It's getting really hard to find a solid, reputable brand of screen manufacturers that don't pull this kind of crap. I swore off Samsung screens after their popup ads in phones and TVs. LG was my next choice but this is deterring me even further.

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rlam2x51 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

What about DELL? The Dell UltraSharp lineup seems to be pretty solid. I am planning to get one once my LG Monitor dies.

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valicord 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Dell does the exact same thinghttps://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000325948/alienware...

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TechPlasma 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I really appreciate that the Dell monitors don't have the stupid proprietary charging bricks. And fairly decent features.

	▲	inigyou 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Are they really proprietary or just not what you want? Most of these bricks just output a fixed voltage in a barrel jack.
	▲	theandrewbailey 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I thought monitors lost those over 15 years ago, but a few years ago I got a Samsung gaming monitor that happened to come with a brick. Ugh.

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theandrewbailey 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I work at an e-waste recycling company. We get Dell monitors all the time. Their basic office monitors seem fine (~24" 1080p), but all our clients are too cheap to go for the more expensive models.

	▲	IshKebab 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		That's because Dell monitors are extremely popular with businesses.

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onel a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm a happy dell monitor user as well

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vitally3643 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Have to say, I've never been disappointed by a Dell monitor.

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isaachinman 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Dell ultrawide is the way to go!

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dabbz 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Honestly I was more thinking about TVs than monitors but I often forget Dell makes good monitors.

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ChrisRR 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

At what points do ads just stop being effective? We're so saturated with them in every part of our life that I wonder when we just stop noticing the contents

	▲	coatmatter 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		It depends on the type of ad and way they're being delivered. Advertisers do in fact highly value events like the Superbowl, Tour de France, Olympics and FIFA World Cup. Instagram influencers and podcast bros still focus a lot of time and energy on shilling products and supplements in an "honest" way to their uncritical audiences. Meanwhile, junk food, tobacco, alcohol and gambling corporations are always willing to fight tooth and nail to block attempts at advertising restriction and bans. Advertising in the long haul will always work, especially if it manages to stand out in noisy but bland environments. As for the ones that we deem to be the most useless ads, perhaps they still serve an Overton Window purpose in maintaining a level of chaos and confusion along with keeping a marketing manager occupied with busywork (or ad fraud) until they have a real campaign to impress their boss with. The fact that I still semi-regularly encounter "tech literate" people who refuse or are slow to learn to use uBlock Origin (or similar) says a lot about how accepting many people actually are when it comes to noise.

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zuhsetaqi 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

What about BenQ?

	▲	microflash 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		BenQ is great. Been using a DesignVue for years. It is boring and just works. Doesn’t require any specialized drivers either.
	▲	dafelst 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I am very happy with my BenQ monitors, they are great value and high quality.