Hi All,
Need to replace my 24" monitor with a new one. Budget $200. - Work environment. Some Photoshop/Illustrator use.
What do you think of these 3 options? Is 75Hz better than 60Hz?
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/lenovo-27-…
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/hp-27-moni…
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/samsung-27…
Yeah, you're being cheap over something that is tax deductible.
Username does not check out. :) Its not my budget, it's the works. These are my options, unfortunately.
OK…OfficeWorks rarely have great prices on IT hardware. I'd check CPL for a reference price and try a price beat/match.
What is CPL? Cheers
@pformag: Computers & Parts Land.
It looks like you've got your mind set on Officeworks. But it's gonna take money. A whole lotta spending money.
MSY / Umart tend to have good prices also but understandably a business may prefer a nearby brick mortar shop if they ever need to return a dead / faulty product.
An office monitor does not need anything above 60hz, high refresh rates are beneficial to gamers only. For productivity you should buy a monitor with good ergonomics (height adjustable stand), colour accurate display and higher resolution.
Some Photoshop/Illustrator use
Do you need colour accuracy? If so you need to increase your budget to buy a colour calibrated monitor or (better yet) a monitor calibration tool (as it will be calibrated to your environment).
You are probably better off just keeping your current 24", 200 budget is ridiculously cheap, you will be lucky to get a 21" for productivity.
All the ones you linked are 27" with 1920 x 1080 resolution, pretty much garbage screens. You might as well get a true 1080p screen.
I think i got my brother a dell for business use 21.5" for $249 when they had 20% off.
Newbie here, what is a true 1080p screen?
1920×1080 px
1080p (1920×1080 px; also known as Full HD or FHD, 2K and BT. 709) is a set of HDTV high-definition video modes characterized by 1,920 pixels displayed across the screen horizontally and 1,080 pixels down the screen vertically; the p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced.
The bigger the screen, the smaller the pixel density.
1440p is ideally 27", and 1080p is ideally around 20-24"
more info here:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/computer-monitor-buy…
If you want reasonable clarity, but want to save on cost or focus on other, more important features, 1080p is where it’s at — as long as the monitor you’re buying isn’t extremely large. 1080p is ideal for 21-inch to 24-inch displays
Try and stretch your budget if you can and get a 1440 model like this Dell