VPN: UM.VH6AA.003Acer H236HL Bid 23in IPS 5ms 1920x1080 DVI HDMI VGA Zero Frame LED Backlit Monitor
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 Rating: Review Date: 02/06/14 |
Acer H236HL Bid 23in IPS 5ms 1920x1080 DVI HDMI VGA Zero Frame LED Backlit Monitor
Cons:-Stand is a plastic,fake brushed aluminium-Menu buttons are poorly placed-feels cheap (plastic)-Very slight backlight bleed around edges, but acceptable.
Pros:-Sleek look-Glossy (if you like glossy)-Comes with HDMI, DVI, and VGA Cable. (don't use vga)-Minimal Bezel (pro if compared to other monitors, Con if compared to the advertised "Zero Frame" design. It is small but definitely not "zero")-No dead pixels (may vary)-One part of the stand is magnetic, for little things like paperclips-Good viewing angles (as expected)-Images and games are sharp, No ghosting , and despite the 5ms GTG time, feels responsive.-Stand is not wobbly-Headphone audio passthrough |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/03/14 |
Acer H236HL Bid 23in IPS 5ms 1920x1080 DVI HDMI VGA Zero Frame LED Backlit Monitor
Cons:No VESA. I mean, who makes a non-VESA monitor these days?
Pros:Lovely, rich colours, beautiful whites, crisp, clean display Comment:
I absolutely LOVE this thing - it's crisp, clean, with densely-packed pixels and the colours are outstanding. People say that response time is an issue, but I don't notice any problems while gaming, only that the colours are richer and better.I've seen complaints about fuzzy text when lowering the resolution - this is a driver/software issue on Windows and there's a proper setting to fix thisThe ONLY drawback in my mind is that I planned to mount the display on my dual monitor stand, but it's not VESA compatible (no mounting options whatsoever), so I'm going to have to find a workaround. |
I was somewhat sceptical of buying a Monitor from Ncix, due to the absurd fact that they do not replace it, if it has less then 4-6 dead pixels. (don't quote me on the exact number). Luckily mine does not have any dead pixels.I'm not Bashing Ncix because almost all companies do this, but it's just plain absurd to think that a monitor with dead pixels is considered "non-defective". When you're spending hundreds of dollars on a monitor, there should NOT be any chance of dead pixels. That in my opinion is just poor quality control and customer service. I know they have some kind of Zero dead pixel policy, but there shouldn't be any extra cost for the customer to ensure a non-defective product. It should be the standard.Overall though, this monitor is good for the price ($159 plus taxes and $12 recycling fee) I would say 60hz refresh rate is definitely good enough for gaming. And the 5ms gtg time doesn't feel laggy.I am by no means some expert monitor but the brightness/contrast/Colours do look somewhat off out of the box, you probably would want to mess around with the settings for the best settings, which brings me to my next point.The buttons for navigating the menu is poorly placed and can easily lead to shutting off the monitor by accident. They are placed UNDER the monitor with no indication of what button does what. You have to try to line up the text on the monitor with the button, For example. "exit" and you have to trace your fingers down to the button to press exit. And it doesn't seem very well aligned either.There is slight backlight bleed in the corners that can be distracting when watching a completely black scene in a movie, but in everyday use, it's actually not very noticeable.I've only owned the monitor for less than 1 day, so I cannot touch base on the longevity of this monitor, or if it will suddenly fail, ect. But at this point in time I am quite satisfied with it, and would recommend you buying it at it's discounted price. (normally $200, currently $160)This is a pretty long post, but I hope it's helpful to anyone who is contemplating this monitor.