Up until a few years ago, 4K monitors were only available in the absolute premium segment for downright lunar prices, but now they are also becoming increasingly affordable for the average consumer.
Ultra-high-resolution monitors are becoming more and more popular.
This is not surprising, because apart from the price there is hardly an argument that speaks against purchasing such a monitor.
Even the increased demand for graphics performance is no longer a problem for most reasonably modern computers. So all the better that this last argument against buying a 4k monitor is crumbling and good monitors are now available for a few hundred euros .
The high resolution of these monitors not only ensures that films and images are displayed razor-sharp, but also in normal office use this extra pixel is definitely worthwhile.
Texts are displayed much more clearly, they appear as if they were printed on a piece of paper and Excel is also much more pleasant on the eye.
A positive side effect of the increased number of pixels is that it is possible to spend everyday office life in front of a 27- or 32-inch screen without sore eyes, individual pixels can be seen at this high resolution, even from close up. barely.
In the test, in addition to good image reproduction - one of the most important purchase criteria for a monitor, of course - attention was also paid to the ergonomics of the screen, as its adjustment options were included in the evaluation.
Another test criterion was the connection options that the monitors had to offer.
4K monitors put to the test
The test portal AllesBeste tested 20 different 4K monitors.
The test winner was the Dell U2720Q.
It combines an excellent picture with numerous ergonomic setting options.
The monitor could even be rotated 90 degrees.
This extra called pivot mode ensures that documents, for example, can be read much more comfortably.
As far as the image quality is concerned, the image of the Dell was color-true and very balanced even in the uncalibrated state, even the extended DCI-P3 color space, which is particularly relevant for professional image and video editing, was covered by this model to 95 percent .
So it's no wonder that the U2720Q achieves a color depth of 10 bits, which means that the Dell is capable of reproducing 1.07 billion colors.
If the price of the Dell is too high for you, you will also find it for a little less than half the price.
The BenQ EL2870 was able to convince us in the test despite its low price.
His panel presented a good picture and, with its short response time, was aimed primarily at gamers.
However, the HDR mode advertised by the manufacturer is more the product of the marketing department than the technology department.
The BenQ's HDR mode, similar to that of the LG, was not convincing in the test.
You can find more information and other recommended alternatives in the extensive review of AllesBeste.