In a sense, monitors are like keyboards and mice. This keyboard and mouse may feel great in my hands but may feel awkward or even painful in yours. I can comment on build quality, extra features, and reliability, but only you can decide for yourself, which are better for you and your particular scenario.
The same applies to monitors. Again, we can comment on build quality and reliability, and to some extent, screen technologies, viewing angles and other "objective" criteria. But there are many "subjective" aspects too - including screen size, stand adjustment features, inputs, resolutions, speakers or no speakers, USB or no USB - aspects that, because they are based on
personal preferences, can only be answered by the users themselves.
For example, my desk sits at a fixed height. My chair height is adjusted so my feet sit flat on the floor and my arms extend at a comfortable angle to my keyboard and mouse tray. My desk also has a hutch. And, I hate looking up to a monitor screen. I want center screen to be slightly down-angle from my head, like
this. Therefore, my monitors absolutely must have height adjustment.
Also, I have a nice THX surround sound speaker system so I don't need nor do I want to pay for integrated speakers I will never use.
Last, I always run in a dual monitor setup so I want my monitors to have thin bezels.
Point being, height adjustment, speakers, and bezel thickness are
essential qualities
for me that I always take into consideration that have absolutely nothing to do with image quality - yet these qualities may be of no interest to others.
So IMO, you mclaren85, need to decide
for yourself what size monitor you want, what added features (like stand height adjustment) you want, the inputs you need and might need in the future, set a budget, then go from there.
