What is a good LCD Monitor Dot Pitch?

[Ploper001]

I bought a 17" Acer 1751A LCD Monitor last year, and it's fantastic. It has a dot pitch of 0.264mm (horizontal), which at the time I believe was the smallest on consumer LCD panels. Also, at the time, a lot of 19" monitors had a resolution of 1600x1200 (I assume with the same dot pitch of 0.264mm H).

However, now looking at monitors, all 19" ones now only have a resolution of 1280x1024 - which seems silly as it's simply a "zoomed in" version of most 17" monitors.

What happened to the tight dot pitch on 19" and above monitors? I'm even seeing most 20-21" monitors only having 1400x1050! I also understand that most monitors beins sold now are 16:9 or 16:10 rather than 4:3 or 5:4 - but even these ones don't have brilliant resolutions or dot pitches.

Is it just because these companies think people care more about size rather than resolution?

 

[ceh4702]

I like the Samsung Monitors.

If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.

 

[Sympology]

Ironically, the other half bought me a LCD for my Birthday last year. Only a little Philips 15" inch. However when I saw the price she paid, I thought she was robbed blind as I could get a "decent" 17" for that price, and and "Average" 19". However, once I shoved my 19" CRT to the side and plugged in , the quality was unbeliveable. Incredibly sharp, extremely bright and an almost 180 degree viewing angle.
Would I have bought a 15 over 17? No. Bought I'm glad she did

So to your point, yes size is the most important concern for many people, else why would people buy 42" Plasmas?

Only the truly stupid believe they know everything.
Stu.. 2004

 

[Ploper001]

But is it actually still possible to get decent high resolution LCDs?

 

[ArizonaGeek]

But is it actually still possible to get decent high resolution LCDs?

You can get anything you want if you are willing to pay the price. Have you seen the Apple display's? Talk about AWESOME. But at almost twice the price of any average monitor is it really worth it? That's up to the person using it.

I think what you are seeing is that your average everyday people want flat panel displays and as long as it works and is cheap they aren't into high res. So to lower the price and sell more they've lowered the quality of the 15, 17 and 19 inch flat panels and the 20"+ monitors still keep that high quality. Most people have no need for a 30" widescreen flat panel monitor. Nor would most people pay the $2500 for one. If you notice once you get over the 17 inch mark, you start to see some dramatic increase in price. Well, really the 19 inch mark but you can still find some nice high quality 19's but they aren't cheap either.

Check out Apple's display's. They'll work on a PC.

Cheers
Rob

 

[Ploper001]

Well the thing is, my 17" monitor is a top-grade one and it was only £170. Now for that money you can get a cheap 20" monitor I'm assuming, but it'll still be 1280x1024 so tis fairly pointless.

My question really is WHERE can you get "proper" 19-21" displays with good resolutions? eBuyer don't have any at all...just cheapo ones.

 

[felixc]

There is more than dot-pitch with LCD displays. Each dot contains 3 transistors as well as the three little RGB color windows. Making the dot-pitch smaller makes the area of the transistor proportionally bigger. Not good, because it will reduce the contrast ratio, the viewing angle, the brightness, the response time. This is in theory.

Being comfortable at 1280 x 1024 with a 17-inch monitor isn't given to anyone. This is why you will more likely see 1024 x 768 with 17 inches, 1280 x 1024 at 19 inches, and 1600 x 1200 at 21 inches. People in general will be able to see the details at such dot pitches.

I hope to find a good 1600 x 1200, 21-inch LCD monitor at a reasonable price someday. But the market doesn't seem to be there yet. The high-volume I mean. Presently the volume is at 19-inches.

More likely to appear are displays at the HDTV max resolution, 1920 x 1080 in a 16:9 format. Potential for huge quantities. That format would make me happy too.