What has your monitor size/resolution increase throughout the years looked like?

[dennilfloss]

Got my first computer in 1999 and my first three monitors were all 19 inchers at 1152x864 (KDS, KDS 'trinitron', Samsung 900NF). In 2009 I made the jump to a 1920x1200 24" and my last two monitors have been this size & resolution (first P-MVA, now P-IPS). My eyesight is not the best and those two resolution-size combos fit it well.

There's no point for me to get multiple monitors for Eyefinity as only the central portion of my glasses is in focus.

 

[Phynaz]

My first monitor was 12 inch monochrome.

Now running 14" - 24" LCD depending upon computer.

 

[dennilfloss]

My first monitor was 12 inch monochrome.

Once you go black...

 

[Ashenor]

1st Green monochrome 12"

Current 28" Catleap 2560x1440 reso

 

[Piano Man]

Well, my Atari 800XL was technically a TV, so taht doesn't count.

'94 - 15" Gateway CRT. Could do 1280x1024 refresh was awful at that resolution

'98 - 19" Gateway Trinitron CRT. This bad boy made all the geeks do a double take at college. An absolute great monitor that lasted me until 2007.

2007 - 22" Chemei 1680x1050 TN LCD. It was good for its time. I still have it as a 2ndary monitor, although it sometimes doesn't like to turn on for me.

2012 - 24" Dell U2412M - My current 1200p EIPS baby

 

[Elfear]

1st - KDS 19" CRT 1600x1200
2nd - Dell 20" LCD 1600x1200
3rd - Acer 22" LCD 1680x1050
4th - Dell 24" LCD 1920x1200
Current - HP 30" LCD 2560x1600
Future (when widely available) - 3x27" 120Hz LCDs 2560x1440

 

[lakedude]

Was never interested in computers till color was fairly common so no monochrome here.

Seems like the first monitor was a 14 or 15 inch and 640 by 480 sure rings a bell...

800 by 600 was a pure luxury upgrade!

Ran a 17" Sony Trinitron for years. Don't remember the rez, maybe 1024 by 768 or maybe 1280x1024?

Then there was a full screen 19" ViewSonic 1280x1024 LCD (hated it, too slow).

A 20" Samsung wide screen

A Dell 20 or 22 inch LCD display.

And finally my current gold standard 27.5 inch Hanns.G LCD @ 1900 by 1200.

The 27.5" seemed so big at first but now all the others seem so small...

 

[palladium]

1st - some Acer CRT, 800*600/1024*768 (dad's computer, can't remember the max res)
2nd - some Dell 15" LCD, 1024*768
3rd - some Dell 17", 1280*1024
4th - HP LP2475
5th - Dell U2711
6th (future wish) - Eizo FDH3601

 

[Aeiou]

1999: CRT
2012: CRT

I have tried other monitors and just can't be happy, it's either not fast enough or the quality is lower than my CRT.

There is no winning.

 

[Rhoxed]

13"? monochrome
15" CRT 1024 x 768
17" CRT 1280 x 1024
19" LCD 1280 x 1024
22" LCD 1650 x 1050
32" LCD 1920 x 1080

 

[Qbah]

~14" TV for a C64 and later Amiga 500 - still running!!
15" CRT 1024x768 - can't remember the brand, dead
17" LCD 1280x1024 (PVA) - Fujitsu-Siemens, still used by my parents - absolutely breathtaking colors
22" LCD 1680x1050 (TN) - Samsung, sold it - I heard it died
24" LCD 1920x1200 (TN) - Samsung, broken
40" HDTV 1080p - Samsung, current

Next one will be over 50", 120Hz and support some form of 3D - at least. I'll try to not get a Samsung.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Had a mixed bag of monitors with my current being a 17'' 1280x1024 lcd gateway that came with a budget used pc.

Kinda having a hard time wanting to get even a budget 1600x900 20'' as this monitor is giving off some nice colors for a 2005 model,and the fact i don't need a monstor card to max out this resolution could have me using this thing till it dies.

 

[Borealis7]

early 90s: monochrome green, with one attempt at a 28" Engineering CRT monitor from my father's factory that didn't go well.

mid 90s: 14" 1024x768 CRT
1997: 17" 1600x1200 CRT by KFC with Degausing! ...2 or 3 other 17"s over they years
2006: 20.1" 1600x1200 Samsung 204b - loved it but...

last month: 23" Samsung S23A700D 120Hz - now i'm a believer, AMEN!

 

[lakedude]

~14" TV for a C64 and later Amiga 500 - still running!!

No kidding! I loved those things! Never had one myself but spent a lot of time on my friend's. He had DCTV and later a different Amiga with an OpalVision.

I don't ever remember the mouse going wonky on the Amiga, maybe something about a special pointer co-proc?

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Mid-90s - ??-inch 800x600 CRT
Late-90s - 15-inch 1280x1024 LCD
2004 - 17-inch 1280x1024 LCD
2008-now - 21.5-inch 1920x1080 + 17-inch 1280x1024 LCDs

 

[Yuriman]

Sometime around 1999 I moved from a 1024x768 15" CRT to a 17" CRT @ 1280x960.

Around late 2002/early 2003 I got an IBM P275 (21" CRT) capable of 2048x1536@75hz but due to the incredibly small text size I typically ran 1600x1200@120hz.

In 2006 I bought a BenQ 241FPW (24" LCD) and moved to 1920x1200. I ran the CRT next to my LCD until early this year, when I tossed the CRT due to the colors starting to fade.

 

[SpicyTime]

2004 - No name brand 17" LCD @ 1280x1024

2009 - 22" Acer TN Panel @ 1920x1080

2010 - 27" HP 2710m TN Glossy Panel @ 1920x1080. Loved this one, vibrant colors that pop

2011 - Three 24" Dell 2412m IPS Panel @ 5760x1200. My first Eyefinity setup, it was not as great as I though it would be. The heavy anti-glare coating on these Dells was a turnoff coming from my HP glossy monitor. Three monitors in landscape was far too wide, and three monitors in portrait was not good for watching videos.

2012 - 30" HP ZR30w, Two 20" Dell 2007FP @ 4960x1600. By far my favorite setup. It's the perfect balance between gaming, movies, and browsing. And hey, maybe one day we'll get drivers that allow for PLP Eyefinity and this configuration will be even more amazing.

 

[Final8ty]

2005 - 2x 21" viewsonic p227f 2048 x 1536 each CRT.

2006 - Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30" 2560x1600.

2010 - NEC's 30" multisync 3090wqxi 2560x1600 multisync 2090uxi 20" 2x1600x1200 PLP 4960x1600.

 

[moonbogg]

Sorry if my sizes are wrong, but here goes:

15"
17"
19"
21"

23" (1680x1050)
26" (1920x1200)
27" (1920x1080)

 

[2is]

Had a 19" CRT that I played at the highest resolution that my hardware could handle (boy was it nice to not be confined to a "native" resolution

That monitor blew up and I got a 19" LCD (1280x1024)

Out grew that and I'm on my current 24" (1920x1200) and I plan on sticking with it until I can get a 120Hz 2560x1440 IPS monitor. Probably a 27" (thats assuming they'll even exist anytime soon)

 

[skulkingghost]

1st monitor that I owned (purchased myself, had computers back to commodore 64 with my parents)

Sony Trinitron - 1280x1024 in most games, 1600x1200 on the desktop.
Viewsonic Flat Panel - 1680x1050
Hannspree 27.5" - 1920x1200
Auria 27" - 2560x1440

 

[Concillian]

14" CRT EGA upteen years ago
14" Shamrock CRT 1024x768
17" Panaflat PF70 CRT 1600x1200
19" Trinitron tube, don't remember the brand, it wasn't Sony, some other brand using a Sony tube 1600x1200
2x Dell 17" FP1708 1280x1024
24" U2412 1920x1200

 

[hokies83]

Early 90s had some 14inch green tinted thing..

Mid 90s pretty much samething...

Late 90s a dell 17inch crt

2000 Sun Microsystems 22 inch Crt

2009 Dell u3007

2010 Dell U2711

2012 Catleap 2560x1440

2012 Acer 27inch 120hz

 

[Grooveriding]

13" CGA
14" EGA
15" VGA
17" 1600x1200
19" Trinitron 1600x1200
1280x1024 19" LCD
1920x1200 24" LCD
2560x1600 30" LCD

 

[pabs]

17" Digiview CRT
19" Dell CRT

19" Samsung 193p+ 1280 x 1024
19" Samsung 914v 1280 x 1024

21" Samsung 215TW 1680 x 1050
22" Samsung 2232BW 1680 x 1050

27" Samsung P2770HD 1920 x 1080
27" Auria EQ276W 2560 x 1440

Apparently I like to buy screens in pairs (one craptastic the other a decent one). On another note, looking for reviews on the 193p is the reason I found AT in the first place.