Philips 258B6QJEB

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If you’re interested in this monitor, I’d be inclined to check out the Dell U2515H too. It’s slightly cheaper and is the same size with the same 2560×1440 resolution. It also comes factory calibrated out of the box. I own one and think it’s a very good monitor.

As far as scaling goes, I’ve found Windows 10’s built-in scaling does a very good job and both Chrome & Firefox do a very good job of scaling too. I’ve not found the monitor too small, and now find it difficult to go back to a 1920×1080 resolution one. However, YMMV.

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Are you seriously saying “Smaller and sharper image than a 27in display” is a pro?

a 25″ is smaller than 27″ Really?!*!? and sharper than which 27″ exactly?!? I’m just flummoxed at that.

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Well, 25″ is smaller than 27″, which may be a pro if you have limited desk space and / or want two of them next to each other.

And it will be sharper than *any* 27″ (except 4K monitors, natch); the same number of pixels in less space = higher DPI.

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Agreed along with Dell’s excellent 3 year warranty, build quality and pixel gaurantee it’s a a bit of a no brainer really.

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“However, scaling to the 25% increase required here results in items onscreen looking slightly blurry…”

Regarding the problem with blurry fonts in some programs when using 2560×1440 resolution on a 25″ screen, I found the program below helped a lot in this regard:
http://windows10_dpi_blurry_fix.xpexplorer.com/

It basically forces Windows 8.1’s scaling method, instead of Windows 10’s one which is built to support mobile devices, the latter resulting in the blurry text.

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Only the Dell U2515H has no build in speakers, this 25″ Philips display does! 😉