Monitor Resolutions

In my current studio I had to forego my huge 21" Cornerstone CRT display for a slimline Viewsonic VE510s TFT for reasons of space saving. The Viewsonic is a 15" LCD display so it's flat, compact, has a crisp image and uses less power, but it is ultimately much smaller and no good for design work hence I use my 17" laptop and a 21" & 17" dual LCD display at my other location. The desktop resolution of my VE510s is also just 1024x768.

Thus I was looking for a replacement whilst the little Viewsonic can be used for less creative purposes on another PC somewhere. So I was looking into another value-for-money LCD monitor and found that most of the good deals were of a fairly poor resolution. It would not be any good to buy a cheap 17" LCD with a 1024x768 resolution nor a 19" LCD with a 1280x1024 so I had a look around and found some good deals on a higher spec...

There's a nice Viewsonic VP2030b in black, 21" LCD, 1600x1200 for less than GBP400.00

Also a silver Samsung Syncmaster SM215tw 21" LCD, 1680x1050 (widescreen... Mmmm)

So I'll let you know which one I go for and if there are any alternatives on my web travels, but for now here's a list of monitor resolutions to feast your eyes on;


VGA 640x480
SVGA 800x600
XGA 1024x768
SXGA 1280x1024
UXGA 1600x1200
WUXGA 1900x1200

Labels: VGA