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Customer Reviews for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
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Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Model: VE249H
SKU: 1861081
UPC: 610839357024
This LCD-LED HD monitor features a 1000:1 contrast ratio and up to 250 cd/m² brightness for stunning movies, games and graphics.
Average Customer Rating:
4.8
out of 5
(16 Reviews) 16
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94% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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Customer Reviews for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Review 1 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Great monitor for price and performance
Customer Rating
5.0
What's great about it: Price and image
What's not so great: Speakers
This monitor is used mainly for web surfing, video review, and home office work. The image is fine, no complaints, but I wish the brightness could be adjusted down more. The sound is weak for listening to music - not enough volume or sonic richness, but OK for listening to news. I did not expect too much from the monitor speakers when I made the purchase.
This product has... Attractive design, Easy to setup, Poor quality speakers, HDMI connection
About me... Budget Conscious, Parent with kids, Dual monitors user
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 2 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Excellent monitor at an great price!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Features
4.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
5.0
What's great about it: Brightness, image quality, low response time
What's not so great: I want everything else included for free!
I got this as a Christmas present and I have been very pleased. Image quality, brightness are very good. Such a wonderful addition to my Mac Mini! Previous monitor was an HP with a stuck pixel that annoyed me but I do miss it's height adjustable stand. Features got a "4" rating because I would really prefer that it had a Display Port connector and a USB hub built in. But I picked this up for $129.00 on a store closeout so I'm not complaining!
This product has... Attractive design, Easy to setup, HDMI connection
About me... Budget Conscious, Technology guru/developer, Dual monitors user
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 3 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Works Great for gaming
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Features
5.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
5.0
Works Great for MMO's, Blue Ray DVDs and everyday tasks, no complaints here.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 4 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Great Monitor
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Features
5.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
5.0
What's great about it: Picture Quality
What's not so great: Waiting to see if anything
I have used ASUS products building computers for over 10 years... I find ASUS to be a dependable company. The monitor is LED, low power consumption, picture quality great and VGA, DVI and HDMI imputs. I use it as a HDMI monitor. So far only had the monitor less than 6 months.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 5 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Big screen
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Features
4.0
Image Quality
4.0
Design
4.0
What's great about it: size
What's not so great: longer than wider
I increased in size on my monitor and i love it. Color and features are great. If you have a hard time reading on you monitor you might take a look at this. No regrets
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 6 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Review 7 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Great monitor for great price
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Features
3.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
4.0
What's great about it: great resolutioin
What's not so great: no problems
This monitor has excellent resoulution and arrived with no dead pixels. We are using it for CAD not gaming and have no complaints.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 8 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Fantastic 24" LED LCD gaming monitor
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Features
5.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
4.0
What's great about it: Great color/brightness (ONCE CONFIGURED), only ~8ms input delay
What's not so great: Out of the box colors have to be heavily changed, unintuitive menu interface, lack of component input
This review covers my experiences with the ASUS VE249H LED LCD monitor. But first, a bit about input delay/lag and why it's important when looking at gaming monitors. I purchased this monitor for gaming. Fighting games (SSF4:AE, MVC3) and first person shooters mainly. Those who know, know that LCD response time has nothing to do with input delay lag. Input delay lag is caused by internal image processing by the display device and is typically gets worse as the monitor/TV gets bigger. Certain genre of games, fighting games especially, suffer when a player performs an action and it is not immediately displayed on the monitor. The problem is input lag is never, ever advertised by manufacturers. Most LCD based TVs and monitors have a large amount of input lag, 50-100ms or so, and finding a quality monitor with very low input delay can be important.
In the gaming world one particular monitor is highly sought after, The ASUS VH236H. I picked this monitor up instead of an ASUS VH236H (the "EVO monitor") for a couple of reasons. This monitor is 1" bigger, uses LED to light the screen conserving power and is also a much newer model. I have nothing against the 236, it's a fantastic monitor that has been a workhorse of the gaming community for years. But that's just it, the 236 is a design going on 3 years and I felt like to could look into a newer model for my money.
My tests have shown the VE249H has about ~8ms total of input delay, aka about 1/2 a frame. This is really exactly what I was looking for to meet my gaming needs. (This test was performed against a CRT monitor on a desktop video card with 2 VGA ports while the display was in clone mode and running a timer application. The test was performed using a Canon T1i camera set on ISO3200. 60 samples were taken and the millisecond difference that did display were averages of the number of samples. Pretty standard stuff)
Beyond the great performance noted above a bit more about the picture. The picture quality of the monitor is excellent, once configured properly. Out of the box the "Gaming" picture quality was much too bright and washed out. I realize why this is, first person gamers don't like to get shot by people in dark corners they can't see, but it really looked quite horrible. After changing up the display colors/contrast/saturation a bit the picture is quite nice for the $190 paid.
Also the menu interface, as it is on just about every ASUS I've ever used, is pretty horrible and unintuitive. Over time I have learned it and gotten used to it, but there really is a lot of room for improvement. If you are a technically minded person then you won't have much issue I don't think.
A couple of small points. The monitor has an HDMI, DVI and VGA interface. Also a audio in and an audio out. DVI is on it's way out so I would have really like to have seen perhaps a component input or even DisplayPort used instead but that's pretty minor. The internal speaker, like on most ASUS monitors, is very poor and tinny (I use external speakers from the audio out so it's a non-issue for me).
In conclusion this monitor is exactly what I was looking for, an LED LCD with good image quality and extremely low input delay for gaming for just under $200. (Retail for the unit at this time is $250, BBY had it on sale for $190 as of this writing)
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 9 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
great monitor
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Features
5.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
4.0
What's great about it: easy to set up, bright and crisp colors
What's not so great: it doesn't bake cupcakes
i recently purchased a desktop that will be used primarily for gaming and light video editing and so far it has been fantastic. after some slight tweaking the picture is bright and crisp. starcraft ii and dungeon siege iii looked great on the monitor and showed no signs of ghosting or anything of the sort. the built-in speakers are ok and they will get the job done if you don't have separate speakers. overall i am very happy with purchase and am tempted to go back and would not hesitate recommending this monitor to others.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 10 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Very Bright Clear Monitor
Customer Rating
4.0
What's great about it: Picture quality sharp and bright
What's not so great: preset modes
First thing first. This monitor is actually a LED/LCD monitor even though it is not listed as one on Best Buys site. Very bright picture. Took me awhile to get used to it since I was replacing a 23" Samsung TV that I used my Wii and 360 on. Picture was way sharper and like I said brighter. Supports 1080P and works with my mac mini and xbox 360 perfectly. Can not use the Wii with it because there is no component or composite input does not matter though cause I RARELY used the Wii anymore anyways. Only down side are the preset modes for gaming the monitor has. Gamesl look too cartoonish on the game mode setting. They look great on the standard setting though. Highly recommend this monitor
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 11 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
One word: WOW!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Features
5.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
4.0
What's great about it: Great color, contrast and clarity!
What's not so great: Takes some tweeking and menu control is quirky.
I bought one of these to replace a 5 year old Viewsonic. I have always been a Viewsonic fan, but I spent a bit of time reading and compairing features, reviews and prices. After quite a bit of reading I decided, for the price, I'd give the Asus a try. I am glad I did.
For the price this thing is awesome. Yes, out of the box the color looks absolutly HORRIBLE. But, as others have said, take a few minuts to adjust the picture and color and it looks awesome. Everything, the net, games, BluRays, youtube all looks very good. Colors really pop and the picture is crisp. I did not notice any ghosting or backlight bleed as others have stated.
For its size and quality, at the price, this cant be beat. I am contimplating getting another and getting a dual monitor stand and running a side by side set up!
Top notch "on the cheap".
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 12 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Entry level at best
Customer Rating
2.0
Value for Price
3.0
Features
4.0
Image Quality
1.0
Design
3.0
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What's great about it: Clear screen, solid construction.
What's not so great: Edge bleeding, color and backlight uniformity
I just exchanged a Samsung 22" LED monitor for this one (wrote a review for that as well). I have similar dissatisfaction for this monitor.
The bad:
The left and right edges bleed backlight so a solid black background is gray on the edges of the screen. Also, the light is far from uniform across the panel. The middle top is much darker than the rest of the panel. Also, moving my head up or down a couple inches drastically changes the contrast of the screen. I noticed it most when shifting positions in my chair. I'm going to take it back and exchange it for something else, hopefully with better results. I replaced a 3 year old Gateway LCD that didn't have any of these problems. I attached a picture as an example of the dark area at the top. No flask was used and it was taken from
The bad:
The left and right edges bleed backlight so a solid black background is gray on the edges of the screen. Also, the light is far from uniform across the panel. The middle top is much darker than the rest of the panel. Also, moving my head up or down a couple inches drastically changes the contrast of the screen. I noticed it most when shifting positions in my chair. I'm going to take it back and exchange it for something else, hopefully with better results. I replaced a 3 year old Gateway LCD that didn't have any of these problems. I attached a picture as an example of the dark area at the top. No flask was used and it was taken from
The good:
Aside from the image quality, the monitor is solid. Good, clean construction. The monitor tilts both back and forward a long way which makes for perfect positioning in any situation. The menu system is alright but could be improved.
Aside from the image quality, the monitor is solid. Good, clean construction. The monitor tilts both back and forward a long way which makes for perfect positioning in any situation. The menu system is alright but could be improved.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 13 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Incredible Monitor. Color & Resolution, Incredible
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Features
5.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
5.0
What's great about it: Color, relolution, clarity, features, full 1080p.
What's not so great: Nothing
This is an incredible monitor. I had to replace a failing Gateway 1920x1200 LCD monitor that I've had for nearly four years. The color, resolution, sharpness, and clarity are incredible. I bought two of them for my home office and have them set up side by side. Please note: the info and specs for this monitor on this Best Buy website are wrong. This model is a LED monitor with full 1080p HD. It carries a three year manufacturer's warranty, not one. If you want to view the correct full specs on this one, go to the ASUS website. Below is a link to the it. This is a great buy!
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=iFBweZIATjdwNHbJ
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 14 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Nice!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Features
5.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
5.0
What's great about it: Great picture quality
What's not so great: Not enough room on my desk to have three
Bought 1, went back later that day and bought another, enough said.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+5points
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Review 15 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Best monitor you can buy, Period.
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Features
5.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
5.0
What's great about it: Great Image quality and stunning color reproduction.
What's not so great: its a little bit expensive.
In short it just works. no calibration need. the color reproduction is stunning.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+5points
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Review 16 for Asus 24" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD-LED Monitor - Black
Great All around
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Features
5.0
Image Quality
5.0
Design
5.0
What's great about it: Easy setup, Great picture, Awesome features
What's not so great: Haven't found anything yet
All my research showed that this monitor is the new 2011 model and rolled off the assembly line in February. I purchased it 03/09/11 at roughly the same price all the 2010 models are still being sold at other online stores. This monitor is everything it is cracked up to be. Easy setup (5 minutes), amazing picture, great features and the built in speakers are actually not that bad. I have a custom built computer with all the bells and whistles and this monitor just brings it all together. I was already sold and happy with my purchase and decided to see how it responded to a fast pace action packed movie on Blu-Ray. And no surprise it DID NOT disappoint. Everything was fluid and crisp. No ghosting and awesome colors. I plan on trying it out with either the XBOX or PS3 tonight, but I have no worries on how it will perform. If you are in the market for a decently priced but high performing monitor... LOOK NO FURTHER!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
+11points
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