Looking for a new large monitor

[moron]

I've had a Dell 24" monitor for several years now and I have been happy with it, but it does not seem big any more, so I am thinking about getting a new one.

I do lots of gaming, but I do even more browsing so I need to be able to read on it.

My face is roughly 3' away from the screen. I sometimes have trouble reading text on my 24" and have to lean forward. I also go a long time between pc upgrades and don't really want to be stuck trying to play games at super high resolutions with an aging graphics card.
For these 2 reasons, I thought a larger screen with the same or lower resolution might not be such a bad idea.


So I was thinking about a 32, 37 or even 40" 1080p HDTV, because if I'm going to spend the money, I want to notice the size difference, but I'm seeing people say that text will be horrible on an HDTV.

So does anyone have any opinions on a monitor like this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009269 it has a built in tv tuner, but I don't care about that and won't be using it

I don't want to bother with a new 24", and even 27" seems like it wouldn't be that much bigger, or noticable enough to be worth the upgrade. Correct me if I'm wrong on that and you think 27" is a big size difference. I haven't been able to see them side by side

I've been running my 24" on XP with a Radeon 4870, but the new system will use a GTX560 and Windows 7 Pro. I only mention the OS because I saw some other threads where people said the OSs scale text differently.

 

[NitroTurtle]

Check out the LG 32LD450. Should be able to find a thread about it on avsforums. I got one a couple months ago and I absolutely love it.

 

[VirtualLarry]

You can increase the text size 125 or 150% in Win7, that can help with high-res displays.

 

[moron]

Check out the LG 32LD450. Should be able to find a thread about it on avsforums. I got one a couple months ago and I absolutely love it.

Do you use it as a monitor and is the text easy to read?

 

[NitroTurtle]

Do you use it as a monitor and is the text easy to read?

Yes and yes. I have a Dell 2707wfp sitting next to it that I spent like a grand on a few years ago and the LG is every bit as nice. There's a few key "issues" with the LG though, so I'd recommend looking at the thread on AVSforums.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1257131

 

[Vdubchaos]

I'm holding off on this.

27" Dell is WAy too much IMO and 27" Samsung and others aren't 120hz.

Just waiting until 120hz tech is mainstream and there is plenty of 27" out there.

For now, my 24" Samsung will do just fine.

 

[DrBoss]

check out the Eizo Flexscan SX
27" runs at 2560x1440
29.8" runs at 2560x1600

they are marketed as AutoCAD and Photography monitors, but they offer superior gaming performance as well. I have an older generation 27" Eizo Flexscan. This is a review for my monitor (3 years old) http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/review/2008/review-eizo-sx2761w.html

no ghosting
great color
great contrast
1 to 1 scaling

 

[moron]

Check out the LG 32LD450. Should be able to find a thread about it on avsforums. I got one a couple months ago and I absolutely love it.

I just got one last night and I really like it so far. When I first hooked it up, it looked pretty bad, as you'd expect from a TV. But then I followed the steps on the forum post that you linked, and it looks very good now.

Thanks for the advice!