On which monitor you work? Pros & cons please.

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Hi all. Choosing monitor. Need your advice what to choose. On which monitor you work? 2k, 4k - does it matter? Pros & cons please.
Goal - web design.
Platform - Windows.

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I have an Asus 27" IPS MX279H. Does the job! It’s only Full HD though:

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I use a 21" and my 13" laptop monitor side by side. That’s plenty for me. I find bigger than 21" hard to process all at once.

I’m a coder and editor using Windows. I suppose if I was doing design I might want a high-res screen. As it is, HD is the most that I can resolve at arms length.

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Mac OS 13.3 Retina + LG 21 1920x1080 + 1650x1050 + 1280x800 + some tablet with full hd + smartphone 1280x800

Does it have impact to reviewer … I don’t think so, but for sales and customer, yes

ps. windows is not OS for programming :stuck_out_tongue: get ubuntu if You have pc

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Thanks for reply. Any body else?

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  • MacBook Pro Retina 13"
  • iMac 27" + Apple Display 27"
  • iPad Pro
  • iPad 2
  • iPhone 6s plus
  • iPhone 5
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Hi there

I work on 2 samsung syncmaster 245BW monitors at 1920x1200. I think its more than enough.

Cheers

Lester

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Thanks guys! I bought Asus PA249q.
I honestly trying to move on Mac. Mac awesome, but windows native for me) Working on Mac it like speaking on the foreign language for me. No time to accustomed.

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There is no more friendly for programmers OS than MAC OS X. Windows is for people :wink: If You have PC, try with Ubuntu - long time I use it but it need some knowledge to configure it optimally.

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Cheap monitors x 2 work well for my guys. I bought a pallet load of obsolete 24" Samsung BX2440 monitors and decent graphic cards that had two outlets. Some of the PCs had on-board Intel graphic chips, some just no cards. I hooked up 2 monitors per PC and 5 PCs with S22B310 Samsungs the wholesaler offered cheap. These use the same outlet/inlet as HD TVs.
I used a GretagMcBeth i1 to check the colors and never touched them again for most of last year. I can work with Dreamweaver on one and Photoshop on the other with NuSphere (PHP editor) under Dreamweaver. The thing about WebDesign is that you can do your PHP work and C++, save the results and see them how they’ll look on anyone’s screen.

Web Browsers don’t have color requirements. Save a picture as sRGB and browsers will ignore the color space and just display it ‘as-is’. 60% of the world is still on ADSL they can’t see past HD resolution anyway. but t he big thing is that 90% of people do their browsing on a tablet or smart phone!

I wrote my most successful website on an ipad …True! What monitor you use has zero to do with the content and it’s ability to resize for anything from a Smart Phone to a 40" TV. The 27" screen Space Stock recommends is great if you don’t mind looking back and forth like a tennis match - Same with dual screens but you do need (in my opinion) plenty of RAM so you can keep open 3 or 4 programs as you work. It saves time and needs either dual monitors or a big one.
I paid $115 AUD (when it was $ for $ value with the US buck) for my 24" screens.

They (Samsung) have cheap a 23" screen that has really good angle viewing but needs either an old 15 pin cable or a Digital TV connection. If you intend to edit video for TV viewing or to make a movie, absolutely go for a 4k monitor. Even use a big TV because 4k is no different than monitor resolution. Hope this helps.

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Ha, Ha.
My Grand kids all have Mac notebooks (a school requirement). Whenever I open one its like you say. Might as well be trying drive a space ship!

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Try once and You will never back to Windows :wink:

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Dell ultrasharp monitor is a good choice.
btw, Windows 10 is best for me :smiley:

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Thanks all. I want to say: if you have tn+film matrix on your display change it to IPS. Colors realy diferent.

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Colors are different … but what display use reviewers and what is most important - customers ? :wink: For example I bought one of cheapest IPS from LG with full hd to be closest to “typical” customer.

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Ha ha, sure, OS X and Linux are great for web programming. I also do embedded though, and my toolchain (ARM with Atmel Studio) is sadly only available on Windows. With Cygwin and Babun, I can actually kludge it into a workable system. 99% of the time I can Node and code like I’m on a real *nix box… and then about once every couple months I spend a whole afternoon fixing something that should be simple!

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What about the price of Asus PA249q.? I am from India. Where are you from ?

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Yes, Linux have this big problem that many software just doesn’t work on it - but You can and should have also some virtual machines with windows for testing - especialy in web development.

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I am from Russia. It about $400 - 450

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If you want to buy Asus beware it a little bit noise. My monitor shut down and blinked. I had to return it to the store. For this price you can buy a Dell u2413 or HP Z24i. Take a look on Benq(it awesome but mare expansive)