Okay, this one has been a long time coming, since a few months ago for a day in the life, some deal was purchased during a day in the life. But these had some good value to them and well were meant to be used for work but actually now with the shop in my life and also needing to start the second job more, it was a good time to set them up. The video is below:
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The Packaging.
Now this eco-friendly box, (yes it does say this on the box interestingly enough but the is some clear bit of text which makes it clear what this is and well, it also got the decent handle for needing to lift it too.
The front of the box
The side of the box with the serial and things
The other side of the box
The back of the box
A better look at the 3 year warranty.
The time to open the Box:
We open the box up with the slice and also see the cables and that attached. With the lovely range of cables such as
1 x European kettle lead
1 x UK Kettle lead
1 x VGA Cable
1 x Stand
1 x Bag of manuals and warranty documents
1 x Hinge cover (was meant to be on monitor)
The packaging did see some tears and well that is from the fact its been under a desk for a fair 3 months or so.
A Bg of the cable aka the UK kettle lead
The back of the hinge cover
The front of the Hinge cover
The European Kettle Lead
The VGA Cable
Then it was time to see the manual, showing the variations of the model for the monitor.
The vip members club
The safety information
The front of the manual
The insides of the manual, showing how it connects
The last page of the manual
The Monitor itself
Then we look at the Stand and the screen itself. Then it was actually partly sealed, But it was nice to see and it does look alot bigger than I expected as well, but then again this is a 23.6" monitor so I was not expecting.
The monitor in the foam
A dutster look at the monitor
The buttons
The Asus
The HDMI Port and VGA Port
The same ports and the Kettle
The bottom of the stand
The back of the monitor
Then it was the time to see how the stand is, it does look like it can make some nice sturdy base.
The top of the stand
The bottom of the stand
Then we finally get to see how it starts and works and fits together.
Setting up the Monitor.
Well, this should be pretty simple, it was, clip the stand to the monitor, which actually the screwing was the hardest part, But eventually, it was fitted in
more of the bottom stand
When it comes to the cables, it's easier to plug the cables in with the long distance on the back so the cables are not tight by the edge like some monitors have.
The cables in the back of the monitor
The bracket fitted
The monitor after the stand was screwed on
The monitor when ready for Testing.
The Tests
Now when it comes to the tests, this is a 60hz screen so as far as I know it, which was confirmed to me when the first test was underway.
Testing #1: Laptop.
Now this was a simple plug and play and the recommended resolution appears very quickly, so it knows its the correct one, in the end, Now with this, the screen looked nice and clear as crystal, with the sharpness showing and much easier to read the text then a TV, there always has been better clarity with monitors for some reasons. But the response was really nice and the screen could easily tint if I wanted to use the reduction of blue light etc.
No Picture as the laptop booted up
The duplicate display works out of the box aka after plugin
Then Extend works
If I wanted to change the resolution, there was a fair list of options to change it and downscale to even as little as 320 x 240 if needed, so that means there is the choice for people to enjoy, but if the screen feels too small, you can increase the display scale on windows anyway. When playing games on it, it feels responsive and smooth to see as things go.
Test #2: Playstation 4:
Well, one thing is that a 1080p HDMI Monitor means it can easily plus in consoles, and this was no exception. When it booted up to the main menu, it felt and looked amazing. Which really shows how good monitors can be. Especially as it saw the clear text and just more clarity.
The PS Logo
The output on 720p
The lowest resolution
The crispest Resolution
When it comes down to it, games felt easy and responsive to play on but still looking beautiful, plus even though there is no sound the best the is that can be worked around due to the way headsets work with the Dualshock 4 so, that means you can focus when playing.
The menus and settings:
Then once a good thing is that the buttons are easier to press and ASUS make the icons easy to find as well. The menu does make it clear to see what each is, the blue light filter and even the modes such as game mode and even the standard controls.
The brightness
More the menu
Then you see the modes
The source input
Extra mides suc has Game Plus
Conclusion:
Now to be fair, this has a lot of potentials and it can make it sure of the way of being able to be productive or even being able to thrash a few games of fall guys. for FPS I would say its not ideal.
omracer's Rating: 7/10
The Good Points:
a nice big screen
Good Value
HDMI Connection
1080p Resolution
Crisp screen quality
The Bad Points:
The power comsuomotion can be quite high
The resonse times could be better instead of 5ms
No sound or even passthrough to headphones
Well that's most of the reviews done this year until Christmas possibly. But things will be there to catchup soon. Until then...
