How important is dot pitch?

[Arklight]

I am in the market for a 24 or 26 inch monitor and have been looking at the Samsung T240HD, Samsung T260HD, Acer P241WD, and HP w2408H.

The T240 and T260 I believe both have a lower dot pitch than the HP w2408 (the HP has a different reported dot pitch for every review I read.....everything from .27 up to .282. lol) I had a Hannspree 28 a few days ago and the dot pitch on that one is .30x and the picture looked sort of grainy and at other times blurry.

T240HD = .27
T260HD = .282
w2408H = .27 - .282 (different reviews report different dot pitchs so I am not sure what is real).
P241WD = .27

I keep hearing about how great the picture and everything is for the HP but it looks like it could potentially have the same dot pitch as the Samsung T260HD which is 1.5 inches bigger. I like the idea of the bigger Samsung, but not at the expense of quality.

Also, any opinions/comments on the monitor choices I have above?

This PC is used pretty strictly for gaming, mostly flight siumulators and some first person shooters (I have a laptop for the work related stuff).

Thanks!

 

[SH1]

Sitting here rather close to a 40" TV that I'm using as a monitor and I'm ok with it with ClearType on...

 

[Xpletive]

its really all about perspective. you can always position yourself a bit further away from a monitor/display with a larger dot pitch.

in your examples however, you aren't really going to notice a difference between .27 and .282mm

if you were deciding between a 30" .26 and a 27" .303 then there would be a discussion

 

[Uberbob102000]

A 30" is .25 BTW
The w2408h is .27 like all other 1920x1200 monitors (since dot pitch is a function of diagonal size and resolution) and in this case I doubt you'll see much of a difference.

 

[Arklight]

A 30" is .25 BTW
The w2408h is .27 like all other 1920x1200 monitors (since dot pitch is a function of diagonal size and resolution) and in this case I doubt you'll see much of a difference.

The Hannspree 28 is .30 dot pitch. Ouch. lol

I have been reading that people recommed going with the T240 over the T240HD, but Sams CLub scurrently has the T240HD on sale for cheaper tha my BB sells the T240. Does the T240 have a better picture?