Asus VS238H-P 23-Inch Full-HD LED Monitor
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- Slim Form Factor – Brand new Slim and Elegant design; Built-in Power Adapter; VESA Mountable
- Corporate Stable Model ensuring 1 year stable supply and advanced swap
- EPEAT Gold Certified
- Versatile viewing positions with Smart View Technology
- Excellent Visual – LED Backlit with 50,000,000:1 ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio; Full 1080P with HDMI
ASUS VS238H-P – 23″ 1920×1080 Full HD – Slim Form Factor with Built-in Power Adapter – Corporate Stable Model and EPEAT Gold Certified – LED Backlight with 50,000,000:1 ASCR
Asus Monitor
Asus VS238H-P 23-Inch Full-HD LED Monitor
List Price: $ 174.00
Price:
Good monitor,
I ordered two of these and a dual monitor stand. After much research I had a few hesitations about ordering these as they are the same hardware it appears as the VS238H which as a lot of reviews here and on new egg.
So to address the complaints I saw in 1% of the reviews.
First complaint I saw was the stands. I can see how the stands could leave a little to be desired but these things are so light and thin a more substantial base would look out of place. I personally wouldn’t let this take away from the monitor. Since I am not using the included stands that is where I will leave this.
The second issue I had seen people complain about was the uneven back light. If you look for it in darker modes under motion you can see it a little. Still nothing I would choose not to buy it over, and maybe they refined it in the VS238H-P from the VS238H.
The third issue I had seen on other reviews was color, like most LCD’s its not true to life, but with some effort on the adjustment it looks great.
The back light at 100% is too bright for my taste, so turning it down to about 50% is where I like it.
Motion is smooth, fonts are crisp. I’m using a modified graphics driver that allows me to set the resolution over VGA to full 1080p I had seen some people complain that it wasn’t as crisp using VGA but I think that is a driver/video card issue (or user error) more than a monitor issue. At 23 inch 1080p is the perfect size the fonts a good size, my laptop has 1050 vertical resolution on a 15 inch and it can make things too small. I wouldn’t go any bigger without going to a higher resolution which is hard to find. However use DVI if at all possible and if using dual monitors make sure to use two DVI not a VGA and DVI.
The backs are a carbon fiber style texture which look good (I could see it collecting dust though). The front bezel is piano black (glossy) I will never understand this trend, but in my set up I have no light behind we to deal with.
For the price these can’t be beat, if you are a high end graphics designer or photo editor you should look at a higher price point. Programmers, CAD, data entry, web browsing, gaming, and just about ever other use these are perfectly fine. I do not have any stuck or dead pixels that I have noticed.
I’m not sure you could improve this monitor without greatly increasing the cost.
***UPDATE***
If you are having issues with the font try different view modes the Scenery modes don’t do fonts justice.
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|Great monitors for the price!,
I’m using 3 of these for a computer I recently built… AMD’s Eyefinity looks great in games, and when you’re not gaming, there’s TONS of desktop space to spread things out! There’s better monitors out there, but these are a great option for the price! I have no complaints, and I’m kinda picky.
Highly recommended!
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|Decent monitor but quality issues – go for the 24-inch model,
I had two of these shipped from Amazon and both had considerable localized backlight bleed in the lower left-hand corner. In addition, the colors out of the box were absolutely terrible. I had to spend about 2 hours between nVidia settings and my monitor settings to get it even close to acceptable. Despite the backlight bleed, it’s a nice-looking display when you get the settings right. Returned, upgraded to the VS248H-P (ordered from Newegg.com…Amazon currently only has that model available from third party retailers and I had a bad experience when I bought my TV through such). I’d highly recommend shelling out the extra 20 dollars as the colors were perfect right out of the box. I only had to dim the brightness and up the contrast and I was good to go. The backlight bleed, although not entirely absent, is considerably less distracting as well.
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