BenQ GW2283 - 1920x1080 21.5 inch

Designed for beautiful simplicity, BenQ BenQ GW2283 21. 5” Frameless monitor combines Ultra slim bezels with hidden cable management. Complementing benq’s exclusive eye-care technology with low Blue light technology and flicker-free performance for extended viewing comfort, The industry-leading brightness Intelligence technology delivers exquisite details in any ambient lighting environment. Built with the dream combination of LED with IPS panel, GW2283 is bound to bring a whole new visual experience and enjoyment to you with truly authentic colors, Deeper blacks, higher contrast and sharper details. Review: great price for a simple modern 1080p monitor with a quality IPS panel - This monitor is great, and it's great as a secondary monitor. It doesn't look bad next to an expensive screen. If you're looking for an additional screen under 27" good luck. Retailers are full of 22-24" 1080p monitors which look the same as the ones that came with an HP/Dell desktop in 2007. Most have huge bezels. Most have a single HDMI plug. Most have a power brick. And many of them don't even have HDCP so you can't watch Netflix on them. This monitor has a 100 mm VESA bolt pattern so you can put it on any arm. It takes a regular power plug — no power brick. It has HDCP. It's a good IPS panel. Black looks dark. There's slightly less light bleed than my more expensive LG screens. It has slightly smaller bezels than my other screens. And it has two HDMI inputs, so it's easy for me to use as an additional monitor for both my home machine and work laptop. The menus are easy to use and you can even setup shortcuts to put your three most-used adjustments on the first menu level. The speakers are worse than most — which is quite the feat when you think of how bad built-in monitor speakers are — but I don't care about that. The only slight annoyance I have is that you can't dim the light on the power button. But it's on the bottom edge of the screen, so it's easy to put a little piece of black tape over it. Of course that partially blocks those awesome speakers LOL. This monitor is a 21.5" 1920x1080 panel, so that's 102.5 dpi/ppi (pixels per inch). The bigger you go the worse it'll look next to a monitor with higher resolution. My other two monitors are a 38" 3840x1600 LG ultrawide (109.5 dpi) and a 25" 2560x1080 LG ultrawide (111.1 dpi). 21.5" BenQ GW2283 — sqrt(1920^2 + 1080^2) / 21.5 = 102.5 dpi 25" LG 25UM58 — sqrt(2560^2 + 1080^2) / 25 = 111.1 dpi 38" LG 38WN75C — sqrt(3840^2 + 1600^2) / 38 = 109.5 dpi The 25" LG 25UM58 is also a good deal. It currently costs 50% more than the BenQ for 33% more resolution. It's 75 hz, but I think the BenQ might actually have a better response time if you're gaming on it. And the 25" LG has a 75 mm VESA bolt pattern and a power brick. Review: Pleased with my choice - Although I hadn't heard of this brand, I selected this monitor for the description and the affordable price. It wasn't hard for this VERY non-techie senior to hook up. Actually, I got more help by reading the first review than I did from the Quick Start Guide. I was confused as to why a cable with a blue plug (sub-D?) was provided, when there is no place to plug it into my computer, instead of a hdml cable. Otherwise it was easy to do and everything fits neatly without a mess of visible cables. The stand is sturdy. The picture quality and color is lovely. I haven't tried any games yet but I'm looking forward to that. Hopefully it provides the eye care as claimed.