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Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Well-known Asus Vw246h review - Is it all that it's trapped to be?

By Jack Tradesz


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

Similar to most budget displays nowadays, the VW246H comes in two parts, the base and monitor-plus-stand, which simply click together. The style is largely similar to that of the Asus VW223B we reviewed last year. Which means that (as usual) you have a glossy black bezel, though the display's back and base are matte, with all the latter sporting a ripple-texture surface.

Within a mere 16mm thick, the bezel around the VW246H's is nearly as thin as that of its smaller sibling - except at the end where it is 25mm to incorporate the monitor's controls. Small icons over the controls causing them to become quite simple to uncover and even while the tiny blue LED on the power button cannot be switched off, it's very discreet enough to not matter.

Overall, the VW246H is often a functional but largely unimaginative piece of styling that will not offend but won't excite either. Whether or not it's a tiny little panache you're after the, likes of the Samsung monitor range, or perhaps the BenQ V2400W, is going to be more interest.

Triple video inputs are just about par-for-the-course these days as well as the VW246H doesn't disappoint, offering HDMI, DVI and VGA. There is a rudimentary clip at the back of the stand for cable management. Not as much of a given is usually a 3.5mm stereo output along with the usual input, assisting 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 visual flair. Although it feels a little cramped, it's very usable because of possibly the best layouts we've encountered. There aren't many sub-menus, so there's nothing buried, tags are informative and layout logical. Precisely the slightly awkward directional controls, which are placed each side from the 'menu' button, hinder navigation.

Continuing up with the OSD, Asus' 'Splendid' technology is essentially just a bunch of presets - albeit very versatile ones - and skin-tone adjustments. All the presets, which comprise Scenery, Standard, Theater, Game and Night View modes, are individually configurable, therefore you might actually result in using some of them. Certain disadvantages do apply, however. In Theater mode, such as, you simply can't adjust brightness, while Standard mode does not let you play around with the sharpness, saturation or dynamic contrast (which Asus calls ASCR) settings. Scenery and Game modes give access to every adjustment, though.




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