I’ve been poking around looking at 24 and 30 inch monitors. A few things jump out quickly in this kind of search, the first is that there aren’t actually very many 2560 res monitors out there (because really, what’s the point of a 1920 res 30″ monitor?) I have no idea what’s up with that, but there’s basically five or six choices and none of them are particularly new.
The second point that just baffles me is the disparity between the new HDTVs and large monitors. You basically have the really good Dell 24 and 30 inch screens, the Apple 24 inch LED and a whole bunch of 24 inch screens from everyone under the sun, and the aforementioned dearth of 30 inch monitors.
Samsung has multiple lineups of gorgeous LED HDTVs. Now, I get it, going higher res is harder and more expensive (or maybe it isn’t? I actually have no idea, it just like HAS to be, right?) but you’re already at 1920×1080. You’re telling me you can’t squeeze that to 1920×1200 in a 24 inch format that looks like this beauty??? Really? Look at that thing and then look at every other monitor out there and explain to me why a 24″ version of that wouldn’t be by far and away the best selling thing around? What am I missing? Why does my monitor still look like it was designed by an engineer at IBM in 1982 and my TV looks like it came off a Porsche drawing board? My aesthetics are completely the opposite. I don’t care what my TV looks like anymore. My TV went from a depth of two FEET to a depth of 2 INCHES in one purchase. And you know what? I can’t tell – cause I’m looking at the TV. My monitors are a completely different story. I have three on my desk and I also use my desk to read/write upon (yes, I mean with paper). The point is that the monitors are sharing their space with my other work aesthetics and it would be great if they didn’t look like they belonged in an M1 Abrams.
/rant
