The only requirement I have is that it can rotate into the vertical/portrait position. I find a vertical monitor can give a better programming experience (eg: you can see more vertical code on the page at once). Plus a narrower footprint on the desk.
Does anybody have a recommendation (or something to avoid)?
I tend to buy through Dell for most things, but keen to look at cheaper alternatives as well.
I don’t have it yet, but this is what I like. I’m thinking to buy one next month. 24’(1920x1200px) is enough and the aspect ratio is 16:10 which should be better than 16:9 if you want to use it in vertical mode.
Unfortunately I was so happy with it for only 3 days - until my 4 years daughter dropped some water over it (she wanted to clean the dust lol) and even today, I have in the right-upper corner a 2 cm dark circle where water particles remained under the screen.
Works out of the box perfectly. No calibration requiered. You can utilize its extended gamut for photo editing. Also there is really accurate RGB emulation mode for web dev.
If you are coming from something like samsung p971, this monitor will be perfect for you: it’s PWM free (which is really good for eyes) and has very light AG coating (all other non-glossy IPS panes really sucks).
The only con is all extended gamut displays can seem “reddish” when you are working in 2 monitor setup with regular RGB model as second display.
Also you can take a look at samsungs with pls panes, but build quality is really poor and you’ll need lots of rain dences to calibrate them properly
p.s. 2412M that @RoundedHexagon offered is really decent display for its money, but aggressive AG coating is IMO deal breaker. And PWM can cause eyes pains and weariness.
We have couple of 2311, 2412 and 2413 in our office, so I know what I’m talking about
Previously I’ve worked on Dell U2410 - very good monitor, especially for it’s color support and color deep. Maybe it’s old, but I liked working on it. Disadvantages? Lower contrast than described by Dell, power consumption and… 1x U2410 = 2x U2412M
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p.s. 2412M that @RoundedHexagon offered is really decent display for its money, but aggressive AG coating is IMO deal breaker. And PWM can cause eyes pains and weariness.
We have couple of 2311, 2412 and 2413 in our office, so I know what I’m talking about
Ummm, I’m working sometimes 6-7 hours and don’t have any eyes pains or headaches - don’t know why
LCweb said
Me too, I’m using a Dell U2412M that is very good.
My eyes are not too tired also after 10 hours of coding
Of course having a big budget the best are the EIZO