ViewSonic myPodium ID2456-4K 24"

A 4K touchscreen with a stylus puts this in the 99th percentile for features, but a 14ms response time drags performance down to the 2nd percentile. It's incredibly sharp at 184 PPI, but the 250-nit brightness is dim for bright rooms. Only buy this if you absolutely need to draw and annotate directly on the screen.

Let's be blunt: this panel is slow. The 14ms GtG response time is a throwback, and it's the main reason the performance score is scraping the bottom of our database. You'll see noticeable ghosting with any fast motion, so don't even think about gaming or video editing here. The 60Hz refresh rate is standard for office work but feels limiting when you're paying this much for a monitor. On the plus side, the 4K resolution on a 24-inch canvas is incredibly sharp. Text looks fantastic, and detailed diagrams are easy to read. The IPS panel gives you solid 178-degree viewing angles, so content stays clear from the sides, which is great for a few people huddled around a whiteboarding session.

The color story is middle of the road. It covers 1.07 billion colors via 8-bit+FRC, which puts it in the 62nd percentile for color performance. That's fine for presentations and document work, but creative pros will want something more accurate. The 1300:1 static contrast ratio is decent for an IPS panel, but the 250-nit brightness is a real limitation. In a bright conference room, you'll be cranking it to max and wishing for more.

Stacked against the competition, the myPodium is playing a completely different game. The LG UltraGear 45GX950A-B and ASUS ROG Strix XG27AQDPG are high-refresh gaming monsters that will run circles around this ViewSonic in response time and brightness. The Samsung Odyssey G60SD and Gigabyte MO27U2 are OLEDs with infinite contrast and stunning HDR. But none of them have a touchscreen or stylus input. If interactivity is your absolute priority, those monitors are non-starters. The trade-off is stark: you get a best-in-class feature set for collaboration at the cost of bottom-tier motion performance. For a pure desktop display, any of those competitors would be a better daily driver.

Pricing is all over the place for this one, with a spread of $569 across vendors from $849 to $1418. At the low end, you're paying a premium for the touch and stylus features that you simply won't find on most monitors. At the high end, it's a tough sell. For the same money, you could grab a fast OLED like the MSI MAG 271QPX and have cash left over for a separate drawing tablet. If you need this exact tool for a classroom or training room, shop around and don't pay a cent over that $849 mark. The value proposition falls apart quickly above that.

The ViewSonic myPodium ID2456-4K is a weird one. It lands in the 99th percentile for features thanks to its 4K touchscreen and included stylus, but its performance score is down in the 2nd percentile, which is about as low as we ever see. So you're getting a highly interactive panel that's frankly sluggish by modern standards. The 24-inch size and 4K resolution give you a super sharp 184 PPI, making text and fine lines look crisp, but the 14ms response time and 60Hz refresh rate mean this isn't built for anything beyond static content.

It's clearly aimed at classrooms and boardrooms, not desks. The 10-point touch and MPP2.0 stylus support are the whole show here, letting you annotate directly on screen. But with a brightness of just 250 nits and HDR10 support that's more of a checkbox than a real feature, it struggles in well-lit rooms. The built-in stand and speakers add to the all-in-one appeal, but at 4.4kg, it's not exactly light for a 24-inch display.

Skip this if you don't need a touchscreen. The performance is a real weak spot, sitting in the 2nd percentile, so anyone doing photo editing, video work, or even just a lot of fast scrolling will be frustrated by the 14ms response time. If you're a creative pro, the color accuracy is only middle of the pack, and the 250-nit brightness will feel limiting. You're paying a huge premium for touch and stylus input, so if those aren't part of your daily workflow, a standard 4K monitor will give you a much better panel for less money.

The ViewSonic myPodium ID2456-4K is a specialized tool that nails its niche. If you're outfitting a classroom or training room where annotating on screen is a daily need, the 4K touchscreen and included stylus make it a compelling choice, provided you can find it near the $849 mark. For anyone else, the sluggish 14ms response time and dim 250-nit panel are dealbreakers. This isn't a monitor for your desk. It's a digital whiteboard that happens to look like a monitor.