Best Monitors for Home Office

LiYuD on 16/06/2019 - 20:43
Last edited 16/06/2019 - 21:00

Hey guys, I'm helping my girlfriend find an external monitor for her home office as an accountant.

She has a 2017 Macbook Air that supports 2k at 60hz. Budget is ~500 and 24-27inch.

She has her eyes set on Samsung 27inch curved FHD

I am wondering if there's any other monitor recommendations that will be easy on her eyes, particularly when she's going to be reading quite a bit on the screen.

I've been looking around, and these sparked my interest:
BenQ PD2700Q
BenQ PD2500QC
Dell U2518D

Thanks guys.

Computing Computer Peripheral LCD Monitor

Comments

  • Ryanek on 16/06/2019 - 21:59
    +1

    If you can stretch your budget LG 27UD88.

    This website is a good guide actually - https://www.productchart.com/monitors/

  • netpenthe on 16/06/2019 - 22:22
    +1

    dell u27 series are the best

    2560x1440 resolution, i've had bigger and smaller monitors and 2 of these are my ideal setup

    • iYuD on 17/06/2019 - 00:57

      How do you find the brightness of the u27 and which model do you have? Ive been looking at the u2719d.
      It does seem like a solid home office monitor

      • esosite on 17/06/2019 - 19:02

        just get the u2719d from dell outlet for ~$400 and some small amount of cashrewards.

        • iYuD on 17/06/2019 - 22:28

          How you finding reading and image quality on it? I'm planning to get the u2719d on the outlet as well!

  • nfr on 16/06/2019 - 23:06
    +1

    I think it's best to buy from somewhere with a good return policy, so you can try it for days. That's the only way to know if the monitor is easy on her eyes.

    I got a BenQ PD2500Q, its got eyecare but for some reason my eyes just don't like it, so I went back to my old Eizo. Personally I find Eizo Flexscans easy on eyes, but they are so expensive and viewing experience is highly subjective.

    • iYuD on 17/06/2019 - 01:00

      Oh wow maybe it might be risky getting the pd2500q, and I've never looked into that brand before. Thanks!

  • conan2000 on 16/06/2019 - 23:31
    +2

    I've never tried a curved monitor for PC use, my main TV is curved and fine. From what others have told me and reviews, is that curved screens are quite annoying for office use, in particular for spreadsheets, which I'd imagine an accountant looks at a few of! Something worth considering when looking at options.

    • iYuD on 17/06/2019 - 01:02

      Now I have another added reason to convince her out of the curved monitor! Never knew that haha, thanks

  • iYuD on 18/06/2019 - 19:50

    Update, I went with the U2719D via the dell outlet :)

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