The Dell SE2426H is $89.99 at Amazon, ten dollars below the $99.99 Dell charges on its own store. That makes this one of the cheapest 144Hz panels a desk can currently take.
The deal covers a 23.8-inch 1920 x 1080 IPS panel running at 144Hz. Amazon shows the price as 10 percent off a $99.99 strikethrough, and that anchor holds up, because Dell's own product page lists $99.99 with no instant savings attached.
Amazon is both the seller and the shipper on the listing, and stock was showing as available at the time of writing. At this price the useful question is not what the monitor does, but what it leaves out.
Dell SE2426H specifications
| Specification | Dell SE2426H |
|---|---|
| Panel | 23.8-inch IPS, LED edge-lit |
| Resolution and refresh | 1920 x 1080 up to 144Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms MPRT, 4 ms GtG fast, 8 ms GtG normal |
| Brightness | 300 cd/m² typical |
| Contrast | 1000:1 typical |
| Colour | 72% NTSC minimum, 16.7 million colours |
| Ports | 2 x HDMI (HDCP 1.4) |
| Stand | Tilt only, -5° to +21° |
| Mount | VESA 100 x 100 mm |
| Warranty | 1 year in the US, 3 years elsewhere |
Those numbers come from Dell's datasheet for this exact model code, not from the retail listing. The listing's five feature bullets never mention brightness, contrast or colour coverage at all.
The 1ms claim is an MPRT number
The product title sells a "144Hz 1ms Display". Dell's datasheet is more careful, and lists three figures: 1 ms in MPRT mode, 4 ms grey to grey in fast mode, and 8 ms grey to grey in normal mode.
MPRT and grey to grey measure different things, so the two are not interchangeable. Anyone judging smearing on this panel should plan around the 4 ms figure rather than the 1 ms one.
The panel itself is modest by design. At 300 nits and 1000:1, it is an entry-level IPS, and Dell publishes a 72% NTSC minimum gamut with no sRGB or DCI-P3 percentage at all.
The stand and the ports are where the money went
Dell lists adjustability as tilt, from -5° to +21°, and nothing else. Height adjustment does not exist on this model, and neither does swivel or pivot.
The fix is a 100 x 100 mm VESA arm, helped by a panel that weighs 6.08 pounds on its own. That is an extra purchase, and it eats into the saving fairly quickly.
The port selection is just as narrow. Dell's connectivity line reads two HDMI ports with HDCP 1.4, and 144Hz runs inside the HDMI 1.4 spec on both of them.
There is no DisplayPort and no USB. Dell's datasheet marks audio output as not applicable, and lists no built-in speakers, so sound has to come from the PC or a headset plugged in elsewhere.
Warranty is the other regional quirk. Dell gives US and Canadian buyers one year of Advanced Exchange Service, against three years in the rest of the world.
How it compares with Dell's other 24-inch models
| Model | Price and key differences |
|---|---|
| Dell SE2426H | $89.99 at Amazon. 144Hz, 2 x HDMI 1.4, tilt only |
| Dell SE2426HG | $99.99 at Amazon. 240Hz, adds DisplayPort 1.4 and FreeSync Premium, still tilt only |
| Dell SE2426HGS | $119.99 at Dell. 240Hz, DisplayPort 1.4, height adjustment up to 4.33 in. and swivel |
The step up is unusually cheap here. Ten dollars more buys the 240Hz SE2426HG at $99.99, which adds a DisplayPort 1.4 input and FreeSync Premium on the same 23.8-inch IPS chassis.
Thirty dollars more solves the ergonomics too. Dell sells the SE2426HGS at $119.99 with 240Hz, DisplayPort 1.4 and a stand that raises by up to 4.33 inches.
Larger panels are a different conversation at a different budget. A 27-inch Alienware 280Hz QHD monitor recently fell to $199.99, and the GIGABYTE M27Q2 quantum dot 1440p panel dropped to $159.99, while 4K options such as the KTC H27P6 dual-mode display start higher again.
What the listing does not publish
Several things stay unquantified. Dell names AMD FreeSync but publishes no variable refresh range for this model, gives no sRGB coverage figure, and makes no HDR claim anywhere in the datasheet.
Nor is there any published overdrive, overshoot or input lag data to go with the response time modes. The listing also gives no end date for the 10 percent discount, and Amazon prices move without notice, so the $89.99 figure is only accurate as of September 27, 2026.
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