# Any sites with High resolution monitors that won't break the bank.

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**Created:** [June 21, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sites-with-high-resolution-monitors-that-wont-break-the-bank/453707 "2008-06-21T18:42:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sites-with-high-resolution-monitors-that-wont-break-the-bank/453707/1 "2008-06-21T18:42:55Z")

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It seems like all the monitors I look at on the internet are the same Max resolution 1680x1050.

That’s a ‘good’ resolution, but I had an aprox 1700x1200 monitor YEARS ago, and a 1920x1280 monitor a few less years ago than that. They were attached to my alienware laptops.

If Alienware has been selling computers with high-res screens for so long, why is it so hard to buy a desktop monitor that’s higher than 1680x1050?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sites-with-high-resolution-monitors-that-wont-break-the-bank/453707/2 "2008-06-21T18:50:16Z")

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**Edit:** It seems, if I want to get a bit higher than that res, I have to go 24" and beyond!

(my aleinware screens were 17 inch and 19 inch respectively, so it’s not as if they can’t fit the pixels in the smaller space!)