Continue on to our roundup for more of the best touchscreen monitors money can buy, or bop on over to our best computer monitors list for even more great options. An anti-glare coating on the screen helps with bright office environments, even more so if your desk is near a window and you’re constantly getting sunlight on your screen. (Although that same anti-glare coating can also make the contrast better between parts of the screen that have fingerprints on them and parts that don’t.) There’s also a 3H Hard Coating on the display to help protect it from damage. The Dell P2418HT is meant to easily integrate into your workspace. It includes a USB hub on the back, so you can wire your peripherals directly into the monitor. Extra handy for a touchscreen monitor is the highly flexible stand, which lets you position the Dell P2418HT at the best height for touch interaction. The Acer UT241Y uses a 23.8-inch display with an IPS panel for wide viewing angles and a dual-hinge design that lets you tilt and angle the Acer UT241Y to a range of different heights. This is especially useful if you have an adjustable desk and tend to alternate between sitting and standing. Adding to the package are two ports for USB 3.0 and one USB 3.1 Type-C port (which can handle video and touch signals), dual speakers for your audio, and a quick 4ms response time that’s suitable for gaming. Note that the touchscreen functionality of this monitor is only available with Windows 10 computers. The Surface Go has a 10-inch display with a resolution of 1800x1200, making it fairly sharp at 217 pixels-per-inch. It also has 10-point multitouch for all your touchscreen needs and supports the Microsoft Pen for stylus users. When you’re on the go, you have the option of using the Surface Go and a standalone tablet or converting it into a laptop experience with a keyboard and mouse. That way, you have a touchscreen without needing to lug around a computer as well. Alternatively, if you want to use the Surface Go as more of an external monitor for another computer, you can use a remote desktop client to control your other computer from the Surface Go. What you get inside the monitor in this case is a full Windows 10 computer with an 8th-Gen Intel Core i5 processor and 8GB of RAM. There’s also 1TB of storage, dual speakers, and a popup webcam. So, you’ll get all the touchscreen functionality and high resolution without even needing to plug into another computer. The IdeaCentre 520 does support HDMI input from external devices, but if you want to the use the screen’s touch functionality with a different computer, you’ll have to look into remote desktop tools.
Display Type
Monitor display types can be hard to understand because there are several different types of LED displays. IPS monitors have great color reproduction and viewing angles, so they’re good for watching video content, any work that requires accurate colors, and most general use scenarios. TN monitors have worse viewing angles, but fast refresh rates make them perfectly suited for gaming.
Resolution
Resolution refers to the number of pixels that the monitor can display, which impacts the sharpness and clarity of the image. The lowest resolution you should settle for is 1920 x 1080, which is referred to as full HD. If you want to take it to the next level—and your video card can handle it—go for a 4K monitor with a 3840 x 2160 resolution.
