Sunday, January 8, 2012

The Well-known Asus Vw246h review - Can it be all that it's caught up 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.

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 bit of styling that will not offend but won't excite either. Whether it's a little panache you're after the, likes on the Samsung monitor range, or perhaps the 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 on the OSD, it's rather small and slightly morose, lacking video or graphic flair. Eventhough it feels a touch cramped, it is extremely usable thanks to the most effective layouts we've discovered. There are few sub-menus, so there is nothing buried, tags are informative and layout logical. Precisely the slightly awkward directional controls, that happen to be placed either side from the 'menu' button, hinder navigation.

Continuing on with the OSD, Asus' 'Splendid' technology is basically merely a handful of presets - albeit very adaptable ones - and skin-tone adjustments. All the presets, which comprise Scenery, Standard, Theater, Game and Night View modes, are individually configurable, which means you may actually result in using some of them. Certain limitations do apply, however. In Theater mode, such as, you 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 access to every adjustment, though.




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