DELL 30" Ultra Sharp

Thanks...hey leave some of your trade set ups on screen, for us groveling traders

 

my reasoning why I want a bigger/more expensive display is that I don't like to squint. I like my screen objects/font big, but I also want a decent amount of stuff on the screen. hence going bigger. also, my vision isn't that great, so I would like to reduce strain on the eye if possible.

 

By an LCD TV then for monitors won't fulfill your needs.

 

2560x1600 pixels has to pass QA,

the yield on larger LCD's are substantially lower than smaller LCD. A few bad pixels will ruin a otherwise perfectly fine LCD.

 

which video card do you have?

 

XFX 7600GS ...
Great card without fans.... noiseless

I got it for 115$ from dell

I've seen it around 70$+tax after rebate 2 weeks ago.

 

Spending extra on high-end monitors makes perfect sense to me, since I'll get a ripping migraine if I use a crappy monitor or badly-lit workspace (glare from sunlight, usually).

Anyone who's ever had a migraine knows that they'd give all their worldly possessions to avoid having them.

(I use a Mac for trading. Currently, it's a Macbook running WinXP via BootCamp. I bought it because I priced out similarly-configured PC laptops and found that the Macbook was actually cheaper for what you get in it. I used to use a G4 Cube to trade, running Mac OS X 10.2 and IB's TWS, along with browser-based charting. Both Mac-based setups proved to be super-reliable, requiring less total downtime for tech support.)

 

is my math wrong? on 1920x1080 resolution, you have 2.63 times as many pixels as 1068x768, and 1.58 times as many pixels as 1280x1024. going from 20" to 24 = 1.2 times, 20 to 30 = 1.5 times. so if you move from a 20" with 1280x1024 to a 24" with the 1920x1080, everything becomes smaller and you have to squint more?

 

I agree, I have one 24" as my center screen, with two 19" on each side. Then three 19" above for a total of six. Cost about $2100 for the flat panels, then $500 for the stand.

 

you forgot that 20->24 is an increase in screen area.....

for example: everything became smaller when i order my inspiron 600m with SXVGA+ 1400x1050, compare to the standard 1024x768 resolution with the same 14inch screen size. That's 1.87 times the original screen resolution