Monitor for beginner programmer low budget

Which one would you choose?


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ftball

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Feb 15, 2013
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Hello, I've been looking trough some monitors and came up with several variants. They all cost between 200-300USD. I need it for programming, web browsing etc. but no gaming. My laptop has Intel HD4000 GPU, so higher resolution is not an option. From my research I learned that IPS are superior to TN, offers better color, at the cost of response time, but for programming better colors(syntax highlighting on white background) are more important that theoretically blurry mouse cursor. Also, it appears that my Nexus 5 has 21ms response time and it's movie playback is really nice.

Please share what you think, and even better, share your experience if you had any of these models.


1) http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&sku=320-9776
2) http://www.aoc-europe.com/no_cache/en/monitors.html?showUid=334
3) http://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/lg-27MP65HQ
4) http://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/lg-27MA43D
 
For programming you really don't need IPS. TN panels will be fine, so that may save you a little cost. THe thing you want for programming is a lot of pixels to put a lot of windows on the screen. So the highest resolution and then probably somewhere in the range of a 23-24-inch screen. After that the pixels will get blurry.

I and other of my friends that program prefer 16:10 monitors to 16:9, since the vertical depth is handy. more lines of code. :)
 

ftball

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What about this monitor? It's 16:10, still in my price range, but will Intel HD4000 be enough for 1920x1200? Worst case scenario, laptop also has GT640M GPU, which I keep disabled, but it supports up to 3840 x 2160 digital resolution, I assume they mean HDMI. Still, primary card is Intel's, and direct access to GT640M is impossible. Do you think it would work?
http://www.lg.com/us/commercial/lcd-computer-monitors/lg-24EB23PM-B
 
That appears to be a very nice monitor. I struggled like heck to get from Intel documentation exactly what they support on HD4000. Eventually gave up and now run with a discrete video card in all my rigs. before I had issues with getting the correct resolution, afterward, not so much. :) Been a few years ago, though. :)