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For my office I bought two "gaming" monitors because they were cheaper than the equivalent "professional" monitor. The panels were exactly the same. However my accountant raised it when I put it on expenses it just because it had the word "gaming" in the title.

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Isn't a panel just a (not-so-big) part of quality? I think for professional monitors (Eizo and NEC comes to my mind) there is a lots of electronics that provides consistency and wide-range adjustments.

For a developer, not sure an actual pro grade monitor is a worthwhile investment. The actual non-gaming competition here is something more like the Dell Ultrasharp line.

'Pro-grade' like something desired for people working with image/video? Not really IMO.

On the other hand both Eizo and NEC have usually good entry-level models as well. They won't have all the bells-and-whistles though that you may find elsewhere like FreeSync/G-Sync, 4K etc. resolutions or 144k refresh rates... :/

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