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Display good for reading

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I currently have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001380 which serves me well for the small amount of console gaming that I do but it sucks for reading. I've been using a television for a monitor for a while but its starting to bother me as its really hard to read on.

I think I would like to get two monitors to have a dual display.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated thank you in advance.
 
for reading there are 3 metrics that matter:
raw contrast. all things equal a display with higher contrast is better for reading

ergonomics, all thing equal, having height adjustment is better than just tilt

the lowest possible luminance setting, this makes reading conformtable in a higher range of light conditions in your room.

There is a panel technology called *VA that currently produces the highest raw contrast for monitors in your budget range, which i assume is below $2000-4000, the entry point of OLED displays today.

There is a very good list of VA monitors [H]ere

Separating by size, i recommend:

Philips BDM4065UC 40" 3840 x2160 . 4k is excellent for increasing producitivity and multi tasking, but ergonomics is not optimal.

BenQ BL3200PT this one is just 2560x1440. The HP Envy 32 is an option, but it is not flicker free, so some users experience discomfort at lower brightness settings.

BenQ GW2760HS at 1920x1080, 27" is bit big for dual-triple monitor setups

there are 24" VAs in the market, but they cost more than the 27" , go figure...:rolleyes:

one can read with a high end IPS panel, but the main benefit of using IPS is that they are offered in higher pixel densitys, so you can cramp more information in front of you for work. there are 24" and 25" 2560x1440 IPS panels, like the P2416D or the U2515H. But higher PPI implies that text becomes pretty small. A slightly bigger text is available on the multitude of 34" 3440x1440 monitors, but their price range is equal to the 40" Philips which is both 4k and VA.
 
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Anything that won't burn your retinas with poorly filtered w-led's blue spectrum output or strain your eyes with pwm.
 
Just get a kindle, disable the backlight and use its experimental browser. It's that I have for reading and it's perfectly fine, no eye strain and it's really bright under my 155 watt incandescent bulb lighting setup.

The monitors what's recommended here are not suitable for reading due to the crappy w-led backlights which will burn your retinas with blue light spectrum output if you won't reduce the blue channel by 50%.

:)
 
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