Casual LCD

[baze]

I'm in the market for a new monitor, and I'm overwhelmed by the amount of choices available. I've been reading reviews for the last week trying to catch up on the current state of displays.

I need a monitor for super casual use - I don't game. I mostly will use it for surfing, documents, and coding. Some movies and TVs here and there, but nothing too crazy.

At most, I can drop $300 on something. I don't know how badly I'd need something with an IPS panel, which seems to be the best for colors from what I've read in the last few days. For reference, I think the display on my Macbook pro is just fine for my needs.

Essentially, I want more desktop real estate for my notebook -- I'm a college student, so my laptop is my holy grail.

Something 23" or 24" would be nice. I see many cheap LCDs on Amazon, lots of different brands with LED backlit ones and others ranging from $180-$250. I don't want to buy a POS monitor, but I don't need to drop a lot of money on anything too crazy.

The only thing that would be nice would be some adjustment for swivel/pivot/rotate. But not exactly a must.

Any ideas?

 

[joeshmoe]

Something like this would sound like a perfect suit for your needs
http://www.benq.com/products/product_detail.cfm?product=1736&pltag=3&ptag=273

Of course, there are many other alternative brands that sell what you need. Dell should have some great monitors as well, and they tend to have discounts every now and then!