24 inch monitor for gaming and photo editing?

I need a 24 inch monitor to edit in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. I calibrate with Spyder Pro 5. Any suggestions?

How important is your "gaming" use of the monitor. For gaming most users want a monitor with a fast sync speed. 144 or higher, free sync, etc. Color accurate monitors are usually not optimized for speed, so what you are asking for is a monitor that does everything best.

There is no monitor I would recommend for both. The only thing I could recommend is two monitors, one for speed and one for color accuracy.

I don't game as seriously as I used to. I edit far more photos. My system is an I7 with 32gb of ram, 5oogb solid state primary hard drive with a separate graphics card. My old monitors is an HP LP5575w. some of the Dell and LG monitors seem to do ok with both tasks.

For photo editing, seek a monitor which is 'IPS'

Even though you are not going to use the laptop for extensive gaming, a high quality monitor should be more than adequate for both gaming, photo editing, CAD, and other graphics intense tasks, which is what I feel! I’d like to give you some of my personal preferences and choices which I feel is best fit for your requirement.

• BenQ SW2700PT - 27” 1440p 60Hz IPS
• Asus ProArt PA329Q - 32” 2160p 60Hz IPS
• Dell UltraSharp U2518D - 25” 1440p 60Hz IPS

Happy to share my personal opinion! Cheers!

BrDe097 wrote in post #19115186
Even though you are not going to use the laptop for extensive gaming, a high quality monitor should be more than adequate for both gaming, photo editing, CAD, and other graphics intense tasks, which is what I feel! I’d like to give you some of my personal preferences and choices which I feel is best fit for your requirement.

• BenQ SW2700PT - 27” 1440p 60Hz IPS
• Asus ProArt PA329Q - 32” 2160p 60Hz IPS
• Dell UltraSharp U2518D - 25” 1440p 60Hz IPS

Happy to share my personal opinion! Cheers!

Going to second the BenQ monitor. Superb for editing and not too expensive compared to the likes of EIZO and similar company.

I just use a48" 4K monitor/tv that refreshes at 120 hz. makes my older eyes all kind of happy.

Croasdail wrote in post #19116069
I just use a48" 4K monitor/tv that refreshes at 120 hz. makes my older eyes all kind of happy.

Does the 120 hz make a difference for photo editing / day to day stuff?

honestly I have no idea. One thing people have mentioned in the past is that a TV does not refresh as fast as a proper "monitor" creating lag in response. A lot has to do with whether you video card refreshes at that rate too Couldn't tell you what card my computer is running.. probably not the fastest one out there. But I do know that having the larger screen really helps... a lot. Eye fatigue is way down... nothing scientific.. just my expression after spending hours infant of it.

Croasdail wrote in post #19116145
honestly I have no idea. One thing people have mentioned in the past is that a TV does not refresh as fast as a proper "monitor" creating lag in response. A lot has to do with whether you video card refreshes at that rate too Couldn't tell you what card my computer is running.. probably not the fastest one out there. But I do know that having the larger screen really helps... a lot. Eye fatigue is way down... nothing scientific.. just my expression after spending hours infant of it.

May I ask what distance (up close at a desk or from a couch) do you sit from it and if you multitask with it or mainly consume media? I've always thought about a larger screen as opposed to three screens to get four windows. Not sure if I would do ultrawide or full large screen as you have!

It sits on the back of my desk... normal desk viewing distance. I don't use it for multiple sessions/windows normally. I had originially used it for video production, but that project ended and I kept working on images with it. Works for me. It was a costco moment that led me to this "solution"

Croasdail wrote in post #19116145
honestly I have no idea. One thing people have mentioned in the past is that a TV does not refresh as fast as a proper "monitor" creating lag in response. A lot has to do with whether you video card refreshes at that rate too Couldn't tell you what card my computer is running.. probably not the fastest one out there. But I do know that having the larger screen really helps... a lot. Eye fatigue is way down... nothing scientific.. just my expression after spending hours infant of it.

It also depends on display type. OLED, for example, has refresh rate of .001 ms. Backlit LED has segments of shadow masks, so can exhibit ghosting. It's a compromise, as OLED can have burn in (though they have new technologies like pixel shifting...while good LEDs have more segments for less ghosting). I like checking out RTings for TV reviews. Good TVs have had Dolby Vision and HDR10....features I enjoy with 4K content (and an OLED is my main TV as I do think it has the best HDR image for movie watching my environment...includes a NUC HTPC).

You can spend a bit more these days and get an LCD that also supports higher frequencies and has a pretty good IPS panel. Certainly you get what you pay for though. $500 can get you an uber fast TN panel for gaming, a fairly fast pretty good quality IPS that calibrates well and works well for gaming and photo editing (not quite as good as a dedicated gaming monitor in speed/responsiveness, and often more QC issues than a dedicated editing display so you may be playing the lottery there), or a nice quality but slow IPS that probably has better quality control and marginally better stills image performance otherwise. It'll vary from panel to panel and model to model though.

I went with the middle option this time and IMO it's at least as good as the old panels it replaced for photo editing but far better for gaming. Never felt that such a compromise or middle-ground option really existed in the past. FALD is not something I've gotten in to for my computer at this time, our TV has it but for computer monitors I have questions about whether it's the best choice for a calibrated experience given you'll still get minor haloing even with some of the very expensive displays. I'm sure it's a different matter if you're producing HDR video content or are exclusively consuming content on them, but I'm not. Decent HDR monitors tend to be pricey from what I've seen, direct backlit FALD doesn't come cheap on them.

As far as OLEDs, I'm a bit wary for them for TVs and computers. I've seen burn-in with them on a phone and while to me it's generally not as much of an issue there, after dealing with burn-in on my plasma TV I'm a bit hesitant to go down that same path again. Fantastic contrast though like plasma, assuming the OLEDs get bright enough they can be great for HDR. At the same time LED zones are getting more numerous and less noticeable each year so LCD is racing to stay competitive.