Bigger Costs Less

This post goes out to a couple of friends at Aspen HQ.

Yesterday, our good friends at the University of Utah released finding from a resent study conducted to determine if monitor size and aspect ratios effected productivity.

While I was not shocked to find out that a larger screen = increased productivity, I was shocked as to the level of increased productivity. Switching a user from a 19-inch display to a 24-inch widescreen resulted in the user completing tasks associated with documents and spreadsheets by more than 30%.

The study found the net annual cost savings of using 24-inch widescreen monitors in place of standard format, 18-inch monitors, including electricity and monitor costs, is roughly $8,400 per year, per employee. (That math assumes a staffer who makes $32,500 annually.) For Aspen Group, that could result in a $134,000 a year cost savings for the Frankfort office alone! Let me know if you want me to place an order Tom.

Thank you University of Utah!