Which LCD monitor to get? Dell or Apple?
Hello everyone!
Well, I have decided to make the jump from CRT to LCD. I see that Dell has one similar to the Apple Cinema Display which is 20 inches. I am somewhat confused as to what monitor I should get since to me the Dell looks just as good as the Apple?
Can someone recommend for me a nice 20 inch LCD monitor similar or comparable to the Apple Cinema Display 20 inch?
Thanks,
Hi Nadav,
MacWorld reviews:
http://www.macworld.com/products/displays.html
You decide what is important to you in each review. ie. some displays have a "poor" viewing angle, but if that's not important, or privacy is important, then you can ignore it.
Or the UK MacUser labs tests:
http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/23:9/19in-widescreen-tfts/products.html
Again, filter what is important to you.
Something that was important to me was pitch size, I'm used to 96dpi now (but 72dpi when I had CRT). 12pt fonts look the same size on every monitor I work on. When I have used a Dell "19in" TFT, it was smaller than my 17in Studio Display. It also had some insane native resolution, which made 12pt fonts tiny and unreadable - annoying if you're proofing PDF documents. When I reduced resolution, it looked awful, and was still unreadable.
Oh yes, TFTs can be awful below their native resolution, while CRTs usually manage quite well. There is a technical reason for this - can't find the link just now - something to do with the phosphor in CRTs, maybe.
Still, this might not be important to you, or TFT monitors with insane native resolutions may be a lot better now. Just something to check, 96dpi is good.
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