I had one TN display that got unpleasantly dim along the edges when viewed a bit off angle. I could never find a position for that monitor where I could go fro

I had one TN display that got unpleasantly dim along the edges when viewed a bit off angle. I could never find a position for that monitor where I could go from sitting straight to slouching without some one of those positions resulting in dim edges. But, aside from that one bad example, if the text is crisp and there a plenty of pixels, then it is probably good enough for programming and text editing. Many programmers also do web design, photograph, games, or other tasks that benefit from a better display though.