Which monitor brands are the most reliable?

[Andretti2019]

My main concern is "They don't make em like they used to anymore", which for most of the stuff I bought recently from phones to shaving razors is true. I still have a 10 year old bad boy from BenQ. Not even one dead pixel or other issues after all this time. Is BenQ still this reliable?

 

And behold the new monitor I got has a dead pixel. Their tech support has been ignoring me for the past week. The store responded. Returning it. Also got a laptop last year with a few dead pixels, should have returned it.

 

So, which brands should I pick and which should I avoid like the plague?

[Radium_Angel]

26 minutes ago, Andretti2019 said:

So, which brands should I pick and which should I avoid like the plague?

The vast majority of lcd/led/ips/tn/etc screens are made by just a few companies, and are purchased by the end manufacturer, assembled into a monitor and their name is thrown on it.

In short, everyone makes low-end crap, and everyone makes high-end nice stuff.

All depends on what you are willing to pay.

 

*In General* the more you pay, the better the components are.

 

[SolarNova]

2 hours ago, Andretti2019 said:

My main concern is "They don't make em like they used to anymore", which for most of the stuff I bought recently from phones to shaving razors is true. I still have a 10 year old bad boy from BenQ. Not even one dead pixel or other issues after all this time. Is BenQ still this reliable?

 

And behold the new monitor I got has a dead pixel. Their tech support has been ignoring me for the past week. The store responded. Returning it. Also got a laptop last year with a few dead pixels, should have returned it.

 

So, which brands should I pick and which should I avoid like the plague?

Generally speaking panels all come form the same few places.

Low end monitors sub 200$ will all be rather poor quality. Those between 200 and $300 will also be rather lackluster.

 

You dont start seeing better panels being used till ur above $300 and more so $400+.

 

All 'brands' can and do have craptastic monitors. Even expensive craptastic monitors. You need to look at reviews that fully test and show results, like tftcentral.co.uk and rtings.com.  Dont judge a monitor based on specs as they are very very misleading.

 

When it comes to dead pixels, many brands and places wont accept returns for dead pixels unless there is a big number of them. That said, if u can return it to a store in person, most employees from my experience wont be knowledgeable enough to argue or rather question a customer if that customer comes in and says, "hi i bought this monitor, but it has some marks and dots on the screen, i want a replacement or my money back".  If u mention " dead pixels" however some may know the store policy, so dont mention it.

 

Dead pixels are a thing im afraid, its the nature of LCD tech, it will all depend on the level of QA put into any specific model.

[Andretti2019]

Thank you for the info. Around here the policy is "2 weeks money back no questions asked". So even if you receive a product with no problems you can still be a complete bellend and return it. I don't tolerate dead pixels. None of my old LCD monitors ever had any dead pixels. And they were cheaper than what I just bought.

 

So, all brands make cheap crap and expensive stuff. I want something rather specific. Gaming, 1080p, IPS panel, 24 inches. The problem is EVERYTHING with these specs is cheap. It seems the only expensive monitors around these specs are the Zowie esports monitors (which use a TN panel) and the occasional IPS panel at 144hz. 1080p 24 inches in general is cheap.

 

So, what do you recommend that I buy?

[SolarNova]

2 hours ago, Andretti2019 said:

Thank you for the info. Around here the policy is "2 weeks money back no questions asked". So even if you receive a product with no problems you can still be a complete bellend and return it. I don't tolerate dead pixels. None of my old LCD monitors ever had any dead pixels. And they were cheaper than what I just bought.

 

So, all brands make cheap crap and expensive stuff. I want something rather specific. Gaming, 1080p, IPS panel, 24 inches. The problem is EVERYTHING with these specs is cheap. It seems the only expensive monitors around these specs are the Zowie esports monitors (which use a TN panel) and the occasional IPS panel at 144hz. 1080p 24 inches in general is cheap.

 

So, what do you recommend that I buy?

Bit odd set of specs there.

 

What use case are we talking about here ? is the size requirement based on a limit to the amount of space u have on ur desk ?

 

I use the below resource to search for displays.

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/tools/table/14949

[Andretti2019]

1 minute ago, SolarNova said:

Bit odd set of specs there.

 

What use case are we talking about here ? is the size requirement based on a limit to the amount of space u have on ur desk ?

 

I use the below resource to search for displays.

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/tools/table/14949

27 inches feels way too big for a monitor. I just don't like it. Also I heard the pixel density is quite bad for 1080p. Even 24 feels a tad bit on the plus side for me. There are barely any 20-23 inch monitors so no point looking there.

[SolarNova]

25 minutes ago, Andretti2019 said:

27 inches feels way too big for a monitor. I just don't like it. Also I heard the pixel density is quite bad for 1080p. Even 24 feels a tad bit on the plus side for me. There are barely any 20-23 inch monitors so no point looking there.

What about going 1440p at 27" ?

 

If this is indeed for gaming then at 25" a high frequency TN display would be a good option.

if u want image quality, ur going to have to tone down the notion of a gaming monitor unless u have a budget over £/$400.

Even then with a big budget LCDs cannot have both a great image quality AND be fast enough for gaming, 'generally' speaking its one or the other.

[Andretti2019]

1 hour ago, SolarNova said:

What about going 1440p at 27" ?

 

If this is indeed for gaming then at 25" a high frequency TN display would be a good option.

if u want image quality, ur going to have to tone down the notion of a gaming monitor unless u have a budget over £/$400.

Even then with a big budget LCDs cannot have both a great image quality AND be fast enough for gaming, 'generally' speaking its one or the other.

The main problem I have with 27 inch monitors is the size. They feel way too big for me. Yes, 1080p on a 27 inch isn't ideal but that isn't my primary issue. Are there really no quality monitors with the specs I previously mentioned?

[SolarNova]

26 minutes ago, Andretti2019 said:

The main problem I have with 27 inch monitors is the size. They feel way too big for me. Yes, 1080p on a 27 inch isn't ideal but that isn't my primary issue. Are there really no quality monitors with the specs I previously mentioned?

None that i have seen reviewed.

 

I'm sure there are some un-reviewed options but i personally dont recommend getting a monitor based purely on the manufacturers spec sheet.

[Anomnomnomaly]

12 hours ago, Andretti2019 said:

My main concern is "They don't make em like they used to anymore", which for most of the stuff I bought recently from phones to shaving razors is true. I still have a 10 year old bad boy from BenQ. Not even one dead pixel or other issues after all this time. Is BenQ still this reliable?

 

And behold the new monitor I got has a dead pixel. Their tech support has been ignoring me for the past week. The store responded. Returning it. Also got a laptop last year with a few dead pixels, should have returned it.

 

So, which brands should I pick and which should I avoid like the plague?

 

I'd never actually had a bad panel in the last 10-12yrs. I've had a BenQ 24" 1080p for about 9yrs and it's still going strong, my mum has a 24" Asus 1080p since 2012 that's working perfectly well. I had a couple of 4:3 HP business grade panels that were used 24/7 for years before I got them and had thousands of hours on them... got rid of those in 2010... and a few years ago I bought a couple of Acer 27" that work perfectly too. Going back to the mid 2000's I'd had a few 17" and 19" 4:3 panels that had the odd dead sub pixel but still worked fine when I sold them on.

 

But today.. I received 2 AOC 27" 144hx monitors and one was damaged out of the box with visible screen delamination in 3 places... the other one is fine and looks great. But gotta send one back.