Good image quality due to IPS (In-Plane Switching) LED backlit panel made by LG in Korea with 6ms (grey-to-grey) response time, 60Hz refresh rate and standard 1000:1 contrast ratio and 8-bit colors. This is the same LG IPS panel used in Apple displays, but sold at a fraction of what Apple charges.
With Monoprice CrystalPro listed as $390 with image quality the same as Apple Cinema Displays and excellent support this is a good choice if you are OK with not having additional bells and whistles.
Monoprice has a full 1 year warranty. Additionally, they promise less than 5 dead pixels. If you can find 5 dead pixels, they will send you a replacement.
Good image quality due to IPS (In-Plane Switching) LED backlit panel made by LG in Korea with 6ms response time and standard 1000:1 contrast ratio and 8-bit colors. This is the same LG IPS panel used in Apple displays, but sold at a fraction of what Apple charges.
Good image quality due to IPS (In-Plane Switching) LED backlit panel made by LG in Korea with 6ms (grey-to-grey) response time, 60Hz refresh rate and standard 1000:1 contrast ratio and 8-bit colors. Same LG IPS panels are used in Apple displays, but cost less than half of what Apple charges.
With Yamakasi Catleap Q270 listed as $390 (and you can find even lower e-bay offers at $300) with image quality the same as Apple Cinema Displays this is a good choice of monitor.
ASUS PB278Q is among the first non-Samsung monitors to use PLS. PLS (plane-to-line) is a Samsung-developed update on IPS. It has a 5ms (grey-to-grey) response time, 16.7 million colors, 1000:1 contrast ratio and is LED-backlit.
This ultra widescreen feature comes in handy when watching movies. This is the default resolution at which almost all of the majority of the films are shot. Hence, you can watch your movies without having two black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.
As good as a small TV. It's got two speakers at the back along with audio jack for headphone connectivity. Without need for external speakers, this can clear up some extra space on your desk.
5000000:1 contrast is simply astonishing for this price range. With this you can get cinema like picture quality especially for dark-ish images right at your desk.
The 21:9 ratio calls for a 2560x1080 resolution which is immersive enough for work and play. You can view multiple documents without losing legibility of text. It's equivalent to (but better) having two monitors with 1280x1080 screens.
Has two HMDI ports that are pretty good. However, it does not have other display inputs such as DVI or Display Port. So it's not compatible with older computers.
5ms response time on a gaming monitor is pretty awful. Although, considering it's refresh rate, it is understandable but not acceptable. Should note that the response time is from gray-to-gray.
A handful of games do not support 21:9 aspect ratio by default. Some examples are Overwatch, Fallout 3, and Starcraft 2. Thus, it is recommended to try it out in your local store if possible before getting one yourself. But if you are just an enthusiast gamer, then you can either install fixes (only works for some games) or play in windowed mode instead of full-screen (in a different aspect ratio).
Another problem with this aspect ratio is that your favorite Netflix shows or YouTube videos will have black spaces on the sides. Unless the lights are out in your room, you will definitely notice them passively as our peripheral vision is better on the sides.
The Acer GN246HL features a very fast refresh rate of 144Hz (144 times per second). This allows for extremely fluent gameplay and is a major improvement over regular 60Hz displays.
With a response time of just 1ms, the Acer GN246HL is one of the fastest monitors on the market. Ideal for fast-paced gaming situations such as first person shooters.
The monitor does not have a DisplayPort connection, which means some of DisplayPort's advantages over other connection types such as adaptive scaling can't be used.