India, July 16 -- I didn't plan on falling for a monitor. My desk setup had been the same laptop-on-a-stand arrangement for over a year, the kind you build during a rough patch and then just... stop thinking about. But after one too many days squinting at a 14-inch screen while trying to compare spec sheets side by side, I finally gave in and put the Lenovo L24D-4C on my desk for three weeks. This review is what came out of that.

The Lenovo L24D-4C doesn't try to impress you the moment you unbox it, and that's sort of the point. It comes in a Cloud Grey finish, slim bezels, a base that doesn't hog desk space, and a stand that snaps together in about two minutes without a screwdriver hunt. My desk in Delhi isn't large, and I've had monito...