What a R5,000 Ceiling Actually Buys You

This bracket is not short of options, and that is the problem. Below R5,000 a display can lead on resolution, on refresh rate, or on panel quality, but rarely on more than one of the three. Deciding which of those you care about first is most of the work.

The pages below cover how that trade plays out at 24, 27 and 32 inches, which specifications quietly vanish at this price, and how to tell a genuinely good budget panel from one that only reads well on a spec sheet.