Top Monitors 2023

The Dell S2421HGF is an excellent budget 144Hz monitor for competitive gaming. It also supports AMD FreeSync and a height-adjustable design with ultra-thin bezels.

If you're fully settling into that home office lifestyle, the LG 27UK500-B gives you 4K and HDR without breaking the bank. Professional artists and gamers should look elsewhere, and there aren’t many handy features, but the screen doesn’t falter much in terms of image quality.

Lenovo’s latest 27-inch 1440p productivity panel packs IPS tech and USB-C connectivity at a great price, but image quality is merely OK

Flight-sim and racing fans will go ga-ga over Samsung's Odyssey G9, a gaming monitor with a curved 49-inch screen that gets incredibly bright while delivering smooth motion and vivid color.

The Dell S2721HGF is a great affordable gaming monitor. It’s stingy with features, lacking speakers or USB ports, but these oversights are more than made up by solid image quality and low pricing. The monitor’s MSRP of $279.99 is a bit high but, as typical for Dell, it very rarely sells at that price, instead retailing for $224.99 (or less). That’s great value.

The Gigabyte G34WQC is a great gaming monitor. It has low input lag, and it delivers smooth gameplay with its fast response time and 144Hz refresh rate. It has both FreeSync support and G-SYNC compatibility to reduce screen tearing. It has a high contrast ratio to produce deep blacks, making it a good choice for gaming in the dark. It isn't ideal for co-op gaming, though, as it has poor ergonomics and narrow viewing angles.

The Gigabyte G34WQC competes with more expensive 34-inch 21:9 screens but at a lower price. Extended color and HDR coupled with superb contrast deliver a vibrant and colorful image. If you’ve been waiting for a price break among ultrawides, the opportunity has arrived.

ViewSonic's TD1655 mobile monitor wins on creature comforts (a capacitive touch screen, an attached stand, a mini-joystick controller, and built-in speakers), even with a screen better suited to business use than entertainment.

The Philips Brilliance 272P7VUBNB is a very bright productivity monitor with a built-in docking station that does well with still and moving images.

Asus made the right sacrifices to bring us a 4K gaming monitor at a super-low price. With a quality IPS panel, the TUF Gaming VG289Q delivers accurate color, Adaptive-Sync of both flavors (unofficially) and HDR support. A great choice for all but the most competitive gamers.