Ask HN: What external displays do you guys use?

7 points·hobonumber1··10 comments

Hey guys - I'm looking at buying a monitor, primarily for coding purposes. I am looking for a monitor around 27" with a relatively high resolution, and good picture quality. I was primarily considering the Apple Cinema Display and the Dell UltraSharp U2711.

What do you guys use as external monitors? I'm trying to see if I've missed some good options.

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Personally I like more smaller screens. On my workstation I am currently running 6 24" FullHD monitors. (Mostly because I can, but also _very_ handy for programming)

No frill IPS monitor from Monoprice: http://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=10509

Have you used one personally? Any idea if it's significantly worse than the Dell UltraSharp? I've been eyeing 27" monitors recently.

I own a DELL U2312HM 23" IPS monitor. But i didn't recommend that if you don't like bright display, even on low settings, screen was too bright

I have one of the Korean 27" IPS monitors. It works well and the money saved was well worth the slight imperfections it came with.

There's always the Asus PQ321Q (3840x2160 32"). Make sure your graphics card supports DisplayPort 1.2 MST though.

At work my second display is a 27" iMac. It is connected to my other 27" iMac via thunderbolt.

i Own a YAMAKASI CATLEAP Q270 SE 27" LED 2560X1440 PLus another smaller 22inch HP screen.

The CATLEAP is exceptional for its price. 1/3 of the Dell Utrasharp Price !

The asus mb168b+ for a portable usb monitor for traveling.

Thanks guys! Plenty here to research.

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