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Monitor to Macbook Air?

hannesoth said:
Hey.

I will probably get a Macbook Air from so I wonder what monitor I should buy that I can use when I'm home?

I've been considering this monitor from Samsung: http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/monitors/LS24B750VSG/ZA.

Should I buy another monitor? If someone could give a few examples it would be great. :)
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I purchased the HP Pavilion 23xi 1080p LED IPS monitor for use with my 2013 Air, it works perfectly. It is a very sharp display, vibrant colours and I find it is the perfect size (although I wouldn't mind a 27" haha). Best of all it was only $160 at my local Costco (plus the ridiculously high 13% HST we have to pay here).
 
Suraj R. said:
I purchased the HP Pavilion 23xi 1080p LED IPS monitor for use with my 2013 Air, it works perfectly. It is a very sharp display, vibrant colours and I find it is the perfect size (although I wouldn't mind a 27" haha). Best of all it was only $160 at my local Costco (plus the ridiculously high 13% HST we have to pay here).
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The Thunderbolt Display is very nice, but so IS saving $$$! +1 on your purchase! :)
 
Titanium81 said:
The Thunderbolt Display is very nice, but so IS saving $$$! +1 on your purchase! :)
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Yeah, the Thunderbolt display would be great, its 1440p and would act as a dock for my MBA but

1) have the rain design mStand with all of my cables running through it, so I just put my MBA on the stand, plug maybe 5 cables in and I am good to go

2) 27" is just really big, I have tons of space on my desk but why

3) Its about the cost of the MBA itself and I'm just a high school student theres no need for a $1000 display when this 23" 1080p is the equivalent to me haha

for $160 its a steal
 
Suraj R. said:
I purchased the HP Pavilion 23xi 1080p LED IPS monitor for use with my 2013 Air, it works perfectly. It is a very sharp display, vibrant colours and I find it is the perfect size (although I wouldn't mind a 27" haha). Best of all it was only $160 at my local Costco (plus the ridiculously high 13% HST we have to pay here).
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Hi Suraj,
I would to know how do you connect your external monitor to the mba
with dvi cable or vga or hdmi?

Thanks:)
 
I have the 27" samsung syncmaster. I use it as a tv and a monitor and it works great.
 
bobo67 said:
Hi Suraj,
I would to know how do you connect your external monitor to the mba
with dvi cable or vga or hdmi?

Thanks:)
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I connect my MBA to my external monitor with a Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter in the Thunderbolt port, to an HDMI cable into the monitor
 
hannesoth said:
Should I buy another monitor? If someone could give a few examples it would be great. :)
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The Samsung you mentioned would be attractive if you wanted to watch a lot of video and/or plug an XBox/Playstation/Tuner in via HDMI.

For general computing use, though, I'd go for something like the Dell 2412M:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Ultrasharp-U2412M-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B005LNDPPS

…which will connect using a cable like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-co...ble/dp/B002XVYZ82/ref=pd_bxgy_computers_img_z

This has better resolution than the "Widescreen Full HD" Samsung (1920x1200 vs. 1920x1080) and a 'squarer' screen. You'll get more usable screen space so you can (e.g.) get an actual-size double-page spread on the screen with room for toolbars - you won't do that on a "widescreen" smaller than 27".

Displays like this are a bit more expensive than TV-style "Full HD" displays such as the Samsung, but nothing like as much as the 27" monitors. The Dell doesn't have speakers (although you can get a matching soundbar) or a HDMI input for Xbox etc. (but it does have DVI and you can get HDMI-to-DVI cables).

Finally, if you are looking at 27" displays, remember that the cheap TV-style ones are still only 1920x1080 which won't cut the mustard when you use them close up: at 27" look for 2560x1440 resolution (there are still cheaper options than the Apple Thunderbolt display).

The Apple 27" Cinema/Thunderbolt display is lovely (if you don't mind glossy screens) and the hub features and built-n Magsafe make it brilliant as a MacBook companion - but it is horribly overpriced and overdue an update. If you find a nice refurb one, maybe...
 
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Suraj R. said:
Yeah, the Thunderbolt display would be great, its 1440p and would act as a dock for my MBA but

1) have the rain design mStand with all of my cables running through it, so I just put my MBA on the stand, plug maybe 5 cables in and I am good to go

2) 27" is just really big, I have tons of space on my desk but why

3) Its about the cost of the MBA itself and I'm just a high school student theres no need for a $1000 display when this 23" 1080p is the equivalent to me haha

for $160 its a steal
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Hi Suraj

I just purchased a macbook air and the pavilion 23xi from Costco but I can't get the resolution to work properly. The instructions from the monitor say to use 1920x1080 but I don't have that choice on my laptop. How did you get yours to work? Thanks for your help
 
Anythning in the 22"-27" ususally works well. higher than that and you get lost working..
 
Suraj R. said:
I purchased the HP Pavilion 23xi 1080p LED IPS monitor for use with my 2013 Air, it works perfectly. It is a very sharp display, vibrant colours and I find it is the perfect size (although I wouldn't mind a 27" haha). Best of all it was only $160 at my local Costco (plus the ridiculously high 13% HST we have to pay here).
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Im sorry but what do you use to connect them?? I just purchased the 27 inch and have no clue on how to connect them. Thanks so much!
 
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