I got Philips 24" for RM1450 from Singapore Sim Lim. Its resolution is 1920 X 1200 and 60 Hz rate. The only problem is the unit I purchased come with not working speakers, I am lazy to send back for repair because I have never used them. Another issue is user has to get a third-party software to support screen rotate. Irotate software from Taiwan is free and work perfectly with Philips monitor and G-Force graphics card.

What is so special for HP 24" LCD minitor for asking such a steep price?

This post has been edited by Fearless: Sep 9 2008, 06:40 PM

Don't falling into trap of believing wide LCD is good for viewing. To have sharp and clear font, LCD has to be set to its native resolution, higher resolution meaning the font size is smaller.

I am telling you this because I have 15" and 24" LCD monitors. For bigger font display for old man, I suggest you to buy a low native resolution LCD, 17" shall be ok.

Setting to low resolution in a wide high native resolution LCD to have bigger font is a bad idea, the font display is NOT sharp and clear.

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Added on September 9, 2008, 6:58 pmI have seen many home users do not use ClearType font and native resolution settings for their LCD monitor. The font display is horrible poor.

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Added on September 9, 2008, 7:06 pmMost likely LCD panel for HP, Dell and Philips are from same sources.

This post has been edited by Fearless: Sep 9 2008, 07:06 PM

My point is getting the lowest resolution in widest monitor in the market. If there is 800 X 600 30" monitor, go grasp it for old man.

My new 24" monitor is having much smaller font than my 15" monitor which is more difficult to read news. Have to bear for trade-off between font size and movie size.

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Added on September 12, 2008, 4:14 amGet a splitting cable to connect two monitors to your PC.

Some old monitors cannot support higher 1920X1200 resolution. Originally I was planning to use two monitors in different locations. Small one for reading news and email, and big one is solely for movie, but my old monitor is incapable to support high resolution. It's too troublesome to readjust resolution back and forth, so I decided to give my old monitor to my nephew.

This post has been edited by Fearless: Sep 12 2008, 04:42 AM

Test it on-site before bring your new monitor home.

I was so confident to assume Philips monitor shall work as intended, but I was wrong. The built-in speakers are dead. Send it back for repair is never a pleasant experience.

My advice is DO NOT buy Philips monitor for two reasons, first is shipping defective product to consumer showing that they have lousy quality control and second is you never get reply from Philips online customer support except confirmation email generated by server.

Philips monitor is no longer under Philips groups, the division shall be under a China company by now.

For peace of mind and good customer support, Dell is number one service compnay in the market.

I will not buy any HP product no matter how good and how cheap their products, their online customer service is damned suck as Philips.

Many websites are hardcoding to 10 dpi, increase font DPI setting does not increase actual font size.

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Added on September 13, 2008, 4:12 amI think you go for one interface if possible, HDMI or DVI only. Cloning two monitors shall less complicated than one monitor and one TV in your case.

This post has been edited by Fearless: Sep 13 2008, 04:14 AM

To have big font size for surfing, I suggest u get a low end 32" TV LCD as your monitor. U can get it at around RM2000 for Philips, Samsung, etc.

Indeed I overlooked this option, I very regret for having 24" 1900X1200 Philips monitor, the font size is too small for comfortable reading.