Best 24 Inch Monitors in 2023 (Updated monthly)

In this guide, we’ve decided to compile a list of only the very best 24 inch monitors the market has to offer. Each has been carefully tested by our expanding team of PC enthusiasts to ensure your next monitor purchase is the right one for your specific needs.

The last ten or so years have seen some pretty huge changes occur within the gaming monitor industry – with a lot of people now leaning towards larger displays for their gaming and workstation needs. Having said that, there’s still a significant demand for 24 inch monitors in today’s market. Whether you’re a competitive esports player or someone who needs a smaller panel for your compact desk , there are a ton of quality displays in this size to choose from.

How We Choose

Whether it’s a best-of guide or a single product review, we ensure every monitor we recommend has been through a strict testing process. We don’t just search Amazon for the top sellers, we hand-pick the market’s best monitors, and each one is tested with the same meticulous care and attention as the last. This ensures that we can present you with the best products the market has to offer and gives our readers confidence that they can trust any gaming monitor we do recommend as having been through the same impartial review process.

As part of the monitor review process, we like to test each for color accuracy, responsiveness, panel uniformity, build quality, and overall gaming performance. We use a number of specifically designed tools to capture the data for each monitor, ensuring only the highest levels of accuracy are recorded during testing. This process allows us to hand-select the best gaming monitors from both a performance and value standpoint, whilst also enabling us to compare the latest models with last season’s best sellers.

Click here if you want to see our in-depth explanation of how we test each and every monitor.

Things To Consider

It can be a complicated process choosing your next monitor upgrade, especially in the technology world, where each new display has a bunch of areas to consider. For that reason, we always try and educate our readers on the most important factors to consider when it comes to purchasing a new 24 inch monitor.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at what we consider the most important areas to consider in a 24 inch monitor.

Is a 24 inch monitor too small?

The size of your monitor can affect several different areas that include; maximum resolution, pixel density, aspect ratio, and picture quality. These are all pretty significant factors that will affect your overall user experience – but is 24 inches too small?

Ultimately, it all comes down to what your user requirements are. If you’re looking for high-end desktop real estate, 24 inches might be a little too small. However, if you want to focus on esports gaming (where every frame counts), a 24 inch monitor could be exactly what you’re looking for.

In that case, there are some simple guidelines to follow when looking to purchase a smaller display.

• Max res. of 1080p is usually best
• A higher resolution isn’t always better with smaller displays
• Great for multiple monitor setups
• Excellent for esports gaming
• TN for gaming, IPS for creators, VA offers middle-ground

Resolution

Your monitor’s maximum resolution is, for me, one of the most important areas to consider when purchasing a 24 inch monitor. Not only does it impact your gaming performance exponentially, but it also directly impacts picture quality and the overall viewing experience – two areas that will have a pretty significant impact on your overall user experience.

Most of the monitors in this guide have a 1920 x 1080 (1080p) maximum resolution, and I feel that’s the way it should be for a 24 inch monitor. Increasing the max res on a small 24 inch display has very limited benefits, apart from greater screen real-estate.

What is resolution?

The monitor’s resolution refers to how many physical pixels the screen is displaying. For example, 1920 x 1080 means your monitor has 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically. So, with that in mind, when you move up the theoretical resolution ladder, as we’ll call it, you are physically increasing the number of pixels you can see.

Sounds great, right? Well, when you only have a limited 24 inch display to play with, you are limiting the amount of impact higher resolutions have on the image quality. Obviously, there’s nothing wrong with a higher resolution 24 inch monitor, but for me, anything larger than 1080p is unoptimized for the size.

Below is a handy chart that will outline the most recommended resolution for specific monitor sizes.

Multiple Monitor Setups

The great thing about a smaller display is that – if you have the space to accommodate them – they are very good when it comes to dual monitor setups.

As far as office work is concerned, most people will feel a little frustrated by the lack of screen space a 24 inch monitor provides. However, thanks to their affordable price tag and almost frameless designs, a 24 inch monitor is the perfect choice for a dual setup.

Gaming

When I imagine a monitor for gaming, it goes one of two ways. You either go specialized esports monitor or all-round entertainment monitor. The two are quite different.

If you want the best visuals and highest levels of realism, you’re probably going to want to get a 27″+ display. Having said that, the esports player’s main choice still seems to be a 24 inch 1080p panel.

A smaller panel is better equipped to accommodate higher refresh rates, which in turn, offer much smoother overall gameplay. Furthermore, the smaller screen size allows for higher frame rates, effectively giving you a competitive edge over someone using a more demanding panel.