Whereas 24 inch displays were once the preserve of well heeled enthusiasts, cheap 24 inch, 16:9 aspect TN based panels have developed them lower priced and offered to regular consumers. Asus’ VW246h monitor can be another addition to this category, so let’s see how it holds up.

Similar to most budget displays these days, the VW246H comes in two parts, the base and monitor-plus-stand, which push together. The style is actually much like that relating to the Asus VW223B we reviewed last year. Which means (as usual) you find a glossy black bezel, although the display’s back and base are matte, together with the latter sporting a ripple texture surface.

Within a mere 16mm thick, the bezel for the VW246H’s is almost as thin as that of its smaller sibling – except at the bottom where it is actually 25 mm to incorporate the monitor’s controls. Small icons across the controls causing them to become a breeze to recognize while the tiny blue LED on the power button can’t be switched off, it’s very discreet enough to not matter.

Overall, the VW246H is often a functional but largely unimaginative bit of styling that wont offend but won’t excite either. Whether it’s a little panache you’re going after, likes of the Samsung monitor range, as well as BenQ V2400W, will probably be of more interest.

Triple video inputs are essentially par-for-the-course today as well as the VW246H doesn’t disappoint, offering HDMI, DVI and VGA. There is a rudimentary clip in the back of the stand for cable management. Not as much of any given is a 3.5mm stereo output on top of the usual input, permitting you to connect external speakers instead of utilizing the monitor’s ones. Asus also gets points for including both VGA and DVI cables, where some other manufacturers still only supply VGA.

Getting to the OSD, it’s rather tiny and slightly morose, lacking visual flair. Though it feels a touch cramped, it is extremely usable as a result of among the finest layouts we’ve encountered. There aren’t many sub-menus, so nothing is buried, tags are readable and layout logical. Just the slightly awkward directional controls, that happen to be placed both sides from the ‘menu’ button, hinder navigation. Continuing on with the OSD, Asus’ ‘Splendid’ technology is actually merely a couple of presets – albeit very versatile ones – and skin-tone adjustments. The presets, which comprise Scenery, Standard, Theater, Game and Night View modes, are individually configurable, so you might actually lead to using some of them. Certain restrictions do apply, however. In Theater mode, one example is, you cannot adjust brightness, while Standard mode doesn’t let you play around with the sharpness, saturation or dynamic contrast (which Asus calls ASCR) settings. Scenery and Game modes give entry to every adjustment, though.

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