17". Yeah. 4:3. No plans to change it in the near - or distant - future as it works perfectly fine still.
I also use 1024x768 as my resolution both in games and on the desktop. I will now hide from everyone who finds using a resolution this low weird.
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I could understand sticking to what you have if money is tight, I'm in the same spot. But if you're one of the people who have a decent rig yet cheapen out on the monitor then you are doing things wrong. Whatever your pc does will ultimately get displayed on the monitor, making it one of the most crucial components. Things like viewing angles, colour accuracy, response times, black level and refresh rate all affect the quality of the image; it's not just resolution, which is pretty important too. Just because it still works doesn't mean it is a good idea to stick with it, not when there are products that would make the experience much better. And things are only about to get better with 4k monitors, G-sync and perhaps, eventually, OLED.
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It's not as much about cheaping out but the fact that I have absolutely no space for a widescreen monitor. Also about the resolution - anything above 1024x768 makes my eyes hurt. It's sharp and detailed.. too sharp and detailed. Because I know someone is going to say this - no, it's not from my monitor - I've used countless PCs with tens of different monitors, some new, some old, some widescreen, some not, CRTs, LCDs, the effect is always the same: my eyes get strained and hurt a LOT from the high resolution. Nobody else I know has this happen to them, they just sit down and use the PC normally for hours and it has no effect.. but me? My first job after sitting on a new PC is to change the resolution to a low one
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Get your eyes tested, seriously. Because of the way Windows scales things, if you increase resolution you decrease the size of text. Your problems may stem from bad eyesight, you can see things fine when they are big (and lowering the resolution will make things bigger) but have trouble when they get smaller. If your eyes tested fine then you may simply need some time to adjust to a higher resolution, this can happen to anyone. Seeing a lot more detail than before often requires getting used to. Ask anyone who put glasses/contacts for the first time.
There are also several other cause of tiredness when using monitors, though your comments would make think that in your case it's your eyes. It might not be an issue of resolution but brightness. Most new monitors are WAY too bright, enough to hurt your eyes. And most users are ignorant enough that they let them be that way, they even prefer it. It is possible that your monitor is not so bright, either because you have lowered the brightness in the past or because it is CRT (which cannot be as bright as an LCD) or because your monitor is so old (brightness diminishes with age). Also, if you talking about newer monitors with LED backlight then PWM (pulse width modulation) can be an issue. CCFL monitors were also affected by this but not nearly to the same degree. CRT also suffer from another type of flickering. Perhaps your monitor is simply better than most in this regard? Fortunately, nowadays there are PWM-free monitors.
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Already have, I'm wearing glasses. However I never have any trouble with any devices other than monitors. Tablets and smartphones with 1080p resolutions (yes, I'm looking at you Galaxy S4. Seriously, who'd ever even NEED that resolution on a phone) have no negative effect. My brightness is set to medium as higher just becomes an eyesore. As for CRT, nooo no no no. I can't stand even looking at those things for more than a few minutes at a time (even at 75hz, the flickering.. oh god the flickering) and, uh.. is anyone even still using those? But I guess one idea to narrow it down - on a lower resolution everything is, well.. a little blurred and blends together. The second I set it to 1280x1024 I'm able to notice every single pixel too detailed and that starts straining my eyes.. of course, it might be just what you said - I'm just not adjusted to it. Been using 1024x768 as my primary resolution for.. now that I think about it, will be exactly 10 years on Christmas this month
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Nice one, your AOC monitor should be sufficient for your needs.
And yeah a 24" monitor is really an upgrade if you had a smaller one before.
Changed from NEC LCD1770NX (17") to LG 24EA53 (24") and I was also astounded from that more available workspace.
And nowadays all games are optimized for 16:9 1920x1080 screens....
Just curious which AOC screen did you get.
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20.5″ — the smallest i can find with 1080p. i’d prefer a second monitor to a larger one.
my tv, on the other hand is 42″ 720p
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DELL U2713HM
27'' screen, 1440p. One of the best purchases ever made.
Clean your desk dude. And get SteamGifts Plus.
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I used a 19" 4:3 @ 1280x1024 for like eight years, but just recently upgraded to a 20" 16:10 @ 1680x1050 because a friend bought a new monitor and didn't want their old one anymore and I got it on the cheap.
Honestly as much as I'd like a 1080p monitor for watching HD movies or playing games in their "native" resolution I was fine with my old 4:3, and expect to be fine with my new 16:10 for a while yet.
What I'd really like is a second monitor for multitasking; I tried pairing this new one with my old one but kept getting crashes so I retired the old one.
edit: how do formatting
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Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ - 22" - 1680x1050 - 120Hz
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Congrats on your upgrade dude !
I have a Samsung Syncmaster SA700 23" - 1920 x 1080/120Hz
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I went from a 17inch CRT to a Samsung SyncMaster 2443BW 24inch widescreen LCD that does 1920x1200 (16:10) native. Its a great monitor though it doesn't have HDMI. If I ever decide to upgrade it might be to a 27inch LCD or maybe even a pair of them (which would cost about the same as what I paid for this thing) and then make a triple screen setup with this one in the middle. lol Would have to invest in a good triple monitor arm setup though and not sure my desk could handle that many monitors setup that way.
I have looked at the new ones out there that are 21:9 and it has me thinking about it as I use a few programs that could really use extra screen space and in some cases I do prefer to have just 1 monitor.
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Still have an old 22" from the 1680x1050 16:10 days. I'm dying to upgrade to a 23" or 27" ASUS Ah-IPS display though but my system itself needed an upgrade first.
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SyncMaster 732N Plus, 1280x1024
I have it since 2007, i really like the aspect ratio 4:3, 5:4. And i dont like aspects ratio like 16:9 ...
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I used to have a 24 inch AOC TN monitor, but I recently upgraded to a 23 inch Acer H236HL bid IPS monitor. I also gave my brother the old AOC monitor and took his 17 inch monitor to use as a secondary monitor.
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And it's so huge! even my TV is smaller than my monitor. Yet it's only 23.6". I had a 19" before. How big is your monitor??
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