ViewSonic debuts 24-inch VG2427 1080p LCD monitor
By Darren Murph 
posted Apr 8th 2009 1:54AM
posted Apr 8th 2009 1:54AM
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The stand looks ugly, why?
all ViewSonic stands looks bad actually.
...more of these stupid 16:9 monitors? No thanks. I'll stick with my 16:10.
Unfortunately, it looks to be a growing trend and we will eventually see 16:10 monitors being phased out.
It's a nice saving on production. The screens are actually 23.5 inch, so the same pitch as the 16:10 24 inch-ers, so that means 10% cost saving on the panel. For American's who never watch foreign films, 16:9 is probably OK, but in Europe, we like to have the subtitles UNDER instead of OVER Naomi Watts her breasts. That's why the black bar of a 16:10 screen come in so handy!
And for those few who WORK with computer screens instead of watch movies on them all the time, a decent vertical resolution is still best for the average Word document, web-page or Excel sheet.
Blanka:
How would a wider (16:10) monitor cause black bars on top/bottom so subtitles can be below the movie, as compared to a 16:9 ration? That doesn't make sense to me. Seems like a wider monitor (16:10) would eliminate the black bars.
@mike
16:10 isn't wider, it's taller. most films are 16:9 so a 16:10 screen would have bars.
I agree with Kraken. I'm getting tired of these 16:9 screens, especially for laptops. Consumers are thinking they are getting larger screens, when in reality they are not.
14.1" is now a 15.x"
15.4" is now 16.x
17" is now 18.x
It just keeps getting more deceptive. (i didn't know what the x was.)
I work in a college computer store and i've had a few design students proud of their 16.x screen, thinking they made a good move getting a size in between 15 and 17. That is until I tell them they actually got a shorter screen and will now have to deal with a significantly fewer pixels, especially for graphic design work (most of those screens are 1376x768, while good 15.4" screens will have 1440x900 and a good 17" will have a 1650x1050 or 1920x1200; granted these are HPs and they rarely have good screens). Thats why we want them to shop here.... (we are non-profit so there is no mark-up here)
Anyway, I do hate these 16:9 monitors. It's a great ratio for TV, but not for work.
Do 24-inch monitors even count for news these days? Let me know when I can go larger than 30.
Well, an 24" IPS panel at that price would be nice. After all, LG's got a e-IPS panel on the way and Dell has a much of nice PVAs and IPS monitors reasonably priced lying around.
Is it 120 mhz? (for 3D vision gaming...)
Whats up with that 90's demo image? I think they finally need to rebrand and ditch the birds...
No way. I've never bought a ViewSonic monitor but I always smile when I see those birds. Reminds me of my youth.
Why is it that monitor makers seem to be taking our pixels away and then bragging about it, a couple years ago if someone was selling a 24" monitor, it was a given that the resolution was going to be 1920 X 1200. I WANT MY PIXELS BACK!
16:9 looks so much better than 16:10
16:10 would be phased out soon.
All you 16:10 lovers, why dont you move back to 4:3 panels?
Go, chase your pixels.
how does 16:9 looks better? you now have a smaller, and more cramped work space compared to a 16:10. You have to remember that monitors are generally for work, not watching movies.
anyone else remember those trapper keepers from the 80's with the airbrushed chrome ballbearings rolling over a sea of checkerboards and rainbow gayness? They look like the screen mock up for this monitor.
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