The 30 inch has a dot pitch of .250 so it will be comparable in sharpness with the 20 inch but more than twice the real estate. In my case, i like the 22 inch dot pitch of .282, just the right size text for my eyes.
Last month, I bought a Dell E2209W for $205.00 ( +$8 enviro fee and $17.00 tax ) for a total of $229.91 This was down from the suggested retail price of $259. It wasn't on sale around Black Friday ( Thanksgiving ) but I asked them to come back with a "price" for me over the phone, which they did . . . $205.00 This morning, I see that their "new" retail price is $239 and they just lopped a huge $65.00 OFF for a Sale Price of . . . $174.00 This is a SCREAMING DEAL!!! http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/category.aspx?c=us&category_id=6198&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd 3-year Warranty. FREE SHIPPING too!
i currently use a Dell 20" E207WFP as main monitor and old 17" as second. I'm buying a new PC that comes with 22" Dell E228WFP, with same 1680 x 1050 as the 20". does that mean that my old E207WFP actually view sharper than the new E228WFP? at same resolution. So i should continue to use the 20" as main monitor? and use the 22" for mini-chart watchlists then.