Should I just get a 1080p monitor or go for a higher resolution?

Asked by justn (1382

) August 30th, 2009

I’m looking for a new monitor to use with my MacBook. I can’t decide whether to go for something that has a resolution of 1920×1080 and an HDMI input (like this Dell: http://lin.cr/06kg )or a higher resolution like 2048×1152 and no HDMI input (like this Samsung: http://lin.cr/06kh).

I don’t really have an immediate need for HDMI on a computer monitor, but I do think it could be useful at times. Most of the time I think having more screen real estate would be better than having the expandability of HDMI. What are your thoughts?

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Never go 16:9, get a 16:10 monitor. 1920×1200 is much nicer to use than 1920×1080. 120 pixels might not seem like much, but it everday usage, you’ll really notice.

HDMI has a higher bandwidth than DVI, which is usefull on high res and high refresh rate screens. At the resolutions you’re using, it realy shouldn’t be necessary to use HDMI.

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