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I recently sold my monitor, I had 1 for xbox and 1 for pc.

Im looking to sell my current monitor(Asus) and get 2 of the same monitors. I would prefer around 24 - 25 inch monitors But as i watch alot of netflix i would like a good set of speakers with the monitor. I had an LG which had good sound but i sold that and my asus monitor doesnt have very good sound.

Looking for as cheap as possible, Around 150 GBP per monitor?
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Take your pick.

All of them are 1080p IPS. Stand features vary by monitor but all have speakers.

IMO I would ditch monitor speakers and go for some desk speakers. Monitor speakers tend to be dreadful.
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Lounge wrote I recently sold my monitor, I had 1 for xbox and 1 for pc.

Im looking to sell my current monitor(Asus) and get 2 of the same monitors. I would prefer around 24 - 25 inch monitors But as i watch alot of netflix i would like a good set of speakers with the monitor. I had an LG which had good sound but i sold that and my asus monitor doesnt have very good sound.

Looking for as cheap as possible, Around 150 GBP per monitor?


These are pretty decent and usually I get all my monitors from BenQ and they're SHARRRP
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CasualK wrote
Lounge wrote I recently sold my monitor, I had 1 for xbox and 1 for pc.

Im looking to sell my current monitor(Asus) and get 2 of the same monitors. I would prefer around 24 - 25 inch monitors But as i watch alot of netflix i would like a good set of speakers with the monitor. I had an LG which had good sound but i sold that and my asus monitor doesnt have very good sound.

Looking for as cheap as possible, Around 150 GBP per monitor?


These are pretty decent and usually I get all my monitors from BenQ and they're SHARRRP
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Shame that monitor is a TN panel and also more expensive than the IPS ones for under £150.
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If you've got roughly £300 for 2 monitors and audio, I'd do this;
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Run an HDMI from your PC to the ultrawide monitor and connect the Edifier speakers to the ultrawide. You can run the cheaper 1080p monitor on the side for console or as a spare monitor for PC. If you want audio from that monitor though(like when you're playing console), you'll need to remember and plug the speakers in to that monitor instead. Alternatively, you could just get a separate set of speakers for the side/console monitor so you can have audio from both if you wish. If you were to do that, I'd grab these;
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I reckon the Logitech speakers will be fine for a console/side monitor and the Edifier's, though cheap are pretty good so those should be decent for watching Netflix and what not on the PC, much better than built-in monitor speakers.
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Dan- wrote
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Lounge wrote I recently sold my monitor, I had 1 for xbox and 1 for pc.

Im looking to sell my current monitor(Asus) and get 2 of the same monitors. I would prefer around 24 - 25 inch monitors But as i watch alot of netflix i would like a good set of speakers with the monitor. I had an LG which had good sound but i sold that and my asus monitor doesnt have very good sound.

Looking for as cheap as possible, Around 150 GBP per monitor?


These are pretty decent and usually I get all my monitors from BenQ and they're SHARRRP
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Shame that monitor is a TN panel and also more expensive than the IPS ones for under £150.


I mean, it's just a suggestion. Realistically, it makes little to no difference on lower resolutions anyway except from more vibrant and contrasty colours. It's a good cheap start
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CasualK wrote It's a good cheap start

It really isn't though.

Look at what 13 suggested. Ultrawide 1080p with IPS for just a little more than what you suggested.

Being a owner of an Ultrawide, I would much rather that than some BenQ monitor.
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CasualK wrote I mean, it's just a suggestion. Realistically, it makes little to no difference on lower resolutions anyway except from more vibrant and contrasty colours. It's a good cheap start

It's quite a large difference. Panel type has nothing to do with the size of the monitor. BenQ DO make some decent monitors, but the one you suggested isn't one of them, it's just a shitty over-priced TN monitor. You could easily get something similar for under 100 quid. There's no point wasting the extra money on the BenQ when there are far better options for around £150.

Even if OP isn't interested in ultrawide, he could easily get two nice quality 1080p IPS monitors for under £250 easily and get a nice set of speakers with that left over cash instead of wasting £300 on two of those crappy BenQ monitors.
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