27" Monitors

[camdave]

I currently use a 23" 1080p monitor and I am thinking of purchasing a 27" replacement.
This is all for 'office work', web browsing and occasional simple audio & photo editing.

I read many articles saying that one should not consider a 1080p in the larger size as the pixel density will make the picture look blurred; 1440p is the minimum for 27" it is said.

I have to confess that I am not convinced; I can barely differentiate the pixels on my monitor even at a distance of just a few inches. My eyes are old but not too bad.

I know I can view various monitors at a retail store but I am interested in peoples' real-life experience.

[zappaDPJ]

There's quite a noticeable difference between 1080p and 1440p at 27". I suspect if you viewed the two side by side you would want to walk out of the shop with 1440p. I never went beyond 24" when I was running 1080p because I found that to be the optimal size for graphics design.

Having said that, eyesight, monitor quality, calibration, distance from the monitor, viewing angle, light in the room etc. all play a part and for many 1080p is perfectly usable.

[Simon]

I'm always confused by monitor sizes and screen resolutions.  The higher the resolution, the smaller everything seems to be on the screen, and if you adjust the monitor to a non-native resolution, text seems 'fuzzy'.   

[zappaDPJ]

Flat panel displays have a fixed raster i.e. unlike CRTs, they can't change resolution to match a signal input. Therefore the optimal display quality of a flat panel can only be reached when the signal input matches the native resolution aka one-to-one mapping.

Attempts to move away from the native resolution will result in the loss of one-to-one mapping and the panel will have to rely on interpolation which causes a loss of image quality. Interpolation estimates a new set of data points or mapping within a known set of data points (the native resolution).

An exception to the above is the use of 'integer scaling' e.g. running 800x800 on a display that has a native resolution of 1600x1600 should give you a reasonable result.