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If you want to reduce eye strain, you will need a display that has a high resolution. Are you looking for a modern wide-screen or old, 4:3 display? 18&quot; displays will probably not be that common anymore today, and they will be even less common if you are looking for wide-screen.<br />
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Normally I'd recommend an LED display with a resolution of 1920x1080 (Full-HD). That's a good resolution, and the LED backlight makes it bright and good for the environment as it uses less power.
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Tx Rindi - LED display with a resolution of 1920x1080 (Full-HD) sonds very good. I'm based in South Africa - can you recommend a few models to compare please?
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What is your favourite brand / model?
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I don't really care. Samsung, BenQ, Asus, Acer, LG....
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Say, I'm looking for a bottom to middle of the range Desktop monitor 18&quot; and above and confused by all the specifications. Kindly direct me to a concise guide to understanding the specs and choosing &nbsp;a monitor. The most important item is to reduce eye strain. Tx Shaun
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Say, I'm looking for a bottom to middle of the range Desktop monitor 18" and above and confused by all the specifications. Kindly direct me to a concise guide to understanding the specs and choosing  a monitor. The most important item is to reduce eye strain. Tx Shaun

Assistance choosing a Desktop monitor

A monitor or a display is an electronic visual display for computers, usually comprised of the display device, circuitry, casing, and power supply. The display device in modern monitors is typically a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) thin panel, while older monitors used a cathode ray tube (CRT) about as deep as the screen size. They are connected to the computer via VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, LVDS or other proprietary connectors and signals.