The budget end of the monitor market is suddenly rife with quality 23- to 24-inch 1080p screens with cheap IPS panels in them. You've got to love the fact that you can pick up a full HD screen running one of the best monitor technologies out there for just over a ton. It certainly makes a huge difference compared to the weak, washed-out 24-inch TN panels we were once grateful to pick up for around £200. We were utterly smitten by the outgoing VX2336s-LED, and have been recommending it in our Rig Builder pages for months - and to our friends and family too. These bargain IPS monitors aren't running the tippety-top of IPS panel tech, generally eschewing the high-end 10-bit or 8-bit colour per channel screens for the cheaper 6-bit technology. Realistically though, you're unlikely to be able to tell the difference unless you're a photographic guru. The old VX2336 used a lower-end 6-bit screen, but this upgraded option is pushing that up to 8-bit on the specs list. The colour definition isn't the only thing that's been upgraded. Viewsonic has created a monitor that's superior in many ways to the previous, now-dead king. Long live the new king. Hail to the king, baby The first difference you'll see is in the chassis surrounding the panel. Last month I checked out the AOC i2757fm, with its barely perceptible bezel, and this Viewsonic screen is either copying very closely or, more likely, is buying in this IPS panel from the same Far Eastern factory. Again, the bezel is invisible wh
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