Why the are most LCD's getting deactivated?

[mista ting]

i seen this on most sites just look at newegg...wtf? just look at the 24 inch'rs there's barely any of them !

what going on? are they defective? new versions coming out? new tech replacing them?

[ampdude]

I have no idea, this is the first I've heard of it. I thought they were trying to sell 30" models out the gills. But I haven't been paying attention to LCD's in a long time.

[Snowdog]

I assume you mean there are a lot of panels discontinued? Yes, but new panels come out to replace them. Unfortunately a lot of 24" replacements have been cut from 1920x1200 down to 1080, but just clipping off part of the monitor and they are really not 24" anymore. You get 23.5" and a lot are built smaller at 23" as well.

If you want a 24", especially with 1920x1200 resolution you better get one soon. The days are numbered for these. Sad but manufacturers realized that they can clip a piece of the monitor and make it cheaper, sell it cheaper and sell more monitors. Most people will buy the cheaper, smaller panels, making it hard to sell the full 24" panels. If you want one get it soon.

[paperwastage]

I assume you mean there are a lot of panels discontinued? Yes, but new panels come out to replace them. Unfortunately a lot of 24" replacements have been cut from 1920x1200 down to 1080, but just clipping off part of the monitor and they are really not 24" anymore. You get 23.5" and a lot are built smaller at 23" as well.

If you want a 24", especially with 1920x1200 resolution you better get one soon. The days are numbered for these. Sad but manufacturers realized that they can clip a piece of the monitor and make it cheaper, sell it cheaper and sell more monitors. Most people will buy the cheaper, smaller panels, making it hard to sell the full 24" panels. If you want one get it soon.

you could of course wait for a MVA/SVA/IPS 24" panel that costs $300 new, 1920x1200 :)

use dual screens if you can afford it($130 each for a 16:10 22") and have space to put it...

[Raudulfr]

(24") 16:10 LCD screens are a dying breed.

[Biges]

(24") 16:10 LCD screens are a dying breed.

They are not, but they will remain only for more demanding customers willing to pay a higher price.

[prodigee]

I don't know about all you guys but I do know that, I really dont feel like paying an extra 100 for 120 more pixels it doesn't bother me that much. But that is just me.

[Nenu]

Agreed I moved from a 4:3 CRT to a 1080p LCD and its just fine.

[kasakka]

I don't know about all you guys but I do know that, I really dont feel like paying an extra 100 for 120 more pixels it doesn't bother me that much. But that is just me.

I'd gladly pay that. Any extra vertical resolution is far more valuable than horizontal resolution since most of the time you'll be reading text on the screen so having more of it fit on it at once is useful.

[Nash87]

the 24inch i have that's 1920x1080 is still diagonally 24 inches. Where's the 23.5? o.o

[Mozex]

I don't know about all you guys but I do know that, I really dont feel like paying an extra 100 for 120 more pixels it doesn't bother me that much. But that is just me.

For home use (gaming, videos) I agree. Panel size is far more important than resolution.

For something I'd use at work I'll take all the vertical space I can get.

[Wendig0]

For home use (gaming, videos) I agree. Panel size is far more important than resolution.

For something I'd use at work I'll take all the vertical space I can get.

You could buy a 1080p monitor and rotate it. Then you'll have all the vertical space you want. ;)

the 24inch i have that's 1920x1080 is still diagonally 24 inches. Where's the 23.5? o.o
I'm sure that they make a full 24" 1920x1080 also.

[Brahmzy]

A shame, the more pixels the better. That's why I still have my 1920x1200 24"er and my 2560x1600 30"er.

[Snowdog]

There may be some actual 24" 1920x1080 panels but I think those may be rare and disappearing:

If I check newegg. There are (3) - 24.0" 1080 panels listed with the correct pitch: ~.277mm, several list .27 which means they aren't really 24" and should be in the next category.

There are (6) - 23.6" panels listed with apropriate pitch of about .27mm.

Theare are (16) - 23.0" panels listed with appropriate pitch of around 0.265mm

I think the trend is clear. Smaller and less pixels for cheaper is they game they are playing. I also think several 24" 1080LCDs are actually 23.6" and playing old CRT type games.

Anyway. I want a real 24" with 1920x1200 pixels.

[ihira]

Yup, manufacturers are fading out the 1920x1200 24"s.
I know BenQ discontinued all of theirs and it was very hard to find my V2400W (which is awesome btw)

I don't mind 1080 monitors existing but its such a stupid move to eliminate 1200 monitors when there *is* a market for them.
I don't know whos to blame, the entertainment format being 16:9, or the manufacturers realized its more profitable, or the mas consumers buying lower resolutions.

[myelin1]

i'd be willing to bet it's a sales move. although we know the 1200 is better, the selling lingo is all 1080.

[fg1coupe]

hopefully there will always be the 2408wfp... as long as there is 1:1 pixel mapping, i love the 16:10 monitor with hdmi inputs... i hope it never phases out