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| + | Use [RTINGS.com](https://www.rtings.com/monitor "https://www.rtings.com/monitor"), they have measured data for hundreds of monitors and they tend to explain the more technical bits. |
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| + | other websites with harder to parse info: |
| + | - [LesNumeriques (French)](https://www.lesnumeriques.com/moniteur-ecran-lcd.html) |
| + | - [TFT Central](https://tftcentral.co.uk/category/reviews) |
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| + | **if you care about gaming:** |
| + | - Look for decent refresh rate (120hz and up) |
| + | - Look for Variable Refresh Rate |
| + | - Freesync is almost everywhere in gaming monitors, G-SYNC is a nice premium |
| + | - Response Time and Input Lag should be low (less than 10ms would be nice) |
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| + | **if you care about good picture quality:** |
| + | - Look for NATIVE contrast ratio |
| + | - at least 1000:1, 1500:1 or up recommended |
| + | - Look for the Pre-calibration Color dE |
| + | - anything more than 5 is garbage, less than 2 is great, less than 1 is pro-grade |
| + | - (Extra) Look for HDR and color depth (windows support for 10bits kinda sucks tho) |
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| + | **in any case:** |
| + | - Make sure it's Flicker-free (no PWM in backlight) |
| + | - VESA (Wall Mount) is a nice extra if you want to get monitor arms in the future |
| + | - Always shop for the exact model number, monitor brands pull stupid stunts where different sizes or model names are completely different. |