Also, does anyone (else) find 24" monitors to be just too big?

No! A while ago I had an Eizo 21" TFT in the classic format 4:3. As far as I remember the 24"-widescreen TFT are just a bit wider, but the height (in pixel) is the same. I remember, that I send my first Eizo 19" TFT back, becauses I felt totally blended and I could not imagine, that I had to regulate the backlight down to 20% or less. But meanwhile I know, that I have to do that. And then the screen cannot be big enough. And there is no duty to use the whole screen. If you edit outlines in FontLab a big screen is an advantage. And in case of the creative suite with all the docking panels (I think, the last Photoshop, that I liked on small screens was version 7), the screen likewise cannot be big enough.

Personally I hate the widescreen format (I don’t watch movies on the TFT [except from porn videos {from the seventies, when women were unshaved, as they should be}]), but there are no new TFT in the classic format.

I am still using Windows XP. 102 dpi is too much there. The resolution of the 21" Eizo was optimal for me. But on Windows Vista and Windows 7 you can better change text sizes. So I don’t know, what I will buy, when I turn to Windows 7 this year. When I primary worked with bitmap imagines the low relative resolution was an advantage, because it is a bit easier to work pixel-exactly (especially with regard to the positioning of helping lines and lineals) without zooming.

Thanks! I do use the monitor for text, which is why I wanted the higher dpi.

does anyone (else) find 24" monitors to be just too big?

Heck no. I have a 30" monitor.

Ditto--I have a 30" and now anything smaller feels too small.

I just got a 27 inch monitor delivered yesterday.

I had been working on a 19 inch, and this extra real estate is fantastic.

Got a good price for it too... HP2709m HD LCD less than $385.00 delivered.

wow, 30", that'd require a new mouse pad

Follow-up: I ended up getting an LG w2253v, which is also 21.5" 1920x1080. I really enjoy the 102 dpi compared with my previous 89dpi monitor.

The real benefit is the lower eyestrain. The monitor has a light sensor and automatically adjusts brightness to ambient light. Evening and daytime end being two very different levels, and although it seemed dim at first, I have noticed that my eyes do not get tired so quickly. The setting can also be turned off.

30" hah! I use 48".

Has anyone checked out a Cinemaview yet? They look great and they're pretty cheap.

I just got a 27" iMac, and for the first couple days it did almost feel too big, but once you start working two page spreads in Indesign, and especially in Final Cut and Motion, you get used to it real quick. My old 22" CRT seems so small and dingy now.

48"? Hah! You know what I'd have to do to get my monitor to be 48"? Fold it in half!

Hell. I got me a Texas sized 48--that thang is wider 'n the 48 States, whoopee!

Did I say 48"? Hell, I meant 48 feet!

For the record, and not that anyone cares, I'm writing this note on an 8.9" screen on my netbook. Which is why ya'll are pros and I'm just an amateur...

The cinemaviews are tn film, which means that you are getting a high-end case.

Until I got my Samsung T240HD 24-Inch, I was using my ViewSonic from 2002. The ViewSonic still works great but started going dim about a year ago, which should be expected. Now it's my extended desktop monitor.

I got the samsung because I wanted an all-in-one monitor. It's my TV/game and computer monitor all wrapped up in one. Setting up color profiles for it was just easy. Highly recommended.

I use ViewSonic VA2413wm, that was in time when I bought it, the cheapest 24" on the market. I didn't expected too much from it, but for me then (about 6 months ago) was the best buy!

Also, I'm using it mostly for typo and webdesign, for print/photos you need the better one then this.

If you need monitor for everything except print design or tuning photographies, then this ViewSonic class is not for that. It's actually for everything else (web design, fonts, surf'n'play...).

Hope I helped.