If you want a quick, easy recommendation: Go for a 24-inch monitor with 1080p resolution or a 27-inch monitor with 1440p resolution. An IPS panel is preferable, though VA is also good.

Thanks to an impressively wide viewing-angle (178 degrees), the new IPS monitors enable viewers to enjoy superb picture quality without any color shift whether sitting, standing or lying down.

Lacie 324i Yep, the price is steep, but the 324i isn't the most expensive monitor on this list. Its IPS performance kills, with deep blacks, a bright screen, and all the ergo options you'd ever need.

This is an ultra-affordable low-end IPS panel with slow response times. And to its credit, it's probably not that different to other 60 to 75 Hz IPS monitors around the same price.

The monitor will retail at $189, starting today. According to HP, this is the first sub-$200 IPS-based monitor yet released. Other specs aren't much to get excited about. Still, $189.

This Acer XV272U is a 27-inch display that features an IPS panel with a crisp 1440p resolution—the “sweet spot” for many PC ...