Thursday, November 25. 2010
New monitors
Following on from the new computer, two-thirds (or possibly one-half) of my monitors have arrived, finally! Backordering can be painful sometimes. They're two 20.1" Hewlett-Packard LP2065 monitors S-IPS panels; all part of my evil plan.
With a native resolution of 1600×1200, that should help with my desktop real estate issues (effectively 3200×1200). The anti-theft feature is a nice idea, but I really appreciate the dual dual-link DVI connectivity.
I have a bit of saving to do before this is done…
I can understand the Dual Dual-Link DVI Cable connectors.
I use one lot to my Gaming machine and the other lot to my working PC (if only there was a way to change the input of both monitors at once!).
About the time you bought them (going on the date of the post… I was sporting myself two of these:
http://www.dell.com/au/enterprise/p/dell-u2711/pd :-)
Giving me a resolution across two of 5120×1440
I did actually look at Dell kit, despite having a hatred for Dell (but I’m not sure where it comes from, really, but it’s a very old hate). I couldn’t find anything that were S-IPS, the same PPI, very similar colour gamuts, and would work seamlessly in a triple-head scenario with two rotated monitors flanking a larger widescreen monitor (Portrait mode is underrated, but you need another normal screen for it to work properly).
They’re nice screens though, and despite being a bit uneasy about Dell’s hardware in general, I think their monitors are reasonable.
Do the H-IPS panels look too bright and fuzzy though? I find S-IPS panels are a bit darker (actually good for me), but the pixels are a bit sharper.
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