[Solved]Please recommend 27 inch 1440p monitor for coding

Hi,

I want to upgrade to 27 inch 2560x1440p monitor in USD 350-500 range.

I will be using it 8-10 hours a day daily for coding, reading and spreadsheets. I prefer to read on dark background with white text. Monitor with height adjustment, pivot and picture by picture mode would be great.

Does higher refresh rate affect readability(blurriness and ghosting on text)?

Thank you

Aaseem

Going to just suggest… if its for coding, consider 4k. “For text??” you say?

Yes - It really does make text much more crisp and easier to read if you OS does scaling properly (and most do now). I have 27s in both 2560x1440 (at work) and 4k (home) and vastly prefer reading text on the home monitor. Both 10 bit IPS panels, both 60hz.

For that sort of workload (similar to my job which is a lot of reading, scripting, etc.) 4K, IPS are most important. Refresh? 60hz is fine… I have 120hz on the macbook pro and honestly for text its no big deal. But high DPI definitely a plus.

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higher refresh rates than what the panel was designed for will introduce artefact.
early 1440p screens were overdriven to 144hz and would often show tinging to colours or even the wrong colours as the screen couldn’t switch the led’s quick enough.
it was a simple enough fix though. just drop to 120hz.
that being said.

60hz is enough for reading/writing text. sure faster will look a little smother when you scroll though text. but will make zero diff when your just reading.

as thro said 4k is nicer to read on a smaller screen although 27 inches is on the smaller size for 1440p
you still get a screen door effect if your to close and it gets real noticeable on 32inch.

4k at 32 inches…18-24 inches away (arms length or so ) no screen door.
so yeah i would go with a cheaper end 4k 27-32inch ips, 60-120hz screen if its just for dev ops.
and go with ips if you want some semblance of colour accuracy with a lower budget screen.

I have a 32" and 27" Predator monitor at home. The 27" is three years old and 144Hz @ 1440. I run dark mode on everything. I do coding, Powershell scripting and all sorts of SQL / MySQL queries without issue. However, it was much higher than $500 new.

At work, I have a 30" Dell 16:9 monitor 1440 @ 60 Hz. I can’t work for more than an hour without taking a break. Text is fuzzy and long sessions result in a headache. That monitor was $300’ish.

If you are spending that much time in front of a monitor, invest in a decent one. It really reduces eye strain and setting it up with night mode helps as well.

I would recommend an IPS display. I’ve had an 27" Dell with IPS that I was very happy with, and use 27" HP at work.

Other than that look for a stand you can adjust up and down and turn 90 degrees if you’ll get a second monitor. At work I have two 27" both in portrait mode. It’s great for coding and reading.

I work with VHDL and electrical schematics for a living, and would personally suggest a cheap 60Hz 4K IPS display if text is your main use.

Something like this, $399.

If you specifically want a 1440P display, I would still just go for an inexpensive IPS panel. Something like a Dell U2722D or one of the other Ultrasharps.

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Yeah 1440 at 27 inches is imho borderline for that size screen for productivity. 30+ really needs 4k. 1080p at 27 inch or above is for high refresh gamers who don’t care about image quality.

If possible I’d strongly suggest trying some monitors out in a store to see for yourself; but my view is that text is one of those things that 4k is most useful for.

As above you need to make sure the OS scales properly for it. The point isn’t to run tiny text with 4k - use 150-200% scaling so it looks same size as 1080p or 1440p.

The point is to get far better definition on the fonts. It really helps. Especially at smaller font sizes (eg 10 pt or below).

IPS is more expensive than a TN panel (all other things equal) but will ensure that you don’t get weird colour shifts or other things to detract from visibility at different view angles. Higher refresh rate is last priority for working with text - cheaper high refresh panels sacrifice a lot for refresh rate.

You can pick up something like an AOC 4k/60hz 10 bit ips panel pretty cheap. For the above use they’re great. I have one. Mine is a couple of years old but has height, tilt and rotation adjustment too. It was $400 Australian 2-3 years ago. So guessing 250 usd ish.

Edit: that Dell monitor above is a really nice monitor. Just be aware you’ll pay a lot more for things like type c connectivity. If you don’t need that, you can save a bunch so long as you make sure the panels is 4k/IPS.

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Just be careful about text/window scaling if it’s your primary monitor. I got a 27 inch 4k monitor back in the 2017

This one in fact. 4k is great for having multiple windows, but if you want to read text, you’ll want to zoom in to 125%. If you set windows to scale to 200%, you don’t have to worry about text and ui elements, but you lose on having multiple windows.

Having a 27 inch 4k monitor is great as a secondary monitor. Especially so if you have it vertical, you don’t have to scroll as much if you’re reading code, stack overflow, or reddit.

I’d go with one of the 27inch 1440p dells suggested above. Check monitor reviews and make sure you aren’t getting a older one.


On a side note, if you ever want to go bigger, check out 43 inch 4k. It’s the same as 3 vertical 27 inch monitors.

Sorry for the late replies. I was unable to get a demo but after searching in the market and considering your suggestions, I have finalized on purchasing Dell 27 4K UHD USB-C Monitor - S2722QC
https://www.dellstore.com/dell-27-4k-uhd-usb-c-monitor-s2722qc.html

Please advise
Thanks

Aaseem

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