Monitors

The screen diagonal determines the size of your monitor. It is given in inches ("). The following applies: The larger the inch value, the larger the screen area of the monitor. 

Monitors with screen diagonals of 24″ to 27″ are popular. Converted into centimetres, this corresponds to screen diagonals of 60 cm and 68.5 cm. Screens of this size are universal: for most applications on the home computer or in business, these screen diagonals are perfectly adequate. 

However, if you work with several programmes and want to have as many programme windows and widgets as possible clearly in view at the same time, we recommend larger screen diagonals of over 27″, for example 32″ (82 cm). With a PC monitor with a large screen diagonal, you can also keep an overview when editing videos or pictures.

To avoid confusion: TFT and LCD are not panel types, but display technologies. They are used in almost all monitors. LED is a backlighting technology that is also used in all monitors except OLED screens.

However, a TFT LCD screen with LED backlighting can use one of three panel types: TN (Twisted Nematic), VA (Vertical Alignment) or IPS (In-Plane Switching). 

The difference between these panel types is based on the orientation of the liquid crystals in an LCD panel. The respective different orientations simultaneously influence several properties of a monitor: some negatively, others positively.

The screen resolution of a PC monitor is closely linked to its aspect ratio. For example, a Full HD monitor (1920 x 1080) has an aspect ratio of 16:9, a 4K-monitor (4096 x 2160) and a WQHD-monitor (2560 x 1440) likewise. A monitor with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 (WQXGA), on the other hand, has a slightly higher aspect ratio of 16:10. 

This has to do with the fact that the format of a monitor is adapted to its native, i.e. optimal, resolution. Put more simply: the ratio of picture to frame must be right. Because in this way the proportions and the quality of the image are preserved.

Of course, you can also play a higher resolution than the native one on any monitor, provided your graphics card supports this setting. However, we do not recommend this. A higher resolution on a screen that is not designed for it can, under certain circumstances, result in the font and symbols on the desktop, for example, appearing too small and possibly blurred. This tires the eyes and often leads to headaches. 

In addition to the formats mentioned above, we also have monitors in special formats in our range, for example the 21:9 format. Special formats offer a larger work surface: large tables, several tools and application windows can now be clearly arranged on a single screen. A practical alternative to the two-screen solution.