28" monitor help please

koolpc · 11 Oct 2018 at 17:47

I am after a 28" monitor. I will be gaming on it and watching movies. My budget is £150 though. Help! Ta

Undesirable · 12 Oct 2018 at 02:14

At £150 you limit yourself to very few monitors in the size you're requesting. On ************, only the BenQ GW2760HS is highlighted when I set £150 as max. Obviously a lot more monitors are opened up at £200, but you'll most likely only be getting a TN panel.

** No Competitors **

Second-hand-wise, I'm sure the world's your oyster but then you have possible defects to worry about (even more so than brand new).

Legend · 12 Oct 2018 at 03:17

I'd save up more. I mean, it depends how low your standards are, but £150 really doesn't get you very much. TN is scraping the barrel as it is, nevermind £150! Trawling second hand ads you might get lucky, but inherent risk there as pointed out.

koolpc · 12 Oct 2018 at 09:14

My old model was TN. Was fine for me.

Legend · 12 Oct 2018 at 13:56

koolpc said:
My old model was TN. Was fine for me.

Well at your budget there really isn't much choice anyway at 28"... but this is at least VA...

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/benq...a-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-127-bq.html

More options at 27", but again at that price point all much of a muchness. A VA panel would be preferable over TN for movies due to superior black levels. Ghosting can be an issue with VA in games, but it varies monitor to monitor, and is also game dependent.

koolpc · 12 Oct 2018 at 23:34

TN better for gaming then? And movies, VA because of the blacks?

Legend · 13 Oct 2018 at 00:12

koolpc said:
TN better for gaming then? And movies, VA because of the blacks?

If the VA panel doesn't have any ghosting issues, then I'd prefer that because of the better colour and blacks. Failing that though, TN might be preferable, depending on what games you play. Ghosting doesn't bother everyone, and all monitors vary. You'd really have to try it out to see. For video/movie watching though, VA all the way. If I planned to do ANY movie watching on a monitor, I wouldn't even consider TN, it's too washed out on the majority of panels. Some more expensive models do OK, but at your price point they won't fare well.

koolpc · 13 Oct 2018 at 02:19

Legend said:
If the VA panel doesn't have any ghosting issues, then I'd prefer that because of the better colour and blacks. Failing that though, TN might be preferable, depending on what games you play. Ghosting doesn't bother everyone, and all monitors vary. You'd really have to try it out to see. For video/movie watching though, VA all the way. If I planned to do ANY movie watching on a monitor, I wouldn't even consider TN, it's too washed out on the majority of panels. Some more expensive models do OK, but at your price point they won't fare well.

Ok. Thanks