High value replacement monitor

[nss000]

Gents:

Legacy system: U_12.04/AMD965/MSI-790.gd70/NV650/12-Gig ram/various HDDs./650W PS

My PS repair failed on an infamous (4 YO) Hanns-G 28" so I'm shopping a new monitor for that legacy non-gaming system. I build-my-own so parts DO get passed down... ; any guidance with my monitor decision process is appreciated.

High-value is my criteria, and I judge one of several 24"/1920x1200 providing the best-bang-for-$$$. Various models are name brands costing out at ~$250-450. Yes I know they are 2-generations old! My (#1) Xeon system currently runs a $400 AURIA 27" 2560x1440 ... I can, but don't favor spending that or more money excepting the wild-hair of risking a Korean 30" APPLE-reject and swapping monitors.

But, the value proposition starts to sink when a new system PS and vidcard are needed to complete a deal with the 30" model. So 24"/1920/1200 appears a sounder choice. Any YYYx1080 makes me gag, but mebby I should re-think!! Any comments appreciated on the soundness of my considerations.

 

[dingo07]

in my sig...

 

[unknownofprob]

agreed, ultra-wide is a new and great way to go, though i opt going for 1440p, which i made the conversion from 1080p and it does (no matter what everyone else says) look noticeably different, I use one and can conform this, people who say "there's no difference" do tend to own one, but make assumptions.

 

[nss000]

I had not even considered these **stretch** monitor models. Now I will hunt & peck for reviews & user judgements ... there goes another week before making a decision, and using my dusted-off 19" Viewsonic that cost $1K in 2001.

That's a scratchy undercurrent in my decision process ... do I need two A- monitors, can I settle for a 'B' monitor for the legacy system or ... I hate even to imagine the low-value money-waste for a eye-popping 30" model.

This is the hottest stuff going around these days:
http://www.lg.com/in/monitors/lg-25UM65

 

[dingo07]

this site, if you're not aware, has a tremendous amount of valuable info - you can very well find what you're looking for from a review
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/

 

[nss000]

Taste is the crucial discriminator eh? I think "anchovy pizza" and galpal gags! So you are rejecting the entire concept of **value** ... that is greatest function for least expense : or express with maths:

df/d$ = balony ??

Methinks you have gone a step-too-far off end-of-the-pier!

Just for your information, you never waste money on any product. Different manufacturers make products with different tastes. Its like different recipes in kitchen. Some you like it and some you don't. But food is never meant to be called a waste. You need to change your outlook at what a paradise this world has become with the products of so many tastes.

 

[nss000]

A twitchy, subjective "emotocentric" view of value does NOT help me choose "a" robust" monitor for my **mixed-bag** of computer uses. One must scale better-to-worse. The word ROBUST implies that even if I don't even initially like the purchased monitor with use it will grow to earn a "yes I done good" long-term evaluation.

 

[nss000]

BigP:

You do a good job presenting the subjectivist value-argument. OTOH ... I have just chosen from AMAZON a well-reviewed & heavily purchased DELL 24" 1920x1200 monitor ... details aside, because ... I expect to drop dead before it does. Can't get more objective/subjective than that !