Custom Search

Monday, January 16, 2012

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

By Thomas Evans


Whereas twenty four inch displays were once the preserve of well heeled enthusiasts, cheap 24 inch, 16:9 aspect TN based panels have made them less expensive and offered to regular consumers. Asus' VW246h monitor is the one other addition for this category, how about we see how it stands up.

Like most budget displays lately, the VW246H will come in two parts, the bottom and monitor-plus-stand, which simply click together. The style is actually the same as that regarding the Asus VW223B we reviewed not too long ago. Which means (as always) you have a glossy black bezel, although the display's back and base are matte, with all the latter sporting a ripple-texture surface.

Within a mere 16 mm thick, the bezel around the VW246H's is practically as thin as that from its smaller sibling - except at the bottom where it is 25 mm to add in the monitor's controls. Small icons across the controls make them super easy to discover and while the tiny blue LED within the power button cannot be switched off, it's unobtrusive enough to not matter.

Overall, the VW246H is a functional but largely unimaginative piece of styling that wont offend but won't excite either. Should it be a little panache you're going after, likes of the Samsung monitor range, as well as BenQ V2400W, is going to be of more interest.

Triple video inputs are pretty much par-for-the-course as of late and the VW246H doesn't disappoint, offering HDMI, DVI and VGA. There's a rudimentary clip behind the stand for cable management. Much less of any given is often a 3.5mm stereo output in addition to the usual input, enabling you to attach external speakers as opposed to making use of the monitor's ones. Asus also gets points for including both VGA and DVI cables, where several 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.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment

Under Construction

Web Pages Under Construction..
Thanks for Visiting

Blog Archive

Supreme Destiny

Supreme Destiny

Cabal

Cabal

02 Jam

02 Jam

Ran Online

Ran Online

Grand Chase

Grand Chase

Need for SPEED Undercover