High screen resolution comparison question

I've had to replace a 20" LCD widescreen recently, which took me by surprise as I wasn't quite ready to commit myself yet to a dual screen configuration. I've just begun researching the possibilities but have come to the conclusion that bigger screens, from 32" to 42" for example was a waste of time (mind you, a 42" for viewing  videos would be sweet). And the main reason for this was the "response time" or more precisely..., the lack of. I've come to a compromise in the meantime and settled on a 27" LCD with a 3ms response time (GTG) for the ridiculous price of $235.00 CDN. I've had it since this Tuesday and I'm literally kicking myself for not having done this sooner. The "real estate" I now have at my disposal has made quite a difference with my slowly deteriorating eye sight. I can actually see all features of some of my plugins without having to get close to the screen to decipher some numerical values.

I'll be following this thread with interest. Good luck with your search!

jc

Addition: See if a retailer in your area would allow you to test this for yourself on their showroom hardware. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but doesn't come close to the real thing in real time.

Alegria, I am interested in why response time would be important, resolution I understand. Thanks

Thor5768


Thanks for your input Alegria.  A 30"+ screen is tempting....but I have read similar comments about lack of response time on those.

I was hoping to see a screenshot of SONAR running on the two resolutions so I could compare them. Unfortunately, I have no way to run SONAR away from my studio....otherwsie that is a great idea to just go to the local retailer and check it out. 

Thanks again!

MY 30" Dell runs SONAR at 2560x1600 without a glitch.

I'm running my 27's at 1920x1080, I don't have the option to go to 2560x1440.
The tracks are plenty small when collapsed, so I don't think I'd be interested in going any higher.
Of course I have 3 to spread Sonar across, if I didn't have that option...

T

You may also want to look at pixels per inch to determine physically how high or wide a track or other item will appear. A monitor with a higher PPI will display objects smaller than a monitor with a lower PPI. Check out  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_displays_by_pixel_density to see how various monitor sizes and resolutions compare.

I saw Nuendo on this 27" monitor and I'm pretty sure Sonar would be great on that too, especially since Sonar has a better layout for a single monitor display. The details were excellent and the amount of tracks it would display was unbelieveable!


It's quite affordable too. At least over here.