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CubicleGeek · 03-11-2009, 05:32 PM

The dot pitch and pixel size tends to be much bigger on TV's so text would appear blurry. Should be fine for video or gaming though.

The best 20.1" monitors are the Apple and the NEC professional monitors because they still use a panel technology called S-IPS. You're obviously going to pay the premium for it. S-IPS has far superior contrast ratios and color reproduction than other technologies (at the cost of refresh rate), which is important if you're doing any photo-editing professionally or if you take the hobby very seriously.

You can pick up something like a Dell 2009W or the HP w2007 for a reasonable price, but unfortunately, both of these companies who formerly used S-IPS panels in their 20.1" monitors have moved their new product lines to TN based panels (which IMO, is the worst of the 3 technologies IPS, MVA/PVA, TN).

03-11-2009, 05:32 PM	#2
CubicleGeek Scoring Winger Join Date: Oct 2006 Exp:	The dot pitch and pixel size tends to be much bigger on TV's so text would appear blurry. Should be fine for video or gaming though. The best 20.1" monitors are the Apple and the NEC professional monitors because they still use a panel technology called S-IPS. You're obviously going to pay the premium for it. S-IPS has far superior contrast ratios and color reproduction than other technologies (at the cost of refresh rate), which is important if you're doing any photo-editing professionally or if you take the hobby very seriously. You can pick up something like a Dell 2009W or the HP w2007 for a reasonable price, but unfortunately, both of these companies who formerly used S-IPS panels in their 20.1" monitors have moved their new product lines to TN based panels (which IMO, is the worst of the 3 technologies IPS, MVA/PVA, TN). Last edited by CubicleGeek; 03-11-2009 at 06:07 PM. Reason: Monitor suggestions