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Update: February 2021
BenQ BL2420PT (W500G5T-XS77) - Best Budget Monitor for Professionals - Video/Image/CAD-CAM
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The BenQ BL2420PT is the best budget monitor for professionals. Packed with features at a reasonable price tag makes this monitor deserving to bag this spot. This 24" monitor has a resolution of 2560 x 1440 (QHD/2K). Covering 100% of sRGB and Rec. 709 color spaces, adheres to industry standards in digital production, and Rec. 709 reproduces accurate resolution, frame rate, color gamut, gamma, and white point performance in high-definition video work. The Monitor also comes with an Individual Factory Calibrated Certificate. There are a number of professional modes like CAD/CAM Mode, Animation Mode, Easy Multitasking Mode. It has Eye Care Modes and fulfils it through it's Eye Care Technology, Low Blue Light Technology and Flicker Free Technology.
It comes with a host of connectivity options ranging from the standard HDMI, VGA to DVI-D and Display Port, there is an option to connect the headphones, and a USB hub connector is provided which allows you to connect two USB devices. The construction is solid, the monitor comes with an easy adjustable stand which allows you to higher, lower and also rotate it in the horizontal and vertical axis.
BenQ SW270C - Best Mid Range Monitor for Professionals - Video/Image/CAD-CAM
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In this category we choose the monitor with the best gaming performance and experience. A good gaming monitor has to give Good Gaming Performace, Good Gaming Experience, Should have good heat dissipation. Good performance is decided by the Processor, Graphics Card, RAM and Storage Type. These parts coupled with a Good Screen, Speakers and Build Quality will ensure good experience. Hence, the best monitor in this segment will have to have the top notch specifications and a good screen also not to forget robust build quality.
Alienware monitors as we know is well known for the gaming performance it offers. This monitor from Alienware is no exception and does justice to the brand and legacy. This monitor delivers ultimate gaming performance. The performace is delivered with the help of the i9-10980HK and NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2080 combo and the output is displayed on the beautiful 15.6" UHD Backlit Display which has a 60 Hz Refresh Rate, 1ms 400 nits DCI-P3 Color Gamut with Tobii Eye Tracking Technology for optimum game experience and performance.
Dell UltraSharp PremierColor UP2720Q - Best Monitor for Professionals - Video/Image/CAD-CAM
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monitors in this section offer the best portability and performace. The main attributes being the light weight and good performance. The key ingredients required is the best Power Saving Processor, good build quality, good heat dissipation. This type of monitors cater to professionals who are on the move. Light Weight and Good Battery Life is the main requirement for them.
The HP Dragonfly is a good portable monitor which weighs only 0.99 kg. It offers very good performace with the specifications. It comes with a Bang & Olufsen Speaker.
Samsung 24 Inch LS24R350FHWXXL - Best Budget Monitor for Gaming
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In this section we choose monitors which can give the best value. The main attributes being Decent Performance, Reasonable price for the masses. The key ingredients are decent entry level processor, SSD, Enough RAM, Pre-Installed Essential Softwares.
The HP 15s FR1004TU satisfies the above requirements. Eventhough it comes with a 4GB RAM, it is compensated with a 512 SSD which will improve performance It has a decent 5.5 Hr Battery Life, good build quality and comes from HP which is a reputed manufacturer.
Alienware 34 Curved, AW3420DW - Best Monitor for Gaming
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In this section we choose monitors which is the cheapest that money can buy.The attributes being low price and decent performance.
The Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 is a formidable monitor at this price point. It comes with the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U Dual Core Processor which was released in 2020. It comes with 4GB RAM is expandable to 12GB. Comes pre-installed with Windows 10 Home and Microsoft Office 2018 Student Edition.