Buying an LCD industrial monitor is a major investment and before purchasing, you should make a list of your requirements as well as the manufacturers with the best reputations.

Another factor you need to consider is the type of LCD monitor you want-touch-screen or LCD flat displays. The major players in the market include Samsung, Dell, Sony, and Viewsonic.

Samsung offers the Samsung Sync Master series of industrial monitors based on the TFT active- matrix display technology. The monitors come in diagonal sizes of 19-46 inches, 17-18 inches, or 15 inches. The viewable size ranges from 19 to 46 inches, 17-18 inches, and 15-16 inches. You can choose from 124 different models, in vibrant colors, clear picture details and large viewing angles. These LCD monitors have extraordinarily quick contrast/ brightness settings.

Dell offers 14 models of LCD monitors ranging from 17-24 inches, 17 inches and 15-16 inches. The viewable size ranges from 19-24 inches, 17-18 inches, and 15-16 inches. Based on the TFT active matrix display they have resolutions ranging from 1600x1200 and 1280x1024.

Sony offers 74 LCD monitor types. This company offers 20 varieties with the diagonal size of 19-42 inches, 21 types at 17-18 inches, and 22 types in the range of 15-16 inches. You can choose from 24 models offering viewable size of 19-42 inches, 21models of 17-18 inches and 15 models of 15-16 inches size

Apart from the range of choice, these LCD monitors are easy on the eyes and don't have problems such as harmful glare that can cause eyestrain.

Viewsonic offers a wide range of both CRT and LCD monitors with 116 variants of the LCD monitor. Their diagonal size ranges from 18-36 inches, 17-18 inches, and 14-15 inches. Their viewable size ranges from 18-23 inches, 17-18 inches and 13-16 inches.