I am planning to buy 2 monitors to setup home office.
My work is mostly coding around 6-7 hours a day, with some few other productivity tasks(documentation, charts etc). I have worked with 1080p dual monitor setup at work and I want to setup something similar at home for working remotely. Gaming or entertainment is NOT going to be intended purpose for foreseeable future. Though, (as an ardent ozbargainer) I am looking for budget monitors which are light on my pockets. I know, I can find "amazing" monitors for $400+ but my budget is around $150-180 per monitor at max.
I need more content to fit on screen, so minimum 1080p on at least 21-inch screen. No curved monitors (tried once but didn't like those with 2 screen setup). I really need 2 monitors as I can use one for coding exclusively and other for referring docs (forums, specs etc). I need HDMI + DVI ports as my laptop has only 1 HDMI and 1 DVI outlet.
I found few online that fit my reqs- BenQ, Acer and ViewSonic. Any reviews on those? Or other suggestions?
Are you sure you can use both at the same time?
You're looking at pretty old technology with the 1080p, 21", HDMI/DVI - probably not much difference between them in terms of picture quality. I'm sure all of these brands have something at your price point of $15-$180. You can probably get 24 or 27" at that price, assuming they'll fit on your desk.
The thing that I would look out for is height adjustment on the monitor stand (most low end monitors don't include it), but it's nice to have. Assuming you can't find one with a height adjustment, VESA mounting holes are nice to have as well, so you can use a dual-monitor arm to get them to the right height.
Display Port input is also a nice to have - it should increase the resale value when you're ready to sell them.