Decent computer monitor

[Rick101]

Need a quick reply on this one please guys.

Chap coming to buy my triples shortly and I'll be left without a monitor so hope to replace asap.

I'm wanting a single monitor, 4K. Use for general forum browsing, Youtube, Netflix. No gaming. I think that means IPS is best?
Want something that looks nice and displays a 'nice' image.

Is there a current best go to? Looking to spend £200-250.

Going with this unless anybody can suggest something better.
LG 24UD58 24 inch 4K UHD IPS Monitor
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01JM4E3UC/ref...

or possibly
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-VG270bmiix-Monitor-F...

Thanks

Edited by Rick101 on Saturday 5th January 13:45

Edited by Rick101 on Saturday 5th January 13:52

[HM-2]

Any particular reason you're looking at 24" monitors? IMO, the additional pixel density afforded by a 4K panel is wasted on such a small screen space.
I'd want a minimum of a 27" screen for 4K personally. Sadly, there's very little that's both IPS and 4K anywhere near that price range.

Edited by HM-2 on Saturday 5th January 15:46

[ZesPak]

For browsing I like Ultrawides, but at your pricepoint I'd be happy with the best IPS I can get.

I'd drop the resolution before dropping IPS tbh.

Rather have a QHD IPS than a 4K TN.

Something like an Iiyama xub279x (2792, 2793) would be my go-to if you can get it in your budget.

[andygo]

I bought a 28 inch Samsung U28e590. Very impressed with it, using it as a dual monitor to my 21" imac.

[Rick101]

Wanted to get something ordered as triples went this afternoon. Went for the LG 4k in the end. Would have liked a 27 but it was nearly double the price. LG seems a goos price, nothing else seemed to be near it really.

I did look at some 2k IPS stuff but they were 200 odd anyway.

[Lemming Train]

I have a 4k 40" Ilyama monitor here but it doesn't get used and I use my Dell 24" 1920x1080 one instead. Why the fk would you do that LT, I hear you ask. Well quite simply because even with a 40" screen, text is fking tiny and impossible to read unless your face is nearly touching the screen. But why don't you simply increase the scaling to make it readable then? Yes, in theory that should work, but unfortunately nearly every program and app is designed to display at normal HD resolution or smaller, so when you rescale the screen so you can read the text, all the text that's part of the program or app itself simply gets magnified rather than rescaled so you end up with it all being a blurry pixelated mess. If you use a lot of different programs you're forever having to change the scaling and text size and that quickly gets annoying.

[TameRacingDriver]

I have a QHD 34” monitor, and the DPI on this is practically identical to a 40” 4K display. I have mine set to 125%, everything looks fine, perfectly readable, no blurriness. Once you go to 150% is when you begin to encounter the odd issue but in all honesty not really much of a problem as you can either disable the scaling (and often the fonts still appear a little larger) or find an app that’s actually been updated recently.

[Rick101]

Hmm, hadn't realised everything would be tiny.
Will try and cancel the order and get something else.

Is IPS 1080P the best screen then? I'd like 27".
Do these ultrawide not just end up with lots of blank space either side?

[ZesPak]

Rick101 said:

Hmm, hadn't realised everything would be tiny.
Will try and cancel the order and get something else.

Is IPS 1080P the best screen then? I'd like 27".
Do these ultrawide not just end up with lots of blank space either side?

1. Depends of the scaling of your app. Most websites and the like will probably be fine, but it's business software that's usually lagging behind ime.
2. IPS is a display type and for everything BUT gaming it's vastly superior. I'd have a cheap IPS over a mediocre TN all day.
3. Your resolution should follow your screen size. 1080p are not enough pixels on a 27", I'd consider 1440p for a 27"
4. Ultrawides are great if going for a single monitor because you can use them as you'd use dual monitors (having two things open at the same time)

That's a screenshot of a 3440x1440 34" ultrawide.

Basically:
24" is a very common monitor size, I find 1080p on this size perfectly fine.
27" is a step up, but you'd need a minimum of 1440p (QHD -> HD = 720p, this is Quad HD).

On both you have "Ultrawide", which which adds another 1/3rd screen in width.
A 30" Ultrawide is the wide version of a 24"
A 34" Ultrawide is the wide version of a 27"
In terms of pixels it's the same, the height stays but in width you get more real estate.

To look at the sizes, I often use this site:
http://www.displaywars.com/24-inch-16x9-vs-27-inch...

[Rick101]

Excellent, thanks for that.
Going to try phoning my usual supplier on Mon and get their recommendation.
Will let you know how I get on.

[HM-2]

2k is the sweet spot at 27". 1080P is blurry.

[bloomen]

Lemming Train said:

If you use a lot of different programs you're forever having to change the scaling and text size and that quickly gets annoying.

My main laptop and desktop are 4K. I've never rescaled anything. W10 takes care of it.

There are only a couple of programs that have scaling problems for me. It's a problem that's been largely taken care of in my part of computer world at least.

[TameRacingDriver]

We use 23” monitors at work with a 1080 resolution and honestly I even find these a little on the pixelated side these days. I guess once you’re used to HiDPI displays its hard to go back. I agree with the above, 1440P is best for 24-27” and I would jump to 4K at screen sizes at around 32” personally (unless its a super wide where you can get away with less vertical pixels because the screen itself is less tall).

[Rick101]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-272B8QJEB-00-Moni...

Thoughts?

[Digger]

Check out some reviews?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=hp&ei=M...

[Chris Type R]

FWIW I'm using a 40" 4K - and even on that I have to scale up fonts (150%). Not all apps work well with scaling e.g. RDP connections.

A 27" at 2560x1440 is not a bad size/resolution.

[Rick101]

Just to close this off after much fannying about trying to cancel the 24" I spoke to the guys to supplied my PC, CCL at Leeds and they recommended a Viewsonic. Also offered an iiyama but it was £40 more and I preferred the bezel on the former.

https://www.cclonline.com/product/viewsonic-vx3276...


Thanks for the advice. Should be good for a few years use. Hopefully upgrade the graphics card at some point (currently GTX 1060 6GB)

[HM-2]

Good recommendation. I'm a big fan of the ViewSonic panels having had 2 of them before upgrading to an ASUS ROG Swift.

[Kewy]

Sorry to hijack, but now that you're sorted… haha

I'm after a 27" 2560x1440 – any recommendations? Like the OP, I don't want to spend much more than £250-300.

Must be HDMI compatible (plug into a 2014 MBP).




Just had a look at the display that the OP decided on, but I think I'd like to stick to 27" and retain the px density.

[Chris Type R]

That's a good price.