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...
This was a few months in decision making and i know there are many types of decent PC screens out there and i saw this on a special offer for £82 inc VAT and delivery from a supplier. So i purchased it last friday, before i found out heartfreezing news and when i came home on Monday 9th March it was on my bed waiting for me. The video review for this is below, this has been rush a tiny bit which i do apologise for. But this will cover any of the extras missed. The screen can be from Amazon if you wish it to BE
The packaging
Well the outside is pretty basic in colour, since its just printed on brown cardboard, which is why most monitors have in relations to design, but it does show clear-ish symbols of what is features.
This is probably the most infomation about the monitor you will get on the outside,
The bottom of the box doesn't contain much
The side of the box which has only Acer, fragile logos and the url
The front of the box, i can tell since there are less symbols placed compared to others
The back of the box since it has more symbols to advertise its features.
Getting into the box is simple, slice open the top and the foam covers appear which other parts of the monitor can be picked up then the screen itself can be. There was the usual pieces to get going like:
The monitor itself
The connector to the stand
The stand
A Quick Start Guide
A CD with a digital copy of the manual and how to register it
Warranty and EMEA office leaflets
A HIPRO PSU
A US and UK Cloverleaf Mains cable
A VGA Cable
The Stand
The charger for it
The US Cloverleaf mains cable
The UK Cloverleaf Mains Cable
The Stand Connector
The bag with the manual inside
The peek at some of the booklets
The CD of virtual documents
A warning when handling the screen
A seperate Specification sheet
The warranty notes
But it mentions a 2 Year Limited Warranty
A guide of setting the monitor up
More FCC notes and other important legal information
Then getting the screen out and it felt nice, not too light but not CRT heavy either, which means its got some good quality to it. Sure the connector is DVI-D, VGA and the Power jack, which is a bit week since there is no sound, luckily i have a old DAB radio which does this nicely.
Getting the packaging off
Picking up the screen
The 3 connectors and the slot for the stand connector
Connecting the Screen
This was a simple task, (although i missed a recommendation but i'll get into that soon) which was done nicely, with all the leads needed and connected, i was ready within a few short minutes and could get it booted up :).
OK, i did have to use a flathead screwdriver to make sure the screen was firmly in, which i did nicely
Connecting the VGA cable
TA-DA
Then i managed to get it to turn on, it booted fine, the settings were slightly hard to get to but my fingers are not as clumsy as most others, but the settings were plentiful, with colour effects, DDI, various display profiles using the E and the menu was not intrusive which is a bonus.
I managed to get it to but when looking at it, the screen looked off, which was the fact the Resolution was NOT 1080p but actually 1600x1200 and stretched, which confused me and confounded me, even in Yosemite, it was doing the same thing, which i tried things like checking the disk for drivers and then i thought about the cable. So, using the cable provided, i changed it and it worked fine in 1080p at 60Hz. So it made everything ready to use.
The screen working at 1080p and nice and clean
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Windows telling me what the Max refresh rate is
EDID Working
This is just a glimpse of many of the resolutions i could use
Then it was just one of those nice dreams to have a beast ass PC with a huge display, i felt like that. I watched some YT subscriptions and also set up OBS and it was nice to see it beautifully.
With this in mind:
omracer's Rating: 8/10
The good points:
Good value for money
Very crystal clear quality,
Sturdy packaging
Pretty compatible the almost any PC, can work on Mac's that use DVI-D
Slim GUI interface
The bad points
No drivers on disc
No Speakers
No HDMI
Requires you to replace cabling to ged EDID to work on VGA
Settings on monitor might be hard with big fingers
So this is a quick review which should show you what the monitor is like, if you want it, you can buy it HERE.
