Top monitors compared

About Top monitors compared

Monitors sit at the centre of this ranking, and the decision comes down to what a panel gives you against what it costs and how long you are covered. Entry prices across the brands here run €8.70 to €262.21, and the median starting price for the category is €130.67. Top refresh rates stretch across 60 to 720 Hz, so a fast gaming panel and a plain office screen can share one list. Warranty cover is where the field gets tight: the median here sits at 1 years. The ranking covers 37 brands, and the entries below are set out in score order. Read each one against the member beneath it. A brand with a wide market list may give up warranty length, a long warranty may not travel to your country, and a low starting price often belongs to a portable monitor rather than a desk display. Panel choice narrows things further, with 65.5% of the brands tracked listing OLED and 27.6% listing mini LED.

How we picked

Every member is scored on three published weights, applied in full: cost at 40%, offer at 40% and trust at 20%. Cost and offer pull with equal force, so entry price and the breadth of what a brand sells carry most of the ordering, while trust settles the close calls. Trust draws on warranty length, the support routes listed, market coverage and the legal entity behind each name. Figures come from each brand's own support, warranty, shipping, terms and shop category pages, and range figures come from recorded data across listings rather than a single product. Sites are read in the language of the market they serve, so cover in one country is not treated as cover in another. Partners that serve your country are listed first in this ranking, then the rest by score. Branded display makers are judged as the seller you would buy from, panel origin and support included, and retailers are judged on the same price, cover and reach basis.

Our top picks

1. 1. Coolblue Belgium

   Coolblue Belgium is in this ranking on range breadth rather than peak speed. Mini-LED features in its IPS, VA and OLED panel list, and refresh reaches 540 Hz. The company trades across BE, NL and DE as Coolblue België N.V., founded in 1999. Its listed starting price of €139 sits above the €70.88 median here, so it reads as a broader electronics buy rather than a pure display bargain. Support reaches buyers on email, phone and help centre under a 2 year warranty. Scan also reaches the top of the speed range and opens at the much lower £48.98.

   • Free delivery threshold: €0
   • Return window: 30 days
   • Extended warranty: Yes

   Pros

   • You have 30 days to send an order back, which takes the risk out of a big purchase.
   • Every product carries 2 years of cover, and an extended warranty is available on top of it.
   • Delivery is free on every order, with the threshold at €0, and click and collect is offered for small items.
   • Refurbished is part of computers, phones and audio here, which the JBL range does not cover: its categories run audio, gaming and refurbished.

   Cons

   • Support runs on email, phone and help centre only, so there is no live chat in the list.
   • The noise cancelling earbuds listed run 8 hours on a charge, well under the 40 median across the products compared here.
   • A 30 days return window places Coolblue Belgium at 3 of 80 brands compared, so it is not the longest window in the field.

2. P2. ProtoArc

   ProtoArc appears in this ranking on entry price and reach. Its monitors start at $17.99, one of the lowest published starting prices here, and it ships to US, CA and GB, more countries than most members. What it sells is small and focused: keyboard, mouse and portable monitor, with ips as the only panel type, and a top refresh rate of 60 Hz at the bottom of the range for this category, 60 to 720 Hz. Support covers email, chat and phone and the warranty runs 2 years. Xiaomi, ranked next, offers a faster panel at 180 Hz but serves a single market, RO.

   • Price from: $17.99
   • Highest refresh rate (Hz): 60
   • Warranty: 2 years

   Pros

   • ProtoArc's $17.99 entry price ranks 4 of 33 brands, near the front of the field.
   • A 2 year warranty outlasts the 1 median warranty across the brands here.
   • Wireless is offered across the keyboard and mouse range, so a desk can be set up cable free.
   • Shipping reaches US, CA and GB, from the US and Canada to Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan.
   • Support includes phone and chat alongside email and a help centre, listed under email, chat and phone.

   Cons

   • The 60 Hz refresh ceiling ranks 22 of 24, the weakest of ProtoArc's placements.
   • Portable monitor panels are limited to ips, so there is no OLED or mini-led option in the range.
   • The keyboard, mouse and portable monitor list stops at portable monitors, so full-size and gaming monitors come from AOC or ALTERNATE instead.
   • The trust part of the rating, 8, sits below the cost part, 9.8, so after-sales depth is the weaker side.

3. B3. Blackview

   Blackview takes a place in this ranking on support reach rather than panel choice. It answers on email, phone and chat, the fullest set of routes here, and ships to DE, FR and IT. What it offers on monitors is narrow: the panel range, ips, covers a single type, and the top refresh rate, 60 Hz, sits at the bottom of the range recorded for this ranking, 60 to 720 Hz. Entry prices start at €149.95, above the category median at €130.67, and the warranty runs 1 year. Micro Center, ranked next, covers OLED panels but trades in US only.

   • Price from: €149.95
   • Warranty: 12 months
   • Return window: 30 days

   Pros

   • Returns of 30 days rank near the top of the brands tracked, at 2 of 42.
   • Support covers email, phone, chat, the help centre and the community through email, phone and chat, so replies can come by whichever route suits.
   • Store categories span computers, phones and audio, so phones, audio, gaming and computers sit together.
   • Entry price of €149.95 keeps the range within reach for buyers comparing rugged models.
   • Product types list new phones and rugged phones, pairing everyday handsets with rugged ones.

   Cons

   • Entry price of €149.95 sits above Oukitel at $107.99, so it is not the cheapest way in.
   • Warranty of 12 months places Blackview mid-table on cover length, at 12 of 33.
   • Multiroom is a no, so the audio range does not cover whole-home linking.
   • Codec support runs to aac only, narrower than most rivals in the audio category.

4. MP4. Mobile Pixels

   Mobile Pixels holds a middle place in this ranking with the broadest panel spread among the specialist sellers, ips, va and mini led, and a top refresh rate of 165 Hz, above the category median at 270. Its range, monitor, gaming monitor and portable monitor, includes portable monitors as well as desk displays, and prices start at €32.50, among the lowest in this list. Cover runs 2 years. The catch is support: Mobile Pixels answers on email and help centre only, with no phone or chat, where ProtoArc, ranked next, offers email, chat and phone and ships to US, CA and GB.

   • Price from: €32.50
   • Highest refresh rate (Hz): 165
   • Warranty: 2 years

   Pros

   • Product types run monitor, gaming monitor and portable monitor, close to ALTERNATE at monitor, gaming monitor and portable monitor, so a whole desk can come from a single seller.
   • Free delivery across US and CA, with the free delivery threshold at $0 rather than a minimum spend.
   • Gaming products cover pc and switch, and the store also lists refurbished stock under computers, audio and gaming.
   • Warranty length ranks 6 of 37 brands, ahead of most of the field on cover.

   Cons

   • Support runs on email and help centre, so anyone with a fault on the day of delivery waits on email rather than a call.
   • Delivery covers US and CA, so buyers in other markets shop with Scan or ALTERNATE instead.
   • Refresh rates top out at 165 Hz against AOC at 720 Hz, which leaves competitive gamers behind.
   • Panel types are limited to ips, va and mini led, so buyers set on an OLED screen see no such option.

5. X5. Xiaomi

   Xiaomi sits in this ranking on speed rather than monitor range. Its ips panels reach a top refresh rate of 180 Hz, well past the category median at 270, and support runs on email, chat and phone with a 2 year warranty. The catch is where it runs. The market list, RO, covers a single country, and the product types it lists, new phones, are phones, so monitor buying sits away from the main store. antonline, ranked next, trades in US with a much wider range of laptop, gaming laptop and desktop.

   • Warranty: 24 months
   • Return window: 14 days
   • Trade-in: Yes

   Pros

   • Warranty of 24 months places the brand at position 2 of 33 brands tracked, ahead of the 12 median in the smartphone group.
   • Trade in is accepted, so an older handset can be handed over to offset part of what a new phone costs.
   • Support covers email, chat and phone, so a question can be raised by email, chat, phone or the help centre.
   • Claims run through Xiaomi Technology Netherlands B.V. in NL, a named company rather than an anonymous seller.
   • The store covers phones, tv and appliances, so a phone and the rest of the household gear can be bought from the same place.

   Cons

   • Returns run 14 days, which puts the brand at position 31 of 42, so a buyer who likes time to change their mind has little of it.
   • The store covers a single market, RO, and the terms are listed for that market only.
   • Build to order is not offered, so no configured models appear in the range.
   • The product types listed are new phones, so refurbished and foldable handsets are not among them, unlike Mozillion at new phones, refurbished phones and foldables.

What to look for

Entry price, not the headline figure

Compare the lowest published entry price against the category median at €130.67. A low starting figure often belongs to a portable monitor or an accessory rather than a desk display, so read what the price covers before setting it beside a full size screen.

Refresh rate headroom

The median top refresh rate in this category is 270, and the fastest listed screens reach 720. A figure near the median suits office work, while anything above it matters for fast motion in games.

Panel type before panel size

IPS is the common choice, listed by 86.2% of the brands tracked, with OLED on 65.5% and mini LED on 27.6%. VA and TN are listed by fewer brands, at 41.4% and 20.7%.

Warranty length in years

Warranties here are brief: the median is 1 years and the longest listed run to 3. Longer cover carries more weight if the screen moves between rooms or desks, or if you keep it past the first refresh cycle.

Dead pixel cover

A dead pixel policy is the exception, published by only 12.5% of the brands tracked, while 87.5% publish none. Read the warranty wording on any large panel you order.

How you would reach support

A help centre is the most common route, 97.1%, followed by email on 73.5% and phone on 64.7%. Chat on 38.2% and community boards on 29.4% show up less often, so check before you need them.

Frequently asked questions

Top monitors compared by country

• Australia
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• United States

The data behind this ranking

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