Gaming/playback screen

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Hi chaps,

Moving into a new block this weekend and as such I want to treat myself to a bigger, better quality monitor (was going to be a TV but decided that it would be wasted as would Sky+HD). I mostly game and watch streamed TV programs/films and Blu-Rays.

Ideally my budget was about £400 max and I liked the idea of a 30-32" monitor. However, I saw this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-119-IY&groupid=17&catid=1120 and really liked the look of it. Having always used Ilyama I was quite inclined to carry on that trend with this screen but it got me to thinking, can my laptop (in the sig) even handle running at that resolution?!

Assuming it can't, can anyone recommend a monitor of 28-32" that would be perfect for what I'm looking to do? I've been looking at sub 4ms response time ones really, whether that makes a big difference nowadays or not I don't know. Ideally with 2560x1440 (wanted an increase from 1920x1080 tbh).

Cheers in advance,
 
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27" IPS/AVHA/PLS is best for video playback and gaming and will be for the foreseeable future until OLED replaces LCD monitors.

The 32" BenQ BL3200PT is the best for video playback on paper but in reality is no good due to "glow" and vertical banding issues. Everything else is even worse as image quality suffers past 27" due to glow and backlight unevenness becoming much more noticeable.
 
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