You don’t set your expectations super-high for a monitor priced at $149.99, and the Monoprice 24-Inch CrystalPro Business Monitor doesn’t surpass those expectations. As a budget display for office or home use, it has a modest feature set and performance typical of under-$200 monitors in its size class. The CrystalPro doesn’t really give you any cause for complaint, but there’s no question that its main draw is its price. Cash-strapped folks may want to take a gander at the CrystalPro if they can find it for $135 or less, though for a little more money the like-sized HP 24mh has more robust SRGB color coverage, adds an extra (DisplayPort) input, and has a stand with a full range of ergonomic features.
Savings Over Features
The 23.8-inch CrystalPro is an in-plane switching (IPS) panel with full HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) native resolution and a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, all standard fare for low-priced monitors. It’s rated for a…
