Back when I first started building PCs, it was always a case of buying the largest but most affordable monitor going. With budget builds costing hundreds, it can be difficult to bring yourself to pay another couple of hundred on a monitor. Similarly, if you have stretched your budget well over £1k you can easily…
Most of the monitors I cover are either budget orientated such as the 27-inch AOC or gaming focused like the Acer Z35, or a bit of both like the Acer Nitro RG2170. However professional users require something a little different if you are doing design or photography of any sort you need a monitor that…
I am a big fan of monitor arms, especially when running multiple screens. They free up desk space by moving the mount to the very edge of the desk and provide a huge range of adjustability for your monitor. As a web developer by trade, I frequently switch my side screens from landscape to portrait…
I have worked in web development for years, and while I am aware of monitor calibration, and the need for it in the graphic design industry, I have never actually tried it out until recently, thanks to Datacolor and their Spyder5 device. The Spyder5 is a hardware device that plugs in via USB that can…