Best 27-inch monitor deals: 6 QHD displays for under $300

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Ready for a monitor upgrade? Need more room than your laptop’s screen offers? I feel you, work-from-home warriors. While I agree that bigger is better when it comes to monitors, how much display space do you really need if you aren’t a PC gamer or creative pro? Further, do you need an HD monitor with 4K resolution and a high refresh rate if you’re mainly sending emails and working on spreadsheets? 

I recently bought a 27-inch QHD display now that the dining room has morphed into my wife’s home office. She has a dual-monitor setup at work and needed a monitor for working from home. And I plan to borrow it when she goes into the office, because my ancient 24-inch FHD monitor now seems puny by comparison. 

I arrived at a 27-inch QHD display because it offered enough screen real estate and a sufficiently crisp image for a great price. I was surprised to find that QHD — that is, quad HD or 2,560×1,440-pixel resolution — displays didn’t cost much more than 27-inch models with FHD resolution, i.e., “full HD,” with the same 1,920×1,080 pixels as pre-4K TVs. And QHD pixel density on a 27-inch panel is dense enough that I can’t see individual pixels when seated in front of the display. So far, we don’t have any associated FOMO about not spending more for a 4K display (at least 3,840×2,160 pixels).

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Because I scratch my gaming itch with an Xbox One, I don’t require a display with a fast refresh rate — 60Hz or 75Hz will suffice. Because I don’t engage in photo editing beyond an occasional crop or touch up with the MacOS Photos app, I don’t need a professional-grade monitor with a wide color gamut or HDR. I simply wanted a display larger than my current display with a bright, crisp image and a modern array of video connections that includes both HDMI and DisplayPort. Plus, I wanted thin bezels framing the display to make a side-by-side, dual-monitor setup look good should we eventually expand our dining-room operations.

Check out CNET’s monitor buying guide for more, and check out my recommendations for 27-inch QHD monitors that will fit most budgets. I found a great deal on an LG display on Amazon, and it’s still available at the same sale price. Looking to spend even less? There’s a model on sale at Lenovo for only $220. Want a monitor that can let you email and spreadsheet during the day and do a bit of gaming in the evening? Check out the Pixio model on sale at Newegg.

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LG

This is the model I ended up buying on Amazon after shopping around. I got it for its current discounted price of $227. It’s an IPS panel with a QHD resolution, a rated 350 nits of brightness and thin screen bezels. I like the simple stand, although I wish it offered height support. Most monitors at this price, however, don’t offer such adjustment, so I can live without it. It doesn’t have internal speakers, but those are generally terrible and not something I’d ever use when I have a Bluetooth speaker in my home office. Or laptop audio, in my case of my wife working in the dining room. It offers one DisplayPort and two HDMI ports, giving us the flexibility to connect to a variety of PCs and laptops. I’ve got no complaints about its image, which I find to be sufficiently bright and crisp. The 32-inch version of this monitor is also tempting at its current price of $250.

Lenovo

This 27-inch IPS panel from Lenovo offers one DisplayPort and one HDMI port and thin bezels on three of its sides. It should be bright enough for most office settings, rated for 350 nits of brightness.

ViewSonic

It won’t win any design awards, but this basic, black ViewSonic monitor delivers a QHD resolution across its 27-inch IPS panel that’s framed by thin bezels on all four sides. It’s rated for 300 nits of brightness and includes both HDMI and DisplayPort connections, along with integrated speakers. It’s currently priced at a reasonable $237 but can usually be found for $220.

Dell

You can save a sizable $80 on this 27-inch QHD display from Dell. It’s an IPS panel with both HDMI and DisplayPort connections, thin bezels and 350 nits of brightness.

Newegg

You can save $42 on this 27-inch Pixio monitor that delivers a QHD resolution along with AMD FreeSync and a speedy 144Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time if you want to use it for gaming in addition to work. It supplies an HDMI 1.4 port, an HDMI 2.0 port and a DisplayPort 1.2 connection and is rated for 400 nits of brightness.

Viewsonic

The priciest of this group, this ViewSonic model features a USB 3.2 Type-C port, which means you can connect a MacBook and other laptops with a USB-C port (but not HDMI) to the monitor without an adapter or special conversion cable. It also supplies HDMI and DisplayPort connections, a thin bezel on three sides and AMD FreeSync.

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