As promised we are now rolling out our new and highly demanded ‘top 3 recommended monitors’ feature. Given the range of PC Monitors available in the monitor shop we can understand how confusing it is – especially if you get conflicting advice from elsewhere about a particular panel. You need to decide on a screen size, a manufacturer, a particular aesthetic than appeals to you, connectivity, stand adjustability, panel type, price and many other factors and it can be a pretty overwhelming task. That’s why, in response to our recent poll, we are now rolling out the new recommended monitors feature for each manufacturer. If you can’t decide on a manufacturer you may want to take a look at the Top 10 Monitors section – but we certainly recommend you keep up to date with our personal screen recommendations. These are not just best sellers – they are monitors that we know offer you the best value for money and/or image quality. We will of course update the ‘top 3′ for each manufacturer just as we will update the ‘top 10′, periodically. Here is the list so far with more recommended monitors to follow from other manufacturers in the very near future:

Top 3 recommended Acer monitors:

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Current top 10 best selling PC monitors – highly recommended by professional and user reviews.

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#1: ViewSonic VX2250WM

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#2: HP 2010i

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#3: Samsung P2250

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#4: ASUS VW266H

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#5: Samsung P2450H

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#6: ASUS MS238H

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#7: ASUS VH198T

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#8: HP 2509m

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#9: ASUS VH236H

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#10: Samsung PX2370

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Last month we brought you news of the LG W2363D (also known as the LG W63D). Despite UK retail availability of this monitor being next to none-existant at the moment, the bright and high-performance 120Hz ’3D’ gaming monitor is now available in the PC Monitors shop. The LG W2363D offers an alternative design to the very popular Acer GD245HQ but with similarly pleasing performance – so it’s perfect for those who want a 23 inch 3D computer monitor but don’t like orange!

We are expecting some new 3D monitors from ASUS shortly, too, and will keep your posted when they are available.

LG W2363D now available from PC Monitors

Earlier we talked about a new type of OLED (organic light emitting diode) called WOLED that is supposed to act as a kind of bridge between existing LCD and future OLED technologies. LG have recently announced a professional 5:4 20.7″ WOLED monitor intended for use as a ‘medical display’. An astonishing QSXGA resolution of 2560×2048 is coupled with a staggering static contrast ratio of >100,000:1 (remember – the pixels are all individually illuminated) and literally brilliant peak luminance of 900cd/m2 to give one extremely capable display. Although limited to such professional uses (and probably prohibitively expensive), LG hopes to further develop this technology for use on TV screens and PC monitors in our homes. You can read more about the so-called ‘White OLED Tandem’ technology and medical display here. The future looks bright for LG.

LG WOLED monitor (source: OLED-Display.net)

LG have surprised us (in a good way) with the announcement of the LG W2363D 120Hz ’3D’ gaming monitor, which is due for imminent global release. The LG W2363D, known as the W63D for short (thankfully), features ‘enhanced 3D’ through the use of 172Hz processing. This doesn’t mean that the monitor supports a 172Hz refresh rate, but if the hype is to be believed it should make for a very smooth 3D experience. Other notable features of the W2363D include a ‘G-mode’ (gaming mode, that is) 3ms reponse time and a fairly brilliant (if true) 400cd/m2 luminance. We assume this is the maximum luminance and it remains to be seen whether this can be achieved without washing out the entire image, but even if the monitor comes close to this value it should make for an eye-popping 3D experience. As you would expect from this 23-incher, it’s a TN screen with a 1920×1080 (‘Full HD’) resolution.

At around £300, the price is very much inline with recently launched 23 inch+ 3D computer monitors (such as the Acer GD245HZ. And for those of you thinking that is prohibitively expensive – look into its eyes.

LG W2363D 3D gaming monitor - look into my eyes.