5 questions. One specific recommendation. Derek is done watching people spend $600 on the wrong monitor because they read a top-10 list.
"I have three monitors. Two of them are the right choice. The third one is on a temp stand I've been meaning to deal with for eight months. Let me save you from that." — Derek
Question 1 of 5
What do you spend most of your time doing at this monitor?
"Don't say 'everything.' Nobody does everything equally. What do you do when you're deep in work?" — Derek
Question 2 of 5
What's your honest budget for this monitor?
"The right answer is the one you won't regret in six months. Don't undercut yourself on something you stare at for 8 hours a day." — Derek
Question 3 of 5
How much desk space can the monitor actually use?
"This is where people lie to themselves. Measure your desk. Not the theoretical desk. The actual desk with the lamp, the notebook, and the cable situation." — Derek
Question 4 of 5
What matters more to you — image sharpness or motion smoothness?
"Creatives almost always want sharpness. Gamers almost always want smoothness. Everyone else gets confused by specs. I'm going to ask you a simpler version of this question." — Derek
Question 5 of 5
What are you connecting this to?
"This matters more than people think. Some monitors talk to Macs like old friends. Others require an adapter, a firmware update, and a conversation with customer support." — Derek
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