I should add. Samsung calls their IPS panels PLS, but it's the same thing. Also, to be fair, the trend is for bigger monitors; I can personally see the need if you write code or edit videos or play games in which immersion is the no 1 # priority. But if you use your computer to browse webpages and peruse word & PP docs, then it looks a bit of a stretch to me, unless you want to multitask and look a couple of docs and webpage at the same time.
In my ripe old age, I am more averse at doing things differently and since i grew up with 14'' VGA monitors, 1080p ones look more than fine to me.
I would say this. If you want to splurge and get the best image quality, you can also look for 4k 27''' monitors. At that size and that resolution, you would need to scale up the objects on your screen, otherwise they will look tiny. Windows 10 is far better at this than the Win 7 I am using and in all likelihood you won't have a problem unless you re using an old unsupported program or something.