Monitor Sizing Guide

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When considering monitor sizing, an interesting couple of things to look at besides the actual size is also how sharp the resolution is and how well it handles colors.

Color gamut is an easy aspect to be overlooked by first time shoppers for large external monitors, but it’s every bit as important as the other considerations. For example, some monitors have an incredible color gamut, being able to resolve trillions of colors.

High resolution and being able to calibrate for color profile are some other things to consider besides only thinking of monitor sizing. The size of a large monitor by itself may not be helpful for our needs if it isn’t sharp enough to support our still and video camera files.

There really isn’t any rule discussing optimum monitor sizing, so I like to equate watching TV in our den with our editing work. How many times do you wish you had a larger TV? Or do you sometimes think you should move your chair back a little because it seems too big?

Well, translate that into our workspace. The distances will be different so the actual monitor sizing won’t exactly equate, but you can get a pretty good idea of what will or won’t be optimal for your own space.

Hopefully we offered you enough helpful information for you to choose the monitor sizing that works best in your specific situation.

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