My monitors usually last me for a long time, right now I'm using a Dell P2715Q 4K that I got 5 years ago and I'm staring at it every day for multiple hours.
It wasn't that expensive but a good monitor is definitely worth the money and is not something you should cheap out on if possible.
> $200 is quite cheap for a 27” monitor. A good non-gaming 1440p 27” costs about $300-400 not on sale.
I think grandparent post meant 1920x1080. Depending on your needs (no adaptive refresh rate, no color accuracy, only one HDMI input and one VGA input, no rotating stand, no vesa mount), you can get a 27" monitor for about USD 100. For most programmers, two 27" 1080p monitors ought to be sufficient.
I'm just amazed I never realized that a 27" 1080p monitor is barely over 80 pixels per inch. I'd imagine that doubles to a respectable 100+ ppi with 1440p monitors but I suspect it isn't worth paying more than twice the price in my context.
I have a single 1080p 13'' monitor (my old MacBook Pro) and that's sufficient for me. I seriously don't understand what people do with that extra space. This is enough to see 3 horizontally split files open on Emacs. And you can double it (6) if you also have vertical split, but then page becomes too small.
1080 27'' sure sounds nice, but why do you think we need two 27'' monitors?
Yeah, I'm sure it's fine. But $200 isn't "pushing it", that's a very entry-level price. An objectively nice monitor is gonna be between $400-$700, usually.
I don't think as programmers we need anything more than a 27' inch 1080p. What am I missing? I don't think it's worth the expense.
On another note, that mustard yellow as the background color is an eyesore.