11 Best Computer Monitors (2025): Budget, OLED, 4K

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  • The Best Portable Monitor

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    Plugable

    USB-C Portable Monitor

    Portable monitors are a dime a twelve these days, and conscionable astir each PC aliases show shaper makes one. These mobile monitors fto you person a dual-screen setup nary matter wherever you are, and they're progressively a celebrated action for group who often return their activity connected nan go.

    Of each nan options he tested, WIRED reviews editor Julian Chokkattu says nan Plugable USB-C Portable Monitor is nan champion balanced of nan bunch. The 15.6-inch size is beautiful standard, arsenic is nan 1080p resolution, but nan Plugable has an other characteristic up its sleeve—100-watt pass-through complete its USB-C port. That intends it tin complaint your powerful laptop, giving you immoderate other juice connected nan roadworthy erstwhile you request it most. There are portable monitors pinch higher resolutions aliases moreover OLED backlighting, but nan Plugable USB-C Portable Monitor is nan champion prime for nan money.

    Specs
    Size: 15.6-inch
    Resolution: 1,920 x 1,080
    Refresh rate: 60 Hz
    Panel type: IPS

    Wired

    • Great value
    • Can complaint your laptop
    • Sturdy screen and kickstand

    Tired

    • 16:9 facet ratio feels old-school
    • Only 60-Hz refresh rate

Other Good Monitors to Consider

We deliberation nan screens supra are amended buys, but these are immoderate different bully models we've tested that do nan occupation conscionable fine.

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Samsung Odyssey 3D Gaming Monitor for $1,996: If you want thing genuinely next-generation, look nary further than this glasses-free 3D gaming show (7/10, WIRED Recommends). Like trying VR for nan first time, everyone needs to play a crippled successful 3D astatine immoderate point. Samsung moreover throws successful immoderate AI-enhanced conversion into 3D, a characteristic that could genuinely bolster this technology successful nan future. Game support remains problematically limited, but Samsung has plans to hole that soon.

BenQ 27-Inch IPS Monitor for $170: Reviews editor Julian Chokkattu bought and paired this show pinch his MacBook and says it useful good and has bully colors. The ample 27-inch surface paired pinch nan 1080-pixel solution intends things tin look a small fuzzy if you beryllium excessively adjacent to nan monitor, but it's good astatine normal viewing distances. It supports nan VESA mounting standard.

HP VH240A 24-Inch IPS Monitor for $148: The guidelines connected this show lets you rotate nan surface into a image orientation, making it a nice, hassle-free 2nd show (you tin VESA equine it too). WIRED editor Julian Chokkattu says he bought it for his partner successful 2020 and it's been going beardown ever since, pinch a crisp 1080-pixel solution and slim bezels. Just don't fuss pinch nan built-in speakers, arsenic they don't sound awesome (as is nan lawsuit pinch astir built-in speakers).

BenQ 27-Inch QHD HDR Monitor for $370: This is simply a bully action for imaginative professionals who don't request a 4K surface and want awesome colour accuracy. WIRED elder editor Michael Calore says nan 2K-resolution show is gorgeous, pinch highly meticulous colour reproduction.

ViewSonic 27-Inch 2K OLED Gaming Monitor for $950: The ViewSonic (7/10, WIRED Review) is simply a agleam and beautiful 2K OLED surface pinch an awesome 240-Hz refresh rate. The show controls could beryllium better, though.

BenQ PD3225U 4K IPS Monitor for $1,200: This 4K show is made for Macs pinch its M-book mode that instantly matches nan connected Mac's colors, and has a ton of surface settings you tin entree pinch nan small puck remote. It's a beautiful 32-inch screen, and adjusting it up aliases down aliases to nan broadside feels ace smooth. It's connected nan pricey end, though, and location are plentifulness of cheaper options that do a akin job.


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