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Upgrading from a 16" 1280x800 laptop to my new 21" 1920x1080 desktop (imgur.com)

submitted ago by TheKillerToast

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[–]Sir_LancelessTheLess 2 points3 points ago

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Yah we can do aerobics in here!

[–]skullcrusherbw 1 point2 points ago

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I want a 60" just for the hell of it. just imagine only seeing crosshairs.

[–]Jhloa2 1 point2 points ago

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Problem with that is that the 60" will still only be 1920x1080. The pixel density is way lower than a computer monitor at that size. Also, it's so big that you'd have to come up with a creative way to fasten it so that you wouldn't have to sit on a couch, or strain your neck looking at it.

[–]Goggleplex 1 point2 points ago

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Now upgrade to a 30" 2560x1600 monitor.

[–]carloser 1 point2 points ago

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I went from a 15" CRT monitor to a 45" LCD monitor. All I can say is that you notice a lot more things!

[–]froderick 1 point2 points ago

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Get a 16:10 monitor (1920x1200). You can play games in 1080 windowed mode and still have access to your task bar and stuff.

[–]Ouroboratika 1 point2 points ago

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Get a second. You'll flip.

[–]ismelldeath 1 point2 points ago

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Dual 21.5" monitors here, i have such a hard time using the computers on campus.

[–]1corn 0 points1 point ago

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Double Full HD at ~21" is awesome. And it's not even that expensive. I paid 300€ for two very good Asus monitors.

It also helped me with quite a serious case of procastrination - now I can watch series and do some light work at the same time. I actually fell more motivated and concentrated.

[–]Totaldotbot 1 point2 points ago

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That's what I felt when I upgraded from 19" to 24"!

[–]uzimonkey 1 point2 points ago

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21" is still tiny. I use a 26" monitor/TV and for my next upgrade, I'm thinking of getting a 30" TV. Bigger is almost certainly better when it comes to monitors. Though smaller monitors can often look much sharper, there's just something about sitting in front of a monitor that almost fills your field of view that makes PC games so much more fun.

[–]sw1nglinestapler 2 points3 points ago

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Keep in mind that if you want to do more and have more stuff on your monitor, higher resolution is more important than bigger screen size.

[–]uzimonkey 0 points1 point ago

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Right, but we're talking about gaming here. Also, a big monitor is going to be high res (unless you get a 720p TV, but don't do that).

[–]sw1nglinestapler 1 point2 points ago

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I agree that higher resolution is better for gaming, but the consensus in the pc gaming subs is that 24" is the sweet spot for 1080 monitors, and once you get bigger than that, it's good to look into higher resolutions (2560x1440 for instance).

[–]Inimitable 1 point2 points ago

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Bigger is far from always better, there's a certain point where it just gets uncomfortable to use. It varies based on how far away from your screen you are.

[–]TheKillerToast[S] 0 points1 point ago

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If only I had the money man trust me haha, might save up for a 30+ for main screen and use the 21 for the secondary.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Excellent point? Made.

[–]Ookami-07 0 points1 point ago

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Actually, I sort of have the opposite problem you're having now. My older 1920x1080 screen is going bad, and I need to change to a 1280x800 that we have, but I'm milking this old thing for all it's got. I can't go back now. Not after so long.

[–]EODOperative 0 points1 point ago

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2x24"+26", 5760x1200. f yeah.

[–]CrayonOfDoom 0 points1 point ago

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I think the most notable thing was the brightness difference, not the size difference, between my TN panels and the e-IPS panels I'm using now. I had one TN and one e-IPS on at the same time, and the whites on the TN panel looked positively gray in comparison.

[–]rattlemebones 0 points1 point ago

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By activities you mean porn, correct?

[–]xeronak 0 points1 point ago

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You could have done better than 21 inches, 24 is the standard now.

[–]TheKillerToast[S] 0 points1 point ago

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Hence why I was still stuck with my 16" gaming laptop, I'm poor. Spent around $1600 total for the whole thing, and now I'm broke again.

[–]Chicago63 0 points1 point ago

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I've always preferred somewhat smaller monitors. Mostly because smaller monitors are not out to burn my eyes out.

[–]TheKillerToast[S] 6 points7 points ago

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Yeah the new monitor was rough on my eyes for the first few days but I'm used to it now, thinking of dual screening just for more awesomeness.

[–]DOGTOY_ 8 points9 points ago

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Once you go dual screen you never go back.

[–]Ookami-07 1 point2 points ago

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I can second this. Even when I used to use an extra monitor and my laptop screen, it was amazing. I miss it so, but the heat my laptop was putting off while connected to all the neat gizmos I own was too hot for my comfort, so now it sits nicely upside down, and remains cool.

Still miss two screens, though...

[–]itorres1490 0 points1 point ago

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Exactly. And the other thing is, when you keep going bigger you only want to keep going. I'm capped out at 2560 X 1440 for the moment.

[–]porrridge 3 points4 points ago

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http://stereopsis.com/flux/

[–]TED_666 1 point2 points ago

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Right now I'm 'watching' Seinfeld on screen two. One doesn't pick it all up, but it's nice to have going.

As soon as one has to do something multi-task intensive the second screen pays for itself quickly. Not so much for a third screen though, in my experience at least. 27" and 22" if you're interested.

[–]TheKillerToast[S] 0 points1 point ago

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EVE online haha, gatecamp and watch the wire at the same time = heaven

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