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Sunday, 15 January 2012

The Well Recognized Asus Vw246h review - Is it everything it's trapped to be?

By Thomas Evans


Whereas 24 inch displays were at one time a preserve of well heeled enthusiasts, cheap 24in, 16:9 aspect TN based panels have developed them less expensive and offered to regular consumers. Asus' VW246h monitor is yet another addition to this category, why don't we observe how it holds up.

Similar to most budget displays these days, the VW246H will come in two parts, the base and monitor-plus-stand, which press together. The design is essentially the same as that regarding the Asus VW223B we reviewed not too long ago. Because of this (as always) you discover a glossy black bezel, the display's back and base are matte, with all the latter sporting a ripple texture surface.

Within a mere 16mm thick, the bezel for the VW246H's is nearly as thin as that from its smaller sibling - except towards the bottom where it is actually 25mm to incorporate the monitor's controls. Small icons over the controls make sure they are very easy to uncover and even while the tiny blue LED within the power button can not be turned off, it's unobtrusive enough not to ever matter.

Overall, the VW246H is often a functional but largely unimaginative section of styling that will not offend but won't excite either. Should it be a tiny panache you're going after, likes on the Samsung monitor range, or maybe the BenQ V2400W, will probably be more interest.

Triple video inputs are just about par-for-the-course these days and also the VW246H doesn't disappoint, offering HDMI, DVI and VGA. You will find there's rudimentary clip at the rear of the stand for cable management. Not as much of a given is often a 3.5mm stereo output along with the usual input, allowing you to hook up external speakers instead of making use of the monitor's ones. Asus also gets points for including both VGA and DVI cables, where a few other manufacturers still only supply VGA.

Getting onto the OSD, it's rather tiny and slightly morose, lacking video or graphic flair. Even though it feels a touch cramped, it's very usable thanks to among the finest layouts we've encountered. There aren't many sub-menus, so there is nothing buried, tags are readable and layout logical. Precisely the slightly awkward directional controls, which have been placed both sides of the 'menu' button, hinder navigation.

Continuing up with the OSD, Asus' 'Splendid' technology it's essentially just a couple of presets - albeit very flexible ones - and skin-tone adjustments. All the presets, which comprise Scenery, Standard, Theater, Game and Night View modes, are individually configurable, this means you may actually lead to using some of them. Certain restrictions do apply, however. In Theater mode, for instance, you simply can't adjust brightness, while Standard mode doesn't permit you to mess with the sharpness, saturation or dynamic contrast (which Asus calls ASCR) settings. Scenery and Game modes give a chance to access every adjustment, though.




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