muck 0 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 All, Right now I am using a TV for a CAD monitor at work. I guess you know they have poor resolutions. Does anyone know a good CAD monitor that would be about the same price as a TV set. Thank you, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BIGAL 606 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Very much depends on where you are in the world, HP, DELL. ACER, Lenovo etc Any reasonable computer supplier will be able to help. Just had a look 23.5" curved AUS $145 to say Samsung 49" QLED AUS $1999. I would suggest dual screens perhaps rather than1 big one but honestly have not used say a 32"+ screen apart from TV. You may get some cheap second hand dual where a end user has updated. Have seen 3 running very impressive for road design, all 3 updating as design is amended. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rkmcswain 114 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Yeah, that is kind of like saying "can you tell me what a good car is?" What is your budget? Where are you located? What is the minimum size you want? Lots of variables. FWIW - most all of our CAD users have (2)-27" HP monitors, around US$500 for both 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BIGAL 606 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 HP 27-inch 27fw Full HD IPS Backlit Monitor AUS $318 MSI 27-inch Optix G27C4 Curved Gaming Monitor AUS $448 Acer 27-inch NITRO VG270P Full HD IPS Gaming Monitor AUS $449 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cad64 179 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I have a 24" Asus VG248QE that I bought about 4 years ago. I'm not sure if you can still buy them in store, but I just checked Amazon and found a seller with a few of them for sale. $339 I also have a 27" LG 27GN600-B that I bought about a year ago. $329 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dadgad 76 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 You should probably read this. I have been using a 42" 4K LG TV for the past few years. It works pretty well for me. https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2017/10/01/use-4k-tv-pc-monitor/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BIGAL 606 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) Why not just go the wall just found 4k 75" Edited April 9 by BIGAL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dadgad 76 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) 59 minutes ago, BIGAL said: Why not just go the wall just found 4k 75" Sitting a meter away, that already seems pretty large. I wouldn't care to block portions of the windows on both sides, which appreciable upsizing would. When occasionally I have to work elsewhere I certainly do miss my big screen. I don't mean to suggest that would be appropriate for everybody, just trying to supply the OP with an informative resource. I just noticed that the earlier link I posted was from 2017, so here is a much more current comparison and evaluation of TVs in use as PC Monitors. https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/best/by-usage/pc-monitor Edited April 9 by Dadgad New link and info added Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f700es 121 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 They'll have to pry my Dell U3818DW out of my cold dead hands! https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Screen-LED-Lit-Monitor-U3818DW/dp/B073FHWTPL 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cad64 179 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 22 hours ago, f700es said: They'll have to pry my Dell U3818DW out of my cold dead hands! https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Screen-LED-Lit-Monitor-U3818DW/dp/B073FHWTPL Whoa . . . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dadgad 76 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) On 4/9/2021 at 11:40 PM, f700es said: They'll have to pry my Dell U3818DW out of my cold dead hands! https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Screen-LED-Lit-Monitor-U3818DW/dp/B073FHWTPL I am reminded of the scene in Men In Black, where the farmer says he could have his pickup truck over his dead body. To which the alien responds, "your terms are acceptable." Yep, that looks pretty sweet! Edited April 11 by Dadgad typo fixed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f700es 121 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Yeah it's pretty choice! It's standard issue here at work. All the other departments are jelly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lrm 63 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 I like having two monitors rather than one super large display. It's easy to maximize the AutoCAD graphics window on one of the displays and use the other for a variety of options including AutoCAD panels (properties, layers,...), help files, email, reference documents, etc. keeping your main CAD area clean and unobstructed. Of course you can always stretch the AutoCAD window to fill the two monitors (something I rarely want to do). You can get a couple of 20" Dell monitors for less than $200 USD each. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f700es 121 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 What's this "2" monitor set up you speak of? Dell U3818DW and Samsung P2770HD 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BIGAL 606 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Wiiiide and wiide nice setup. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f700es 121 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I need to replace the 27 1080 with a 27 or 32 1440 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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