Monitor

Displays judged on text sharpness, real brightness, and the ports and cables you need to actually drive them.

LG UltraGear 27GX790B monitor on a dark desk showing a first-person shooter scene, keyboard and mouse in front

LG's 27GX790B reaches 720Hz by dropping down to 720p

LG 27GX790B hits 720Hz only in a 720p Dual Mode. See the pixel count you give up, the PPI in each mode, and which mode you should leave it in.

Desktop monitor with its screen split in half, sharp app windows on the left and blurred ghosted copies of the same windows on the right

Fractional scaling gets sharp in Plasma 6.7 on Wayland

Wayland fractional scaling blur is fixed in Plasma 6.7 for native apps. Learn which path your app is on and how to keep XWayland text readable.

Asus ProArt PA32QCV monitor on a wooden desk showing a split code editor and terminal, with keyboard, mouse and laptop

Read code at 216 pixels per inch on the ProArt PA32QCV

The ProArt PA32QCV puts 216 PPI on a 32-inch 6K panel. See the integer-scaling maths for a code desk and why a 27-inch 5K reaches the same density.

Modos Flow e-paper monitor upright on a wooden desk showing two columns of text, with a USB-C cable and hands on a keyboard

60Hz e-paper lands on the 13.3-inch Modos Flow monitor

Modos Flow is a 60Hz e-paper monitor at 300 PPI. See how its FPGA controller beats Dasung, Boox and Bigme, and what the full 60Hz costs in power.

An OLED TV showing a small intense white square beside a desk monitor showing a dimmer full white page

OLED monitors reach 1,500 nits while TVs claim 4,500

OLED monitors peak at 1,500 nits in 2026 while TV panels claim 4,500. See where that gap comes from and what a desk buyer ends up with.

TCL 27C3A Pro mini LED monitor glowing bright white full screen on a sunlit desk beside its rear view

Mini LED holds 1,400 nits full screen where OLED dims

Mini LED full screen brightness holds 1,400 nits on TCL's 27C3A Pro while OLED drops to 152 nits, because a backlight runs no auto brightness limiter.