Tamas Rudnai wrote:

> Basically I would need something reasonable priced 21-27", maybe widescre=
en
> as Xcode works better is you can layout two sources next to each other
> (header+source or source+view designer).
>  =20
IMO when buying a monitor for coding (rather than say image work, that will=
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have a totally different set of criteria) the main question is what resolou=
tion
do you want? (or alternatively what resoloution can you afford?)

1920x1080 screens are cheap and readilly available. The cheapest ones seem =
to=20
have some issues with poor viewing angles that lead to non-uniformity (that=
 is
the colors change sufficiently with angle that you can notice the differenc=
e=20
between the top and bottom of the screen) but for coding I don't think that=
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matters too much.

The cheapest 1920x1200 screens are about twice the price of the cheapest
1920x1080 screens but I think you do get a better quality screen as well fo=
r
that money and the extra vertical space is nice to have.=20

For 1920x1440 the price for monitors from well-known vendors goes
through the roof (though not quite as expensive as apple).=20



There are some far eastern vendors offering high resoloution monitors=20
at lower cost and apparently they do actually ship the product and=20
they does actually work BUT they are very fussy about input signals and=20
so I would not reccomend them to laptop users (desktop users have the
option of swapping out their graphics card if the one they have doesn't
play nice with their monitor. Laptop users don't).

> My MacBok Pro does not have ThunderBolt but the mini display port, and I
> have VGA and HDMI adaptor for that, I can buy a DVI if the monitor works
> only with that.
Up to 1920x1200 you should have no problem plugging a DVI-HDMI
cable into your existing adaptor.

For 2560x1440 and above you will need either dual link DVI or=20
displayport, I would certainly look for a monitor with displayport
if buying a high resooution screen as displayport to dual link DVI
converters (displayport to dual link DVI requires an active conveter
not just a cabling adapter).=20

I don't know how good the VGA output on the macs is but generally
I would try to avoid VGA where possible.=20

> Any suggestions?
Recently bought a HP 1920x1200 screen (sorry I don't have the exact
part number to hand) for my parents computer at just over =A3200 and=20
it seems pretty nice to me (as in I didn't notice any graphical=20
problems with it but i'm not a monitor snob).=20

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