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One of those must-haves when you go to work from home is a decent monitor — perhaps one of the most important. If your job involves viewing two or more documents at once, or servicing different browser windows or scrolling through spreadsheets, you’ll need more than just your laptop’s 13-inch (or 15-inch) screen.
For the 99 percent of you who don’t care too much about your monitor technology, this is a very brief summary to understand: All things being equal, the bigger the better. Almost all built-in speakers are crappy. Unless you are a gamer A full-time or creative professional, most technical specifications — for example, color gamut or latency — aren’t really important to you. Curved monitors that can get a wide screen into your field of view entirely without needing to back down, are not worth what they cost. You don’t need to pay more than any 27-inch monitor costs.
Please note that not all monitors have an integrated height adjustable stand. Frankly, those sometimes pose more problems than they are worth – and putting it at eye level can easily be accomplished with a monitor stand or thick book. Also, although all the monitors listed below can be connected with HDMI, some are VGA compliant and some can even use USB-C. But not all laptops have all of those connections built in. If you work on a MacBook Air, for example, you will have to buy an adapter to connect an HDMI cable. Therefore, make sure you know how to connect the monitor before clicking “buy”.
Target
We haven’t tested this AOC monitor first-hand, but its specs are solid for the price, and feedback from buyers at Amazon and other stores is generally positive. You get a curved 31.5-inch monitor with a pretty 2,560×1,440-pixel resolution, a 144Hz refresh rate, and AMD’s FreeSync technology, which automatically makes adjustments for different rates. You currently find it at Target.
Acer
This 32-inch Acer monitor offers 4K video at a reasonable price — and you’ll find it at B&H Photo.
Amazon
If you’re used to working on multiple monitors in the office, this unique 34-inch screen will simulate (or even enhance) the experience. We reviewed the LG 34UC89G-B in 2017, when it was $ 1,000, and found it worth the price for gamers looking for G-Sync support on DisplayPort. (G-Sync is basically the Nvidia version of FreeSync.) If that doesn’t mean anything to you, then there might be no point in purchasing this LG 34UM69G-B.
Amazon
I have used an older version of this monitor for five years — and it has stood the test of time, but is no longer available. This newer model is more expensive, but also bigger, and equipped with better specs, including 2,560×1,440-pixel resolution, all the brightness that comes with the LED backlight and a super-slim bezel. It has two HDMI inputs, a DisplayPort 1.2 connection (and cable) and three USB 2.0 ports.
BenQ
We are fans of this great general-purpose monitor that works like a solid screen for a monitor gaming. Although it’s not 4K, the resolution is good (2,560×1,440 pixels) and it simulates optimized HDR brightness curves so you can have better than average results in Windows without having to pay for a real HDR monitor. It has a high refresh rate of 144Hz. And it has the best built-in speakers of any monitor we’ve recently tested – perhaps the best speakers of all.
Lepow
There are many reasons to consider the Lepow USB-C monitor. It is a good option if you work on a laptop with no VGA or HDMI output, such as MacBook Air. It is useful if you have limited space. And it weighs less than 2 pounds, making it light enough to carry around if you have to move from job site. The Lepow monitor connects to the laptop via USB, so you don’t need a VGA or HDMI port. And there’s no need for an external power source, so you can use it even without a plug nearby.
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