Looking for 1440p Monitor 24in

Hi, so I'm a computer science major. In this second year the workload has really picked up. I will be in front of the computer for 5-10 hours anyday, building programs or getting bugs out of them. Because of this I decided to buy a new monitor. And I purchased a very nice 1080p monitor. Amazon.com: Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24-Inch Screen LED-lit Monitor: Computers & Accessories It's a great monitor, I got the 1200p for the extra screen real estate, but it's not enough. I think I have been spoiled by my 15.6in 1080p display of my laptop. And when I look @ this monster 24in display I wish it was a higher resolution. (also the color reproduction is not up to snuff.)

I thought about 4k, but when I saw the price I quickly changed my mind, but I heard 1440p is pretty nice, unfortunately I could only find 27inch. This monitor is serving me great, but I really wanted 1440p or 1600p worth of real estate for this screen size. I don't think I could stand a 27inch monitor. I'm not even sure where I could put it.

 

I think the issue is the panels. Right now the popular 1440P is 27". The other issue is with a 24"1200P 16:10 the diagonal would change according to whether you needed to keep that original models height or width at 16:9. I say this as I am planning to get a real desk finally for my DTR and am also looking at 1440P IPS too......

 

The 27" is the popular size; screen size begins there. The 24" is fading into history.

 

Right now, 27" is the smallest external monitor size you can find if you want 1440p or higher resolution. An external 24" monitor is going to max out at 1080p / 1200p.

If you think you've been "spoiled" by your laptop's 15.6" 1080p display, then you are probably talking about pixel density. In that case, you'll find better pixel density in a 27"1440p display (about 110ppi) vs. a 24" 1080p / 1200p display (about 95ppi). For comparison purposes, a 15.6" 1080p display has about 141ppi.

If you're looking for better color reproduction, then the Dell UltraSharp U2412HM is actually a pretty decent monitor for that. This generation of Dell UltraSharp monitors actually have pretty decent factory calibration for colors (in sRGB mode) , and can be color-calibrated even better than that to get even closer to true sRGB. However, sRGB mode is typically valuable for print (to ensure that on-screen colors look the same as ink-printed colors). If you're doing entirely desktop-based work, you actually may prefer over-saturated colors, which can also be calibrated in the monitor. Dell UltraSharps use pretty decent 8-bit IPS panels, so you'll have the ability to do sRGB colors or over-saturation of colors as desired.

If you're just looking at pure raw screen real-estate (more pixels) then a 27" 1440p display is a nice move up considering the quality of the IPS panels and relatively low cost. Your next step up would be 30" 1600p (~$1000) or 30" 4K panels (~$3000+), which I would consider to be throwing money away.

I recently upgraded from a 24" 1080p --> 27" 1440p display (Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM), and have a few things I wanted to mention to you:

1. The super-cheap Korean panels from eBay (Catleap, Yamazaki, etc) for about ~$350 typically have poor monitor stands, if you value adjustable monitor height.
   
2. Super-cheap Korean panels will also typically not have a built-in scaler, and typically have only 1 input. That means the only video input signal they will ever accept is a 2560x1440 signal over their one input (dual-link DVI). And keep in mind that there are a few edge cases when you will NOT be running at 1440p (e.g. BIOS screens, bootup screens, Windows setup, disk cloning / management utilities, etc).
   
3. In order to run 1440p resolution, you will most likely need to connect via DisplayPort or Dual-link DVI connections. I think your Sager NP8130 has a dual-link DVI output port on the back, but you should verify that it is indeed dual-link. Even if your monitor has an HDMI input, 1440p over HDMI may not be supported (depending on the HDMI version spec implemented by your laptop and monitor).
   
4. Don't count on gaming at 1440p. A 27" 1440p monitor absolutely devours GPUs. I'm plugging my own thread here, but I have some rough benchmarks of trying to game at 1440p, comparing three different desktop & mobile GPU configurations.
   http://forum.notebookreview.com/accessories/734218-solved-outputting-2560x1440-1440p-signal-via-hdmi-output.html

 

Thanks a lot for the info kent. 27in might be okay. I was thinking of even purchasing a desktop in the future & 110ppi might be just good enough. As far as gaming goes, really I'm fine with just 1080p I'm only really after the screen real-estate for coding & the ppi. Maybe 27in isn't too bad.