ASUS Monitor advice please

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KingJames123

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I just bought this but quickly learned that an IPS is better after a friend told me: http://www.amazon.com/VS228H-P-22-Inch-Full-HD-LED-Lit-Monitor/dp/B005BZNDOO/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top . Should I exchange that and get an IPS monitor and if so what brand/model? I need a 21.5 inch because I do not have that much space. I'm connecting my MacBook to it as well if that matters.

I will use the monitor for web development, Netflix, web browsing, Age of Empires.

Please reply ASAP as I need to cancel it if needed :)

Thanks!
 
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I have read that Acer makes IPS monitors under 150 dollars though, would that be worth it even?
 
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Personally, I have not encountered an acer monitor I would get over an asus monitor (just my opinion tho! :)). Besides, in that price range it wont make much of a difference. The ips may have a bit better color and viewing angles, but the tn will have better response times and likely fewer issues like ghosting.
 
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honestly unless you're going to be playing age of empires standing up or from the next desk over, IPS isn't usually very beneficial, it's nice for TV's and tablets because people can be sitting at various spots looking at the screen, but you're (for the most part) sitting directly in front of a computer monitor looking at it from the optimal position, it won't look much if any better in that case.
 
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yes.. there are various levels of ips.

the lowest level is e-ips which really isnt all that different from tn and va except it has a wider viewing angle and slower response time.

there is e-ips which is generally the same as far as color accuracy to tn and va..then we have s-ips and p-ips which are higher color accuracy and then h-ips which is the highest. also thrown into the mix is spva and pls which have high color accuracy.

for a small monitor viewed directly on the viewing angle isnt going to be a big deal. for larger monitors that are tn sometimes you can even see color shift in the corners when viewed directly on.

if you are at all serious about photoshop and color accuracy you want such a monitor. if you are just tinkering around anything will work.
 
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I am a full time web developer who uses Photoshop but I am more of a coder so PS is not as important. I watch a lot of Netflix and some gaming (I used to be semi-pro but don't care enough to be hardcore again). I mostly want it as a secondary monitor to augment my 13 inch Retina MacBook Pro. I am willing to go as high as 200 dollars but no more. So what do you guys think, cancel and look for an IPS or what?
 
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