18 cameras: Monitor suggestions ?

[ThomasPI]

Slowly putting things together for a planned 18 camera system, all Dahua 2MP for most part. I’m thinking 27” monitor would be a minimum. The only use this monitor will get is with dedicated BI system so I don’t need the latest and greatest. I did look into using a TV but in reading it appears recommendation is using a monitor. Size not a major issue, we are about to break ground on a new house so I don’t want to be frivolous. Suggestions ?

 

[bp2008]

You can usually get a 43 inch 4K TV for $200. It is really hard to beat that, if you have room for it.

But, a word of warning, Blue Iris is really inefficient at drawing video to the screen, and it gets worse the higher the resolution is. So be prepared to limit the live preview frame rate and/or not run the TV at native 4K resolution depending on how much CPU time you have to spare.

My i7-8700K runs at 20-25% with the console closed, or 45-50% with it open and large on a 4K display. That means just rendering to my 4K TV is fully HALF of the CPU load on my system. And this is with the benefit of feeding the TV from a discrete graphics card (which offloads quite a bit of the rendering work from the CPU).

 

[Q™]

Dell makes a fine 32” display that I purchased at Costco for $150.00. I bought 12 for our office workstations. That was a year ago...no issues yet.

 

[ThomasPI]

Thanks Q, greatly appreciated !

 

[pinko]

Dell makes a fine 32” display that I purchased at Costco for $150.00. I bought 12 for our office workstations. That was a year ago...no issues yet.

Wow $150.....bargain! Those 32" Dell are ~$2,000 In Australia.
Love my old Dell 30", Also love my crossover Korean 30" monitor (same panel as samsungs) that was 1/4 the price from Ebay.. There's hundreds of pages of discussion on whirlpool (australian tech forums) about these Korean monitors. The preferred vendor, gives great service.
34" - $580
32" - ~$400
If I could get a dell 30" for $150 i'd be all over it.

 

[ThomasPI]

Dell makes a fine 32” display that I purchased at Costco for $150.00. I bought 12 for our office workstations. That was a year ago...no issues yet.

What model # is that @Q ?

 

[pinko]

Google-fu says the Costco model was probably the D3218HN

 

[Q™]

What model # is that @Q ?

I’ll try to remember to check when I get to work today.

 

[ThomasPI]

Thank you, greatly appreciated !

 

[Q™]

Google-fu says the Costco model was probably the D3218HN

That would be correct.

 

[ThomasPI]

Just a follow up, found a 32” LG at Newegg for $165, used my VisaRewards card and doubles the 1 yr LG Warranty.

LG 32MP58HQ-W White 31.5" FHD IPS Widescreen LED Backlight Monitor 5ms 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz, On Screen Control w/ Screen Split, HDMI/D-Sub 250 cd/m2 1000:1 - Newegg.com