27" vs 24" monitor: Which Should You Buy!? (Dell P2723D vs P2423D review) — Transcript

Full transcript

1. 0:00i often get asked what size do i prefer
2. 0:02and i always say that's quite subjective
3. 0:04of course i'm referring to 24 and 27
4. 0:06inch monitors i'm not sure what you had
5. 0:08on your mind now here we've got the
6. 0:10p2723d and the p2423d
7. 0:13now they're both identical whereby they
8. 0:15operate on a 1440p 60hz ips panel and
9. 0:18have got very similar features so indeed
10. 0:21in this review we comparing the two
11. 0:22sizes to see what fits best and of
12. 0:24course to see if they're actually worth
13. 0:26their price tag so to kick off i do want
14. 0:28to talk about pixel density which is
15. 0:30often referred to as pixels per inch or
16. 0:32ppi for short and no we're not talking
17. 0:34about any sort of insurance claims now
18. 0:36given both monitors operate on a 1440p
19. 0:39resolution it's no surprise to learn
20. 0:40that the smaller size monitor has a
21. 0:42higher ppi now it's got a 23.8 inch form
22. 0:46factor to be more specific and that
23. 0:48gives it a ppi of 123.41
24. 0:51as opposed to the 27 inch variant that
25. 0:53sits at 108.79
26. 0:56so what does this mean when it comes to
27. 0:57real life applications well when you're
28. 0:59sat at a normal distance between the 24
29. 1:01or 27 inch monitors there's no such
30. 1:04issue at 1440p indeed here the pixel
31. 1:07density is actually quite ideal at 27
32. 1:09inch and i would argue to say 24 inch is
33. 1:12actually a bit too small given that the
34. 1:14actual windows default scaling sits at
35. 1:16125
36. 1:18you can of course set it to 100 on
37. 1:20windows scaling but then the overall
38. 1:22text becomes just a bit too small at
39. 1:24least in my opinion now of course here
40. 1:25i'm referring to two 1440p monitors and
41. 1:28if i were to drop the resolution to
42. 1:291080p suddenly the 24 inch form factor
43. 1:32takes the cake and the reason behind
44. 1:34that is because the text clarity and the
45. 1:36sort of pixelation becomes a little bit
46. 1:38more noticeable on the 27-inch 1080p
47. 1:40form factor still some people would
48. 1:42argue that a larger size monitor works
49. 1:44better for them and that's because
50. 1:46you've got better productivity or indeed
51. 1:48a better visual experience because
52. 1:50you're consuming a lot more media on a
53. 1:52larger size monitor as opposed to a
54. 1:54smaller one so following on from pixel
55. 1:56density we get onto image quality and
56. 1:57here i was actually quite surprised to
57. 1:59see that the 24 inch form factor
58. 2:00actually does better across the board
59. 2:02now when put across my calibrators i
60. 2:04notice an average delty of 2.04 and a
61. 2:07maximum of 5.06 you can see at the top
62. 2:09how it does across the board now if we
63. 2:12switch to the 27-inch form factor you
64. 2:13can see there's a lot more red or indeed
65. 2:15errors here the average dlt drops to
66. 2:182.81 whereby higher is worse and for the
67. 2:21maximum delta e sits at 5.83 both
68. 2:24monitors have a similar gamma coverage
69. 2:26and gamma volume so there's nothing to
70. 2:28report over here as for the peak
71. 2:30brightness it does differ including to
72. 2:32what del claim where the 27-inch form
73. 2:34factor gets to a peak of 300 nits and a
74. 2:36minimum to 33 minutes while the 24 inch
75. 2:39form factor sits at 263 nits and a
76. 2:42minimum of 32 nits now as for the
77. 2:44measured white point the 24 inch monitor
78. 2:47was a little bit off and same was in
79. 2:49terms of its tested contrast ratio where
80. 2:51it's set to
81. 2:536348 kelvin at 100
82. 2:55and
83. 2:56891 to 1. although it's gamma coverage
84. 2:59was pretty accurate and it was pretty
85. 3:01much on point now as for the 27-inch
86. 3:03form factor the measured white point is
87. 3:05very very close at 6 513 kelvin at 100
88. 3:10and a slightly better tested contrast
89. 3:11ratio at 1011 to 1. although here you
90. 3:15can see its gamma curve is completely
91. 3:17off and it's quite surprising to see how
92. 3:19far it is off from the 2.2 tested gamma
93. 3:21curve similarly a smaller size monitor
94. 3:24also has better uniformity and lowered
95. 3:27backlight blades given that we're
96. 3:28talking about ips panels here i thought
97. 3:30it's quite relevant here you can see
98. 3:32that the uniformity on the 24 inch
99. 3:33monitor was not too bad and on 27 inch
100. 3:36monitor was still perfectly acceptable
101. 3:38although you can see it's a little bit
102. 3:40off in terms of the corners i do
103. 3:42appreciate this is somewhat panel
104. 3:43lottery as for backlight bleed you can
105. 3:45see over here on the 27-inch form factor
106. 3:47that it's a little bit more noticeable
107. 3:48around the corners whereas a 24-inch
108. 3:50form factor has a little bit more of a
109. 3:52uniform backlight bleed so with all of
110. 3:54that in mind i was very much curious to
111. 3:56put it through its paces when it comes
112. 3:57to gaming now i appreciate both these
113. 3:59dell monitors are not gaming centric
114. 4:01they don't offer the gaming features
115. 4:02such as amd freesync or nvidia g-sync
116. 4:04among other features and equally are 60
117. 4:07hertz 1440p ips monitors not exactly
118. 4:09ideal nevertheless here i had the input
119. 4:12lag tested on the 27 inch form factor at
120. 4:143.2 milliseconds while the 24 inch form
121. 4:17factor was tested at 3 milliseconds i'd
122. 4:19just like to thank simon from tft
123. 4:21central and adam from pc monitors for
124. 4:23their input with my test and yes pun
125. 4:25intended because without them i wouldn't
126. 4:27be able to forget that sort of figure
127. 4:29now as for the overall overdrive
128. 4:31settings you've got normal and fast only
129. 4:34suffice to say the differences between
130. 4:3527 and 24 inch are absolutely identical
131. 4:38there's no difference here when it comes
132. 4:39to my own perceivable response time
133. 4:41tests in terms of the ufo test you might
134. 4:43be able to see a little bit of extra
135. 4:45purple trailing in terms of the fast
136. 4:46mode presets but frankly this doesn't
137. 4:48really depict the real life experience
138. 4:50that i attained in other words in the
139. 4:52fast mode preset both the 27 and 24 inch
140. 4:55form factors were unplayable so much so
141. 4:57that i had to dial it down to the normal
142. 4:59presets and indeed over here objectivity
143. 5:01only goes so far so what about when it
144. 5:03comes to my subjective input now here i
145. 5:05just felt that my overall performance on
146. 5:07the 27 inch form factor was absolutely
147. 5:09perfect i was actually really surprised
148. 5:11for dropping over 85 kills on deathmatch
149. 5:14i know it's not exactly something to be
150. 5:15proud about but at the 27 inch 60 hertz
151. 5:18form factor i was expecting to do far
152. 5:20worse but indeed that was not the case
153. 5:23and in fact my performance on a 24 inch
154. 5:25form factor seemed to be a little bit
155. 5:27worse despite the monitors having the
156. 5:28same sort of response time and the same
157. 5:30sort of input lag suffice to say this is
158. 5:33very subjective yet again i seem to be
159. 5:35gravitating towards the 27-inch 1440p
160. 5:38factor because that's what i'm used to
161. 5:40my main monitor is a 1440p 144 hertz 27
162. 5:44inch monitor and it's no surprise here
163. 5:46that my eyes and my overall perception
164. 5:48even muscle memory was more suited to a
165. 5:50larger size monitor of course yours
166. 5:53might differ from mine because you might
167. 5:54be the complete opposite whereby you
168. 5:56actually prefer a smaller size monitor
169. 5:58and as such your performance might
170. 5:59actually be better or superior on a
171. 6:0124-inch form factor and finally as i am
172. 6:04doing a review of these monitors i
173. 6:05should just reiterate that they're not
174. 6:07gaming centric while they provide a
175. 6:08fantastically low input lag given their
176. 6:11refresh rate and their overall
177. 6:12resolution i do still think that if you
178. 6:14are a gamer and you're looking for a
179. 6:151440p monitor you should look elsewhere
180. 6:18there'll be some suggestions down
181. 6:19description below for your consideration
182. 6:21here these monitors do come in at a
183. 6:2327-inch form factor so that's the only
184. 6:25thing to be mindful of because it's been
185. 6:27a long time since i actually reviewed a
186. 6:281440p 24-inch gaming monitor now quick
187. 6:32note on the monitors osc that can be
188. 6:34accessed through a physical joystick
189. 6:36found behind the monitor which makes it
190. 6:38quite convenient and here you'll find
191. 6:40brightness and contrast you can select
192. 6:41the different inputs and as for the
193. 6:44color modes you've got a few different
194. 6:45preset modes whereby custom color also
195. 6:48gives you rgb inputs although i suspect
196. 6:50most will be probably using the standard
197. 6:52mode preset as for the display you've
198. 6:54got the response time setting over here
199. 6:56whereby you want to select between
200. 6:58normal and fast do bear in mind what i
201. 6:59mentioned about the fast presets and the
202. 7:01overshoot that you'll get and as for the
203. 7:03personalize over here you can actually
204. 7:05also disable the power button led that
205. 7:08can be found towards the front of the
206. 7:09monitor as for the others section you
207. 7:12can also check the display information
208. 7:14and also run a self diagnostic which is
209. 7:16quite useful for checking for dead
210. 7:17pixels now with the ost section out of
211. 7:20the way i should just mention that the
212. 7:21overall stand and the design of the
213. 7:23monitor is absolutely faultless both on
214. 7:25the 27 and 24 inch form factor here
215. 7:27you've got a three side borderless look
216. 7:29with a very thin bottom bezel and as for
217. 7:31the stand itself it provides height tilt
218. 7:34pivot and rotation adjustments meaning
219. 7:36that you can find the right ergonomics
220. 7:37no matter what sort of setup that you
221. 7:39run so with all that information that
222. 7:41you've hopefully soaked up throughout
223. 7:42this video but if you're looking at a
224. 7:43comparison between 24 and 27 inch or
225. 7:46indeed if you were looking to know the
226. 7:47differences between these two dell
227. 7:48monitors what i will say is that they're
228. 7:50both pretty spendy now here the 24 inch
229. 7:53form factor can be found for around 280
230. 7:55pounds while the 27 inch model can be
231. 7:58found for around 340 pounds at this
232. 8:00price point i just think that dell
233. 8:02should have offered more be it in terms
234. 8:03of connectivity options be it via usb
235. 8:05type c or indeed better color accuracy
236. 8:07here there's some other monitors out
237. 8:09there on the market that either offer
238. 8:11both of these or indeed a combination of
239. 8:13these and provide a little bit of a
240. 8:15superior experience at 1440p and they're
241. 8:17ones from benq or phillips or even
242. 8:19lenovo to choose from they'll be down
243. 8:21description below for your consideration
244. 8:23now elsewhere i will say that
245. 8:24subjectivity i'm still sticking to 27
246. 8:26inch 1440p because i still think that's
247. 8:29the sweet spot there will be some people
248. 8:31undoubtedly that will prefer 24 inch and
249. 8:33as a result this dell monitor that i
250. 8:35have in front of me is somewhat of a
251. 8:36rarity so be sure to hear your thoughts
252. 8:38in the comments section below as to
253. 8:40which monitor size you would pick and or
254. 8:42your opinions about these dell monitors
255. 8:44if you were just coming for the review
256. 8:45side of it now if you've liked this
257. 8:46detailed video and want to see more from
258. 8:48myself definitely do drop a like
259. 8:50subscribe and hit that bell notification
260. 8:52and if you've done that already i just
261. 8:53want to thank you in advance as such
262. 8:55i've been totally dubbed and i hopefully
263. 8:56see you next one take care of yourselves
264. 8:58and goodbye