[www.amazon.com]

I recently bought a damn fine refurb 13" MBA and now need to get a new monitor to work from home. The last time I bought a monitor was about 5 years ago. I'm not hip to what all the kids like nowadays. (Says the 33 year old.)

It looks like it has great features and is only $220. The inputs also seem to be in order. What say you all? Any other recs? Should I wait until Black Friday or nah?

Thanks guys.

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Its probably fine, and inputs mean little these days. Theres enough adapters out there to make anything fit anything.

However -- for me -- 1920 x 1080 in a 27" = pass.

With a 27" those young eyes of yours wants 2560 x 1440 (same as 27" iMac, if you have seen one of those)

Not sure if you are really on a budget, but the current "like" for a 27" is the monoprice model, $390...
[www.monoprice.com]

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Unless it comes with Herbal Tea, and 50 other coupons, why would you
be interested Trisho ?

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Fine if you can settle for a 1080p display. If I need to go with a 27" display to fit into a specific space, I would to with the Monoprice 27".

I am currently waiting to see if Panasonic is going to fix the banding issue on their 4K TV because it is the only 65" TV with a DisplayPort input.

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I have really crappy young eyes, so I'll probably keep the resolution around 1920 x 1080 anyway. That said, I should probably check out some other high res monitors because I should look at my web work in resolutions some users may have. Hrm. I guess I may be on a $300 max budget but I'm willing to wait a bit longer to save up another $100 to get a different monitor.

I briefly considered this monitor [www.amazon.com] but don't feel like going down that route of possibly having dead pixels. I design web and mobile applications for a living. I don't have time and mental-frustration-energy for dead pixels in my way.

haikuman, nice. Even I had to jog my memory there.

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We have a variant of this monitor - 27" high res with matte screen:

[www.newegg.com]

I think you should wait to have enough $$ for the nicer 27", or go with 24" 1080P. Frankly, you are not going to have a much more functional monitor as a 27" 1080P, and it'll take up more desk space.

Sekker, thanks for the suggestion. I should think about a 24" as well. That may just suit me just fine and I would save desk space and money.

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If you would like to see it, you may want to check your local Costco. My local Costco had one on display.

[www.rakuten.com]



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I think 27" is wasted at 1080p, unless it specifically suits one's viewing requirements.

For watching movies or TV it's ok. A smaller monitor at 1080 might be find, but I'm so used to 2560x1440 that it was really disappointing you use another monitor at 1080.

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Hrm, you guys have me thinking now. It may be time to venture on down to Best Buy to see what a 24" vs. a 27" really feels like. Like I said, it's been a while since I've bought an external monitor.

Thanks for the help everyone.

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