Monitors, provide more real estate, whether connected to a laptop, or a desktop computer. They provide expansive screen for being productive. This article takes you through how to choose a monitor for your specific needs.
General Use monitors
These monitors, can be used at home, or in the office. You can use them for tasks such as web browsing, editing and writing documents and replying to emails.
Content Creators
Content creators can be graphic designers, photo and video editors. In this case, you need a professional monitor for editing.
Gamers
In this section, you should prioritize the refresh rate. Normally, gaming monitors, come with at least 144Hz refresh rates. This should be a priority over factors such as HDR and pixel density. The most appropriate size here, is 24 to 27 inch monitors.
If you’ll use the monitor for casual gaming, then a refresh rate of 60Hz, will perfectly do the job. With technology such as G-Sync and FreeSync, you get very little lag(response time) when playing games that require precision and perfection.
Ultra Wide
Ultra wide monitors, stretch almost the length of a desk. This provides a large screen real estate for being productive at all times. This is a better solution to having two or three monitors on a desk. If you are a professional, who opens multiple programs at the same time, then an ultra wide monitor, helps in productivity.
Curved Monitors
These also provide a large screen real estate for being productive. You can have several programs open, and have them running side by side on the monitor.
High Dynamic Range
HDR, tries to simulate the lighting effects of the real world. This is done by improving the difference between the bright sections of the screen, and darker sections. The darks are darker, and the whites are whiter.
LCD VS LED
Basically, these monitors are the same on the inside, the difference come with the type of backlight used. LCDs use fluorescent lamps while LEDs use light emitting diodes. LED monitors, are however, lighter and thinner compared to LCDs.