Monitor Size vs Font Size

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mis3

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I am in the market for a LCD to replace my Dell 19-inch Ultra Sharp.

I am old and I am concerned about font sizes. For instance, I find the font size of my 19-inch to be good and when I work with a 17-inch monitor, I found the font size too small for my eyes.

17" 1280x1024 0.264
19" 1280x1024 0.294
22" 1280x1024 0.282
24" 1920X1200 0.270
27" 1920x1200 0.303

I first planned to buy a 22' but it seems that it's not easy to buy one with good panel (Samsung). Looks to me that there are currently at least 2 good choices for 24", Samsung 245T and Dell 2407WFP-HC. The pixel pitch of 0.270 is probably too small for me.

I like to keep the native resolution and increasing the font size is not a good solution because it doe snot work for many websites under Internet Explorer.
 
A 22" widescreen with 1680x1050 resolution (0.282 mm) will give you the larger text size you're looking for. There are plenty of them with good panels (including Samsung, though Samsung doesn't make the only good panels lol). You just need to be aware of the limitations of TN panels.
 
It seems that all 22-inch are TN panel. I am sure Samsung is not the only one who makes good panels but I don't really know which one to get, maybe LG, Viewsonic......

Too bad, I would get a 24-inch if the pixel pitch is larger.
 
mis3 said:
I am in the market for a LCD to replace my Dell 19-inch Ultra Sharp.

I am old and I am concerned about font sizes. For instance, I find the font size of my 19-inch to be good and when I work with a 17-inch monitor, I found the font size too small for my eyes.

17" 1280x1024 0.264
19" 1280x1024 0.294
22" 1280x1024 0.282
24" 1920X1200 0.270
27" 1920x1200 0.303

I first planned to buy a 22' but it seems that it's not easy to buy one with good panel (Samsung). Looks to me that there are currently at least 2 good choices for 24", Samsung 245T and Dell 2407WFP-HC. The pixel pitch of 0.270 is probably too small for me.

I like to keep the native resolution and increasing the font size is not a good solution because it doe snot work for many websites under Internet Explorer.
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If you want a large font at native resolution; go with either a Dell 2707WFP or a Samsung 275T.

Here is a comparison of the font sizes: http://www.behardware.com/articles/661-1/the-new-30-inch-monitors-dell-and-samsung.html

A lot of people are very happy with Samsung's 27 inch pannel. Check the feedback at Amazon.com and others.

Or the 26 inch Planner.

Best of luck

Dave
 
You can also just jack up the "dpi" setting for the fonts in the display properties and get larger fonts. It horks up some idiot programs that assume that the entire world is 96 "dpi", but in general, it makes things much more readable even with a tiny dot pitch.

O.O.
 
A 22" will be good step up from a 19" LCD. I had a 22" and the text is about the same size as how you see it on a 1280 x 1024 res on a 19" monitor. A 24" will look smaller due to its higher 1920 x 1200 resolution. I also have a 24" LCD and it does look a bit small. I also have a 28" (27.5" viewable are) LCD at 1920 x 1200 and the size increase is better for reading. The 24" was a bit small for me to comfortably read. You should get a 22" lcd. The size difference will be enough to be noticeable and you get the higher resolution and viewable area. Have the 22" at its native resolution of 1680 x 1050. The text and icons should be identical in size with a 19" LCD resolution at 1280 x 1024.
 
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