The 6 Best Work Monitors - Winter 2022 Reviews

The best monitor for home office use that we've tested is the ASUS ProArt Display PA278CV. It's a 27 inch model with a 1440p resolution, giving you plenty of screen real estate for better multitasking. Like most IPS panels, it has wide viewing angles that make it easier to share content with others. It handles reflections well and gets bright enough to combat glare, so it performs well in bright rooms. The stand allows for height, tilt, and swivel adjustments, and it can also rotate to portrait mode.

In addition to its very low input lag, it has a 75Hz refresh rate that makes the desktop experience feel slightly smoother and more responsive than a typical 60Hz display. It has full sRGB coverage, and its color accuracy is excellent out of the box, but its Adobe RGB coverage is more limited. There are many inputs available, including a USB hub with four USB 3.0 inputs and a USB-C port that supports DisplayPort and 65W charging. The power delivery should be enough to charge most thin and light laptops, but not power-hungry ones with a dedicated GPU.

Unfortunately, it doesn't support HDR. However, it has a great response time and variable refresh rate (VRR) support if you want to play some games on the side. Lastly, it has built-in speakers and a flicker-free backlight to reduce eye strain. Overall, it's an impressive and versatile monitor that should please most people.

The best monitor for home office with an ultrawide screen is the LG 38WN95C-W. These types of monitors offer something different than typical 16:9 monitors because they have a 21:9 aspect ratio, offering more horizontal screen space to open multiple windows side-by-side. This monitor has a 3840 x 1600 resolution, providing good text clarity.

It's a very good monitor for office use because it has a good selection of inputs, including a USB hub with a USB-C input. It supports Thunderbolt 3, allowing you to display an image from a compatible device like a laptop and charge it at the same time. It's also good for sharing your screen with a coworker, thanks to the large screen size, making it easy to see the entire image, and it has wide viewing angles so that the colors remain accurate when viewing from the side. Visibility shouldn't be an issue in bright rooms as it has impressive peak brightness and okay reflection handling.

Unfortunately, its ergonomics are limited because it has a narrow swivel and tilt range. You can't adjust it to a portrait rotation, but that's expected for an ultrawide monitor with a curved screen. Also, while it has a local dimming feature to improve the picture quality in dark scenes, it performs terribly, but this isn't much of an issue for office work anyways. Regardless, it's one of the best monitors for home office use that we've tested.

The best work monitor for content creators is the Gigabyte M27Q. It's a versatile monitor with a 27 inch screen and 1440p resolution, so you get plenty of screen real estate to place windows side-by-side. It uses an IPS panel with wide viewing angles, which means that images remain accurate when viewed off-center, great for showing your work to coworkers and clients. Visibility shouldn't be an issue even in the brightest environments, but like most IPS panels, it's not the most ideal option for dark rooms due to its mediocre contrast ratio.

It stands out for its superb SDR color gamut. It has near-full sRGB coverage and Adobe RGB coverage, the latter being one of the highest that we've tested, which is impressive. It can display a wide color gamut, but its HDR peak brightness isn't high enough to produce bright highlights. It has exceptional gradient handling to minimize banding, outstanding color accuracy out of the box, and no signs of color bleed.

The one issue that might be a dealbreaker for some is that it uses a BGR subpixel layout. This doesn't affect image quality, but it can cause blurry text in some instances. That said, while some people are bothered by it, others don't see it at all. There are a few ways to work around this problem, but each solution has its downside. Overall, unless its BGR subpixel layout or USB-C power delivery is a dealbreaker, this is a feature-rich option worth checking out.

The best office monitor in the budget category we've tested is the ASUS ProArt Display PA278QV. It's an older version of the ASUS ProArt Display PA278CV without USB-C input, which explains its more budget-friendly price. It also has a 27 inch screen with a 1440p resolution and 75Hz refresh rate. The viewing angles are great, which means the image remains accurate when viewed from the side, and it gets more than bright enough to combat glare, even in well-lit settings.

If you often struggle to get a comfortable viewing position, the good news is that the ergonomics are superb. You can adjust the height, tilt, and swivel, as well as rotate the screen to portrait mode. Text clarity is decent, and color accuracy is good out of the box. Unfortunately, although it's designed for content creators, it doesn't have full sRGB coverage, which is somewhat disappointing.

As mentioned, there's no USB-C input, but you still get four USB 3.0s and a USB-B upstream port, meaning you can plug your peripherals or dongles directly into the monitor. Lastly, it has a great response time, low input lag, and VRR support if you want to play some games. Overall, this is a versatile monitor that should please most people. If you can spend a bit more and can find one, it's better to go with the newer version, but this is still a good alternative if you're on a tighter budget.