n00b monitor question

[bombfirst885]

Ok I'm hung up between the Dell 24 inch (Ultrasharp 1920 x 1200), and the Dell 22 inch (Ultrasharp 1680 x 1050). Now can someone tell me the difference when watching media such as 1080p movies?

[suraswami]

2" bigger screen so slightly bigger image. Nothing much.

[Kreij]

Well technically, for a true 1080p image reprduction, you have to have a monitor capable of handling that resolution (1920 x 1080). So the 24" can do a true pixel for pixel representation of the 1080p movie. The 22" cannot support that high of resolution so it will have to resize the image.

It may not be noticable to a lot of people, but it is a degraded copy of the original in any event.

[bombfirst885]

Well technically, for a true 1080p image reprduction, you have to have a monitor capable of handling that resolution (1920 x 1080). So the 24" can do a true pixel for pixel representation of the 1080p movie. The 22" cannot support that high of resolution so it will have to resize the image.

It may not be noticable to a lot of people, but it is a degraded copy of the original in any event.So what if for instance I hook up my xbox 360. You have an option for 1080p. Would the monitor be able to support such an option?

[Kreij]

If the xbox360 can output true 1080p, then the 24" can give you a true pixel for pixel image.
So can the Dell 27" and the 30".
Actually the 30" can do up to 2560x1600.

Any monitor that can natively display 1920x1200 can do true 1080p (or 1080i for that matter).

Any monitor that has less than 1920 x 1080 reolution will have to resize the image to fit it on the screen.

[Atnevon]

How would it look then. I'm in the same boat right now with this decision making too. Mainly between Samsungs though. What happens though with the 360? Does it apply letterboxes since its 1080 output is in 16:9, not 16:10 as the moniters do? Will it look like this? (please note this is only for demo pic purposes)
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=44732&highlight=nvidia+claims
At the very top of the post, I hate having to relink images.

What I am wondering is does the 24 inch do what the moniter on the left is doing? Where it is letterboxed at the standard 1080 resolution, or upscaled to fit the 24 more, like the on the right.


Basicly, I'm wondering the quality difference between the 22 and 24 on the scale of gaming, HD playback, and plugging in consoles: 360, PS3, ect...

[bombfirst885]

How would it look then. I'm in the same boat right now with this decision making too. Mainly between Samsungs though. What happens though with the 360? Does it apply letterboxes since its 1080 output is in 16:9, not 16:10 as the moniters do? Will it look like this? (please note this is only for demo pic purposes)
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=44732&highlight=nvidia+claims
At the very top of the post, I hate having to relink images.

What I am wondering is does the 24 inch do what the moniter on the left is doing? Where it is letterboxed at the standard 1080 resolution, or upscaled to fit the 24 more, like the on the right.


Basicly, I'm wondering the quality difference between the 22 and 24 on the scale of gaming, HD playback, and plugging in consoles: 360, PS3, ect...Don't buy the 22 inch if gaming on the 360. I just read parts of a huge thread on xbox.com on how it doesn't support the 16:10 resolution.

[keakar]

Ok I'm hung up between the Dell 24 inch (Ultrasharp 1920 x 1200), and the Dell 22 inch (Ultrasharp 1680 x 1050). Now can someone tell me the difference when watching media such as 1080p movies?

for me personally i cant justify the big difference in price with the small actual difference in screen size. 2" sounds like a lot but its measured diagonally so a 2" bigger screen is really just under 1" wider when measured horizontally. many monitors have a really BIG price jump from 22" to 24" so when you think about how much more screen your actually getting, its hard to justify spending that money. :confused:

[Atnevon]

Don't buy the 22 inch if gaming on the 360. I just read parts of a huge thread on xbox.com on how it doesn't support the 16:10 resolution.

can you link a good thread to me. I personally would like to see pics of the setups. Bith 24 and 22 inch moniter.

[bombfirst885]

can you link a good thread to me. I personally would like to see pics of the setups. Bith 24 and 22 inch moniter.Well here is the xbox.com link....

http://forums.xbox.com/16915679/ShowPost.aspx

Not sure if there are any pics though.

[Atnevon]

I must say bomb, these people are idiots! Just on the first 2 pages, there was no mention of HDMI or DVI cables. I'm afraid this thread didn't help. I'm still looking more through it to see what happens...

[bombfirst885]

I must say bomb, these people are idiots! Just on the first 2 pages, there was no mention of HDMI or DVI cables. I'm afraid this thread didn't help. I'm still looking more through it to see what happens...Well when the 360 launched it didn't have an HDMI cable, and there is no DVI support.

Either way the 360 doesn't have an option for Native 1680 x 1050.