, you need to install an nVidia software and it will normally appear in your control panel.

i'm using an nVidia 6600LE VGA card and it has a customized resolution you can create but you will be prompted by taking a risk of non-display.

i bought a dell 228wfp in the last PC fair and changed to a new customized resolution of 1440x900 and it works perfectly!

you might want 2 try??!!

may i know what's the dvd movie software you use?

i am just very surprised to hear that your dvd playback can be upscaled to 1680x1050.

please enlighten me....

juz 2 share my dell experience here...

when i received my order, there is a VGA cable already attached to the monitor while a DVI cable is sealed in a plastic bag - all in the same box.

normally if the monitor has 15-pin D-Sub (VGA) and DVI inputs, they should supply you all cables. if not, call up the sales rep and make a request for DVI cable delivery.

my 2 cents thoughts, by 2010 or earlier:

as a rational manufacturer, to make sense in their product positioning:
1) 24" and above - high end models (to maximize the potentials recorded in blue-ray or hddvd)
- entry level models (to satisfy a budget pc user to get a trill of hd era)

2) 22" - main stream models (they will make less response time or higher contrast ratio - as good as an lcd tv)

3) 20" and below - end of product life....

a manufacturer can never produce the same size of model forever, given the presence of competition by others. no doubt, a manufacturer will normally demand for cost down (approx. 5% yearly) in order to keep for price advantage, however, it would be even more cost-effective to produce larger monitor size due to bulk order discounts, better quality in terms of response time, contrast ratio, energy saving, etc.

that's why you don't see anymore 14"/15" monitor in the mkt nw and ppl will not look for that also.

having said this, i tend to agree that 24" will EVENTUALLY replace any smaller size models, like it or not.

dat's y CRT is still in production...even though the price difference is not much as compare with a 17" LCD monitor rite nw.

workers will abuse watever dat r given 2 them, nt juz monitors oni....

all 22" lcd monitor, be it dell, lg or samsung...can playback 720p movie without any problem as it's under its native resolution of 1050p.

however, i don't think you can get any 720p dvd movies in the market...dvds are made in 640px480p resolution...some of the dvd players especially with HDMI output, the pictures are upscaled to 720p which are 'artifacts'.

all 22" lcd monitor has an optimum resolution of 1050 lines hence it's not considered as a full HD monitor... only 24" and above are actually considered as full HD monitor

i always have this doubt that arouses mi all the time...

y 24" and above monitor which is full HD panel are sold from 1899 (based on dell models) but a full HD LCD TV is bidding for at least 15000 (based on sony 40" x-series)

or is there any article(s) that cover the differences between a LCD monitor n LCD TV....tq

speaking of TV functionality...a normal LCD monitor can view any tv channels by having a TV box (internal/external)...some of the latest tv boxes can even support up to 1680x1050 (the native resolution of a 22" monitor)

you can get a normal tv box of such function above with less than rm400...

yes, there is needless to have a 40" monitor, even 30" dell monitor is too large for a desktop usage.

given the same or similar specification compare to other vendors, superb after sales service and extended warranty period, dell monitors would be the cheapest in the market right now.

dell enjoys the economies of scale as the same model is supplied worldwide - of course north america remains the largest contribution to their revenues.

Dell 20" LCD monitor uses 8-bit monitor panel, it can Tilt, swivel, landscape or portrait viewing, S-Video, Composite, and 4xUSB 2.0 Ports which can't be found in 22" Dell monitor...that's y it's more expensive lor

there is oso a Sony S310 series which supports 1080p though it's not a full HD panel. wat surprises me is the retailing price of a 32" LCD is sold less than 3000!

i spotted PS3 on your desktop, mind telling hw much u bought?

seems that your 24" monitors r used for multimedia purpose??