Need recommendation on quality 24" monitor

Need any recommendations (incl model#) for a GOOD 23-24" monitor for wife's birthday in $300-400 range with a solid name brand (ie LG, Samsung, ASUS etc.), and the following specs:

23-24" Wide screen size
5ms or better response
IPS or PLS display quality
Tilt, Swivel and Height adjustments
DVI/VGA input

Do not need:
Speakers
TV tuner
Display Port
Not for trading or gaming

The few I have found all seem to have 20-40% poor reviews of one kind or another.

Thanks

 

Hi robls99, A quick Google produced this Top Rated 24inch Monitors:
Top 23- and 24-Inch Monitors

Cheers Neil.

 

For that budget, you can get an outstanding display. Your problem, however, is the same as mine - you want height adjustment and that will eliminate the vast majority of your options.

I really don't understand why most monitors don't have height adjustments - it is not like users can adjust the height of their desk, nor do they want to put a phone book under their monitors either. And if they have height adjustments on their chair, most users adjust chairs based on their leg length - not to put their heads in line with their monitors.

Sadly, many reviews - like the one above don't completely address ergonomic features, like height. So do your homework.

 

Missed the part about full adjustments. You will obviously pay for Height/Tilt/Swivel.
I have always placed monitors (CRT or Panel LCD) on plastic foot stools or designed monitor stands.
The other way to go would be the Desk mount accessory which will allow all adjustments to suit individual user.
Here's another link:http://www.techspot.com/news/48406-...ay-for-329-adjustable-height-swivel-tilt.html

Quite interesting reading the Reviews. Neil.

 

My problem is my desk has a hutch my monitors must fit under. Some fixed height monitors don't. And others are fixed too short (and with two blown disks in my neck, looking down all the time becomes a real pain in the neck (pun intended)) so I would have to sit them on a phone book or something else Mickey Mouse. I could do that, but don't want to.

IPS monitors are getting too much hype about their superior viewing angles. While true, they have superior viewing angles which minimizes color shifting, I just don't feel that is important for most computer users.

Unlike a TV where many viewers in the room are not sitting head on, the computer user tends to sit directly in front of his or her monitor(s), and not off to the side.

IPS panels are much more expensive because they use two transistors per pixel vs TN panels which use one.

IPS panels have excellent color reproduction, but the better TN panels are excellent as well, but less expensive.

IPS panels have a very wide viewing angle, but that is not important if you sit in front of the monitor - and most computer users do, and you are not constantly adjusting the height of your chair - and most users don't.

HOWEVER, in an office environment, IPS panels may present a security or privacy concern because folks standing off to the side can see what you are doing.

I certainly think LED backlighting is worth it versus traditional inverter/CCFL backlighting, but I am not sold on IPS over TN panels for most computer users. Not yet - not until prices come down.

 

Bill,

Thanks for your insight. You are right that most of us sit directly in front of the monitor and the viewing angle is not critical.

Rob

 

In my case, monitor sits at my eye level and experience a very good colour reproduction. However, the brilliance increases considerably when rising from the chair. This does not happen in using a CRT monitor of the same size.

 

And they wouldn't with a CRT as they use totally different technologies.

And again, as for rising from the chair and LCD displays fading, that too is common, but again, most users who have their monitors sitting eye level when sitting don't stand up to use their computers. But if they do, most LCD monitors have tilt. A few have tilt and swivel. Some rotate 90° for portrait mode, and a very few have height. While no CRT that I know of has any angle adjustments.