# Need help choosing monitor under $200

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-choosing-monitor-under-200/600174>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 19, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-choosing-monitor-under-200/600174 "2011-10-19T19:32:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fantome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Fantome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fantome)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-choosing-monitor-under-200/600174/1 "2011-10-19T19:32:08Z")

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Don’t really need anything bigger than 21" and don’t need built-in speakers. I don’t do gaming. Mostly everyday surfing, some movies and video watching and some processing of RAW format pics. My video card (Biostar VA4653NH51) has HDMI, D-SUB and DVI ports.

Two I’ve been looking at:

A little bigger than what I need, but it’s an IPS monitor, so that should definitely be a plus, right? Although I’m not crazy about the thick bottom border, if it’s that much better than other monitors in that price range I can live with it. [http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-ML239H-23-Inch-Monitor-Black/dp/B004R5SLJG/ref=pd\_cp\_pc\_4](http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-ML239H-23-Inch-Monitor-Black/dp/B004R5SLJG/ref=pd_cp_pc_4)

This one gets great ratings and is pretty inexpensive. [Asus VE228H 21.5" Full HD LCD Monitor w/Speakers - Newegg.com](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236100&Tpk=VE228H)

Any thoughts or recommendations? I could definitely use some advice from others that know more about monitors than me, considering I don’t have much knowledge in this area. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-choosing-monitor-under-200/600174/2 "2011-10-19T22:45:52Z")

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**[Mod Hat]**

Closed this thread as a duplicate of [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=628431). Also moved **Deegeea** ’s post to that thread since you’d reposted in that thread.

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