[SOLVED] Best 31.5" 2560 x 1440 monitor for productivity ?

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This is mainly for textual work (site maintenance, business, researching, etc). Every here and then an image will be edited. Here are all the models available to me. All of them are 10 bit (well, 8 bit + FRC) and 75hz. I prefer with speakers (to save space), will also mount on a VESA wall arm. I think all the IPSs here are the same exact panel from TP Vision? Anyway, here they are:

AOC Q3279VWFD8
Release year: 2018
Panel: IPS
Response time: 5ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast: 1:1200 (Dynamic: 1:20M)
sRGB: 98%
Adobe RGB: 84%
Speakers: None.
This is the only model without a VESA mount. There's a workaround with an adapter.
Amazon avg review score: 4.4/5
Price: $320 (Including the VESA adapter. Will have to buy speakers separately)

AOC Q32E2N
Release year: 2020
Panel: VA
Response time: 4ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast: 1:3000 (Dynamic: 1:20M)
sRGB: 104%
Adobe RGB: 77%
Speakers: 3W
Amazon avg review score: 3.7/5 (6 reviews only)
Price: $332

Lenovo D32q-20
Release year: 2019
Panel: IPS
Response time: 4ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast: 1:1000 (Dynamic: 1:3M)
sRGB: Unknown
Adobe RGB: Unknown
Speakers: None
Amazon avg review score: 4.25/5
Price: $341 (Will have to buy speakers separately)

Philips 325E1C
Release year: 2019
Panel: VA (Curved)
Response time: 4ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast: 1:3000
sRGB: 122%
Adobe RGB: Unknown
Speakers: None
Amazon avg review score: 4.6/5
Price: $347 (Will have to buy speakers separately)
This is the only monitor that is 8bit, instead of "10 bit" (8 bit + FRC) like the others

ViewSonic VX3276-2K-MHD
Release year: 2017
Panel: IPS
Response time: 4ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast: 1:1200 (Dynamic: 1:80M)
sRGB: 99%
Adobe RGB: 73%
Speakers: 2W
Amazon avg review score: 4.7/5
Price: $415

ViewSonic VX3211-2K-MHD
Release year: 2017
Panel: IPS
Response time: 3ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast: 1:1200 (Dynamic: 1:80M)
sRGB: 99%
Adobe RGB: 88%
Speakers: 2.5W
Amazon avg review score: 4.4/5
Price: $418

HP Pavillion 32” QHD
Release year: 2017
Panel: VA
Response time: 5ms
Brightness: 300
Contrast: 1:3000 (Dynamic: 1:10M)
sRGB: 100%
Adobe RGB: Unknown
Speakers: None
Amazon avg review score: 4.6/5
Price: $422 (will have to buy speakers separately).

ASUS VA32AQ
Release year: 2016
Panel: IPS
Response time: 5ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast: 1:1200 (Dynamic: 1:100M)
sRGB: Unknown
Adobe RGB: Unknown
Speakers: 4W
Amazon avg review score: 4.5/5
Price: $497

Philips 325B1L
Release year: 2020
Panel: IPS
Response time: 4ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast: 1:1200 (Dynamic: 1:50M)
sRGB: 102%
Adobe RGB: 88%
Speakers: 3W
Amazon avg review score: 4.5/5
Price: $561

Which one would you get?
Thanks,
Reg.
 
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Some thoughts on your monitor shortlisting,
1| Choose the latest monitor you can find to aid you with warranty support in case the panel is bad or defective or faulty.
2| Choose the monitor you want with respect to budget and functions(like the speakers), since you're not going to be editing images on it, you can work with pretty much any monitor out there, IMHO.
3| You're not gaming so response times, refresh rates and color accuracy aren't going to be a big thing, unless you forgot to mention them in your post or replaced that with the etc.

If you think that you want to treat your eyes, regardless of image editing or media consumption, then pick up an ISPS panel, as opposed to a VA and TN panel.

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Some thoughts on your monitor shortlisting,
1| Choose the latest monitor you can find to aid you with warranty support in case the panel is bad or defective or faulty.
2| Choose the monitor you want with respect to budget and functions(like the speakers), since you're not going to be editing images on it, you can work with pretty much any monitor out there, IMHO.
3| You're not gaming so response times, refresh rates and color accuracy aren't going to be a big thing, unless you forgot to mention them in your post or replaced that with the etc.

If you think that you want to treat your eyes, regardless of image editing or media consumption, then pick up an ISPS panel, as opposed to a VA and TN panel.
 
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Regev

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Thanks man.

As for editing images - I will do it from time to time, but mostly to polish my travel photos from the phone and make them ready to put on my websites or print them to hang on the walls in my home. But nothing crazy like heavy photoshop or so :) Also, I get design sketches and stuff like that from my designer sometimes, I don't do the designs - but I have to approve them - so I suppose it has to have enough color accuracy?