{"id":72192,"date":"2015-02-16T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=72192"},"modified":"2015-02-16T07:01:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T05:01:33","slug":"cheapest-monitors-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/72192-cheapest-monitors-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Cheapest monitors in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

A great gaming setup is useless without a decent monitor.<\/p>\n

In hunting for said decent monitor, looking at what you can get for the least money seems like a great place to start.<\/p>\n

Comparing the prices of the cheapest monitors in various sizes and resolutions also gives an idea of where the pricing sweet spot is for screens.<\/p>\n

Monitors are obviously not the only display option available to gamers, as\u00a0TVs make fantastic screens too.<\/p>\n

For the sake of a readable comparison, though, we\u00a0decided to look\u00a0just at monitors\u00a0today.<\/p>\n

The table below was constructed by finding the cheapest monitors in certain size classes listed at popular South African online retailers.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1920 x 1080<\/td>\nModel<\/td>\nRaru<\/td>\nWootware<\/td>\nRebeltech<\/td>\nTakealot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AOC 21.5″<\/td>\nE2270SWN<\/td>\nR1,575<\/td>\nR1,588<\/td>\nR1,437<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AOC 23″<\/td>\nE2370SD<\/td>\nR2,092<\/td>\nR2,110<\/td>\nR2,036<\/td>\nR1,940<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LG 23″<\/td>\nLGMP55HQ<\/td>\nR2,432<\/td>\nR2,099<\/strong><\/td>\nR2,493<\/td>\nR2,197<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philips 24″<\/td>\n246V5LSB<\/td>\nR2,192<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\nR2,032<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dell E-Series 24″<\/td>\nE2414H<\/td>\nR2,351<\/strong><\/td>\nR2,370<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philips 27″<\/td>\n273V5LHAB\/00<\/td>\nR3,491<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung 27″ PLS<\/td>\nS27D390H<\/td>\nR4,370<\/td>\nR4,366<\/td>\nR4,216<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asus VN289Q 28″<\/td>\nVN289Q<\/td>\nR6,648<\/td>\nR6,434<\/td>\nR6,413<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1920 x 1200<\/td>\nModel<\/td>\nRaru<\/td>\nWootware<\/td>\nRebeltech<\/td>\nTakealot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dell Ultrasharp 24″<\/td>\nU2412M<\/td>\nR3,700<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\nR3,366<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2560 x 1080<\/td>\nModel<\/td>\nRaru<\/td>\nWootware<\/td>\nRebeltech<\/td>\nTakealot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LG 25″<\/td>\nLG-25UM65-P<\/td>\nR3,189<\/td>\nR3,186<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philips 29″<\/td>\n298P4QJEB\/00<\/td>\nR5,296<\/td>\nR5,242<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AOC 29″<\/td>\nQ2963PM<\/td>\nR6,155<\/td>\nR7,299<\/td>\nR6,229<\/td>\nR5,702<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dell 29″ Ultra Wide<\/td>\nU2913WM<\/td>\nR7,277<\/td>\nR6,699<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\nR7,002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2560 x 1440<\/td>\nModel<\/td>\nRaru<\/td>\nWootware<\/td>\nRebeltech<\/td>\nTakealot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dell Ultrasharp 27″<\/td>\nU2713H<\/td>\nR8,618<\/td>\nR8,451<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3840 x 2160<\/td>\nModel<\/td>\nRaru<\/td>\nWootware<\/td>\nRebeltech<\/td>\nTakealot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dell 28″ 4K<\/td>\nP2815Q<\/td>\n–<\/td>\nR8,299<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung 28″ 4K<\/td>\nLU28D590DS<\/td>\nR10,339<\/td>\nR10,137<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

More hardware stories<\/h3>\n

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GTX 960 vs 970 vs 980 \u2013 price and performance comparison<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Your whole PC is in this mouse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Image: Multi-Screen Computer Desk with a Music Studio Setup<\/a>\u00a0by Terabass<\/a> from Wikipedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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