A lot of people are working from home right now and that has brought unique challenges,
I can't help you solve everything but in todays video I'm gonna help you pick the perfect
monitor for your Working From Home setup.
Now this is a video aimed at general professionals so it will not get too technical, it's essentially
gonna be if this is your budget, this is the monitor you buy.
As I'm aware, they are hundreds of monitors for sale on Websites like Amazon and picking
the right one for your Laptop can be pretty daunting.
Now why do you need a monitor?
Well ergonomics, you know we're working at least 8 hours a day and you do not want to
be spending all that time cramped over a small screen and keyboard.
If you watch the entire video and you're still having trouble picking the right monitor for
your setup, leave a comment below with your question and I'll try to get back to you as
soon as possible.
Now first thing's first, we need to identify what video outputs your Laptop has.
The three main ones are HDMI, USB C and for Older PC Laptops: VGA.
Now if you have a new expensive PC Laptop or a New MacBook, you got USB-C. What's really
great about this connector is that not only will it give you a bigger screen if you hook
it into a monitor, but if you buy the right one it will also charge your Laptop with that
same wire.
It's super convenient and it also means you can keep your regular charger in your backpack
so you'll never forget
it when you're on the go.
If your on a budget, this 24 inch Dell monitor is exactly what your looking for.
it's 250 euro and not only will it extend your monitor, but it will also charge your
laptop.
Important things to note is that it's 1080P, not 4K and it's not fully colour accurate
so this is not for creative professionals.
At this price point your paying for ease of use, good construction quality and that low
profile design that will look great on your desk.
Also it provides the laptop with 65 watts of power and that's plenty for any USB-C Laptop
if your doing documents, email, writing, spreadsheets or even video calls.
If you have a bigger budget to work with then I recommend this 27 inch LG 27 UL 850 monitor.
It's actually a bigger version of the monitor that I own which is the 27 UK 850 and at this
price point your getting a 4K panel and better colour accuracy so this is actually better
for creative professionals but even if your a business professional with a bigger budget
to spend then I recommend this monitor it's great.
It even has speakers built in that are ok and get the job done and there's a better
selection of inputs on the back of the screen so you can connect different computers and
devices like Xboxes to it.
That said it seems pretty hard to find I actually saw some price gouging on Amazon here in Ireland
where the monitor would normally retail for about 600 Euro, and I'm seeing some of them
retail for over 800 Euro.
If your budget can stretch to 700 Euro I'd actually go back to Dell and check out their
27 inch Dell Ultrasharp USB C Monitor.
What's really cool about this 4K monitor compared to the LG is that it'll actually juice up
to 90 watts of power so if you specifically have the 16 inch MacBook Pro I highly recommend
this monitor as it'll fully power it.
And it's the first in its class in terms of power delivery.
It's pretty much though neck in neck with the LG monitor when it comes to things like
colour accuracy, the 4K panel and even the ok built in speakers.
However again I really recommend the Dell monitor if you have a 16 inch MacBook Pro
and your running constantly powerful applications like Video Editing, Photoshop or other things
that take a lot of power in that case I really recommend the Dell over the LG.
Now if your a serious creative professional or you have a large budget, then of course
the LG 5K Ultrafine 27 inch Monitor is what you want.
It is on back order from the Apple website and for 1,400 euro it will give you a fully
100 percent colour accurate p3 display and that's perfect for colour grading the next
movie while you work from home.
If your Laptop has HDMI built in, good news - all those monitors I just recommended there
have HDMI built in except for the one from Apple.
Now in addition I also have two budget options from Acer, this 24 inch version for only 100
Euro it will actually get the job done.
Now look, it's not going to look great it has an old design but if your stuck in a bind
and you need a monitor and your on a budget this will do the job.
I have the older 21.5 inch version and I turned it on it's side and I'm using that as a second
monitor and it does my email, it does my scripts, it does all my business work and that works
great for me.
They even offer a 27 inch version for 190 Euro and it even has speakers built in so
they can play sound.
They are also my recommendation if you have a VGA Laptop as both of those monitors have
VGA inputs.
Infact I really can't recommend that you invest in an expensive VGA monitor because that's
a very old standard.
Everybody is using USB C and HDMI.
You know you can't even transfer sound with VGA that's how old of a standard it is.
So those are my recommendations, basically every monitor I mentioned works with HDMI.
Now if you have a USB C Laptop and want to get a really cheap HDMI monitor you can use
a dongle but I'd still recommend you get a USB C monitor as I'll think you will get better
value from that, particularly with the one wire setup.
Also if You do not have that specific monitor in your country, hopefully you can still use
this video as a guide to give you an idea of what features and qualities you can expect
at a certain price point.
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Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you all in my next video Stay safe everyone
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