Best 24 Inch Monitor 2026: 10 Ranked, and Three Numbers That Don't Add Up

This takes first place because nothing on its listing contradicts anything else on it. The 23.8-inch IPS panel runs 1920x1080 at 144Hz with 1ms MPRT, 1500:1 contrast and 300 cd/m² of brightness. That contrast figure sits at the top of the IPS range here, where most rivals specify 1000:1 or 1200:1. If you want the best 24 inch monitor with a spec sheet that needs no second reading, this is it. The 4.6 rating from 316 reviews is a small sample next to the Philips, so weigh that accordingly.

In practice the stand does more work than the refresh rate does. Height adjustment runs to 110mm, with tilt from -5° to +21°, ±30° swivel and ±90° pivot, so you can turn it portrait for long documents. Two HDMI ports carry FHD at 144Hz with AMD FreeSync, and the built-in 3W stereo pair removes the need for desk speakers. Power draw is 14.3W and the 3.03kg panel is light enough for a single-arm mount.

The catch is price. At £89.26 it costs roughly £20 more than the Philips 24E1N1100A and the ASUS VY249HGR, and both will look much the same on a spreadsheet. If your day is text and email rather than games, the extra frames buy you very little. As a result, anyone who needs USB-C or a built-in hub should look at the Samsung LS24D400GAUXXU instead, because the Dell gives you HDMI only.

Start with the discrepancy, because it is the clearest in this batch. The product title says 120Hz. The first bullet point says '100Hz refresh rates for ultra-smooth images'. The specification table says Refresh Rate: 100 Hz. Two of the three describe the panel's actual behaviour, and the 100Hz figure is the one that appears twice. That does not make it a bad screen; it makes it a 100Hz screen at £64.97, which is a different proposition. For buyers shopping on price rather than frame rate, this is arguably the best budget 24 inch monitor here, and 6,508 ratings at 4.5 is the deepest evidence base in the group.

What the money buys is a 23.8-inch IPS panel at 1920x1080 with 1200:1 contrast and 250 cd/m². The 1ms MPRT figure in the copy is a motion-picture response measurement, not a grey-to-grey one, so treat it as shorthand rather than a speed guarantee. LowBlue mode and flicker-free dimming are included, there is one HDMI 1.4 port, and the panel draws 14.5W. At 2.9kg with a glossy finish, it is the lightest thing here alongside the Amzfast.

The finish is the second thing to weigh. A glossy coating reflects window light and desk lamps, which is why nearly every other monitor in this list specifies matte or anti-glare. If your desk faces a window, that cheaper headline price will cost you in reflections. Equally, one HDMI port means no second device without a switcher, and the listing mentions no height, swivel or pivot adjustment. Buy it as a second screen or a low-cost primary for text work, not as a gaming panel.

On raw refresh rate, this is the best 24 inch monitor in the batch, and unlike most of the group the number holds across title, bullets and specification. The 1000:1 contrast ratio and 300 cd/m² brightness are ordinary for this price. What separates it is the colour claim: 110% sRGB and 80% DCI-P3 area coverage with HDR support, both repeated in the specification as well as the copy. For a 24 inch gaming monitor at £72.99, that combination is unusual.

In practice, 200Hz matters most in fast first-person shooters, and the panel carries 1ms MPRT plus Adaptive Sync to reduce tearing. Amzfast also bundles an AI Crosshair overlay and eight presets (Standard, Movie, Energy, Office, FPS, RTS, Racing, sRGB), which is more tuning than the Philips or Acer listings offer. The build weighs 2.7kg and the stand tilts from -5° to 15°. There is no height adjustment, so budget for a VESA 75x75mm arm if you want the screen at eye level.

Worth noting: the bullet copy says 'Dual HDMI 2.0 and DP 1.4 ports connect up to three devices simultaneously', while the specification gives Total HDMI Port: 1 and Total Video Out Ports: 2. Check the rear-panel photos before buying if two HDMI inputs are the reason you are looking at it. Also, 1000:1 is the lowest contrast here — if you work in a dim room and want deep blacks, the Samsung LS24F330EAUXXU's VA panel at 3000:1 will suit you better.

This is the second-fastest panel in the group at 180Hz, and one of the few that also solves the desk problem: 130mm of height travel, a matte finish, two 2W speakers and a removable stand on a 100x100mm VESA mount. Contrast is listed at 1300:1 with 300 cd/m² brightness, which puts it above the Amzfast and the ASUS but below the Dell and both Samsungs. Adaptive Sync covers FreeSync Premium and G-Sync Compatible, so it will work with either graphics card brand. At £109.99 it costs £37 more than the 200Hz Amzfast.

The response time needs a note. The title says 0.5ms MPRT; the first bullet says 1ms (GtG). Those are two different measurements of two different things, and only one of them made it into the title. Meanwhile, the 180Hz figure itself is stated consistently everywhere. In practice, 180Hz with Adaptive Sync and low input lag is fast enough for competitive play, and the FPS, racing and RTS presets are switchable from the on-screen menu.

The catch is weight and ports. The listing gives 7.34kg, roughly double the Dell, Amzfast and Philips 24E1N1100A, so budget for a sturdy arm or use the supplied stand. Connectivity is two HDMI 2.0 ports and one DisplayPort 1.4, plus a headphone out but no USB hub. If you need the monitor to double as a dock, the Samsung LS24D400GAUXXU is the better fit; if you want the best 24 inch IPS monitor with proper ergonomics under £110, this is the one to shortlist.

Resolution, not refresh rate, is what this one sells. Native 2560x1440 on a 23.8-inch panel gives you roughly 123 pixels per inch; a 24 inch 1080p monitor gives you about 92. That difference shows up in text rendering and in how many spreadsheet columns fit on screen. It is the only 24 inch 1440p monitor in this list. The colour claims are the highest of the group as well: 122% sRGB and 99% DCI-P3 gamut volume, with HDR10 support and 300 cd/m² brightness. Contrast is 1300:1.

Two figures in the listing disagree. The second bullet describes a response time 'as low as 5 milliseconds per second (MPRT)', a sentence carrying its own unit error, while the specification table lists Response Time: 7 Milliseconds. In theory a 100Hz panel only redraws every 10ms, so either figure keeps pace; in practice, the copy is rounding down a number the spec table states plainly. At 100Hz with Adaptive Sync and a tilt range of -5° to 15°, this is a work-first screen that can play games, not a competitive monitor.

The panel is IPS and matte, with one HDMI 2.0, one DisplayPort 1.4 and a headphone jack, plus 100x100mm VESA mounting. There is no height adjustment and no USB hub, and the 4.05kg body sits mid-range in this batch. If sharp text matters more than frames, this is the best 24 inch monitor here for reading and writing all day. If frame rate is the priority, buy the Amzfast or the Philips 180Hz instead, because 100Hz will feel ordinary beside 200Hz.

At £69.90 this is the cheapest 120Hz screen in the batch, and the refresh rate holds up: title, bullet points and specification all say 120Hz. Contrast is listed at 1500:1, the same as the Dell and the Amazon Basics and above the Philips 24E1N1100A's 1200:1. Colour coverage is 99% sRGB. As a cheap 24 inch 120hz monitor for a home desk, the numbers hang together.

The catch sits in one field of the specification table: Viewing Angle is given as 25 Degrees. Every other panel here states 178°, and Acer's own bullet points never mention viewing angles at all. That looks more like a listing error than a real optical property, but it is the sort of thing worth confirming before you buy a screen you plan to watch from the side. Connectivity is HDMI plus VGA, which dates the panel — there is no DisplayPort.

Even so, the 1500:1 contrast and 120Hz refresh are the two things that matter at this price. No height adjustment appears anywhere in the listing, and 4.29kg is on the heavier side for a 23.8-inch panel. The review base is small at 163 ratings, so the 4.6 score is provisional. If you want a bigger sample and a glossy screen instead of matte, the Philips 24E1N1100A costs £4.93 less.

This is the clearest example of a headline that needs reading twice. The title says 120Hz OC. The bullet points say 120Hz (OC). The fifth bullet is headed 'How to Overclock your monitor to 120hz' and walks through the on-screen menu, the Gaming tab and the Overdrive setting. Whatever the panel does out of the box, the number on the box is a setting you have to go and enable. The specification lists Refresh Rate: 120 Hz with no asterisk. Contrast is 1000:1, joint-lowest here with the Amzfast, and brightness is 250 cd/m².

What it does well is eye comfort, which is the point of the VY series. The listing confirms Eye Care Plus, a blue light filter, flicker-free dimming and an antibacterial treatment on the casing. The IPS panel covers 178° and 16.7 million colours, with Adaptive Sync support. Connectivity is HDMI plus VGA, and the 3.4kg body has no height adjustment. For a 24 inch monitor for office work, the eye-care features are the actual product here — the 120Hz is a bonus you may never switch on.

This is not the best 24 inch monitor for competitive play, and it is not trying to be. If you play shooters, you do not want to depend on an overclock menu item for smoothness; the Amzfast gives you 200Hz natively for £4 more. The 4.3 rating from 1,483 reviews is also the second-lowest score in this batch, and 1000:1 contrast will not impress in a dark room. Buy it if you stare at spreadsheets for nine hours, not because of the number in the title.

This is the panel to choose when the desk, not the game, comes first. Contrast is 2500:1, well above the 1000:1 to 1500:1 range that the other IPS screens here specify, and the stand adds height adjustment and a 90° pivot for portrait reading. Connectivity is the longest list in the batch: DisplayPort, two HDMI ports, two USB-A ports and one USB-B upstream port. For a 24 inch monitor for office work, that combination of pivot and built-in hub is worth more than another 20Hz of refresh.

The refresh rate is 100Hz, stated plainly in both title and specification, with a 5ms response time. Crucially, Samsung does not dress it up: the copy calls it 100Hz and leaves it there. Brightness is 250 cd/m², the same as the ASUS and both cheaper Philips screens, and the panel is a 3.5kg IPS unit in a super-slim frame. Eye Saver Mode and flicker reduction are both included. At £88.00 you are paying roughly £23 over the Philips 24E1N1100A for the hub, the pivot and the extra contrast.

Worth noting the review base: 73 ratings at 4.6 is the smallest sample in this group, so treat the score as provisional rather than settled. There is no HDR, no local dimming and no gaming-grade response time, so this is not the panel for a competitive player. If you want one cable to a laptop and a screen you can turn sideways, this does that well. If you want frames, the Dell at £89.26 is £1.26 more and gives you 144Hz.

Contrast is the reason this one is on the list. At 3000:1 it is the highest figure in the batch, ahead of the Samsung LS24D400GAUXXU's 2500:1 and triple the Amzfast and ASUS at 1000:1. That comes from the panel technology: the specification lists it as LED, VA, where the rest of the group is IPS or plain LCD. VA panels produce deeper blacks at the cost of viewing-angle performance and, often, motion handling. Refresh rate is 100Hz with a 5ms response time.

Brightness is 250 cd/m² and the stated viewing angle is 178°, with Eye Saver Mode and TÜV-certified flicker reduction. Connectivity is one HDMI port and one VGA port, the thinnest set here. In practice this is a screen for a dark room, a console, or a second display for video. At £69.99 it undercuts nothing meaningful — the Philips 24E1N1100A is £5.02 less — so the choice between them comes down to contrast against colour accuracy.

That said, no height adjustment, no pivot, no USB hub and no DisplayPort are listed. If you are shopping for the best 24 inch monitor for a home office with a laptop dock, this is not it: the Samsung LS24D400GAUXXU covers that ground for £18 more. And if fast-paced games are the priority, VA motion blur is the known trade-off, and the IPS panels above it will track movement more cleanly.