Home office monitor help

robfosters · 27 Jun 2022 at 18:47

I want to buy my mum a new 24 inch monitor for her birthday.

She works from home as a legal Secretary using Word and lots of text based proprietary software based around court schedules and things.

I want something that’ll be easy for the eyes to work on for long periods and is nice and sharp with good colour and brightness. Is a higher refresh rate better for eyes? I’m not sure exactly what to look for.

Can anyone recommend a suitable monitor for around £250-£300 please?

robfosters · 27 Jun 2022 at 19:06

After looking around the Dell U2422H keeps popping up. Good choice?

MagicBoy · 27 Jun 2022 at 19:10

Yeah, you can't generally go wrong with a Dell U-series. I've just passed my older U2412 on to my sister and she's delighted with it.

robfosters · 27 Jun 2022 at 19:38

Crap! I’ve just noticed my mums PC only has VGA. Will an HDMI to VGA converter cable pass through OK?

It only has to be 1080p at 60Hz.

TrojanWhore · 29 Jun 2022 at 22:12

robfosters said:
Crap! I’ve just noticed my mums PC only has VGA. Will an HDMI to VGA converter cable pass through OK?

It only has to be 1080p at 60Hz.

Had a quick look in the usual place, looks like you'll need an active adapter (i.e. with a USB connection to power it), but should be doable

JediFragger · 29 Jun 2022 at 22:51

robfosters said:
I want to buy my mum a new 24 inch monitor for her birthday.

Good lad. Treasure your Mum m8, you only get one. I wish every day mine was still here and it's been 15 years

Armageus · 29 Jun 2022 at 22:55

robfosters said:
Crap! I’ve just noticed my mums PC only has VGA. Will an HDMI to VGA converter cable pass through OK?

It only has to be 1080p at 60Hz.

You'd be better off buying a monitor that has a VGA port. Anything 1080P 60hz or greater is much of a muchness at 24". Only thing worth considering is that IPS panels normally have better viewing angles which can be helpful when working.

EsaT · 1 Jul 2022 at 21:05

robfosters said:
Is a higher refresh rate better for eyes?

LCDs don't flicker like CRTs and 60Hz is fine for office work.
What matters is setting brightness right.

robfosters said:
Crap! I’ve just noticed my mums PC only has VGA.

Many monitors with VGA.
Dell P2421 or its "annual update" P2423 would be good with WUXGA (1920x1200) being far more usefull than marketing scam "Full HD".

But must be very old PC to not have at least DVI.

gEd · 2 Jul 2022 at 00:34

EsaT said:
LCDs don't flicker like CRTs and 60Hz is fine for office work.
What matters is setting brightness right.

Many monitors with VGA.
Dell P2421 or its "annual update" P2423 would be good with WUXGA (1920x1200) being far more usefull than marketing scam "Full HD".

But must be very old PC to not have at least DVI.

I agree that for office work, a 16:10 1920x1200 monitor is much better than a 16:9 1080.

JasonM · 2 Jul 2022 at 03:54

robfosters said:
Crap! I’ve just noticed my mums PC only has VGA. Will an HDMI to VGA converter cable pass through OK?

It only has to be 1080p at 60Hz.

Can you install a cheap Geforce card, such as this. Shame to spend so much on a monitor, then not power it digitally.

Pre-owned you would get that card even cheaper.

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