ASUS 21.5 inch Ultra Slim Gaming Computer Monitor - Full HD 1920x1080, 1ms Response Time, Built-in Speakers, HDMI Port, VGA Port - VP228HE

Good for the money

I bought a similarly priced/similarl spec asus monitor back in 2013 ($90, 1080p, 1ms response). I accidentally broke the screen, so i needed to replace it. I mistakenly believed, that this monitor would be aproximately the same.... BOY WAS I WRONG!!! where can i start? how about the only good thing: LATENCY: This is literally, the only thing i look for when buying a gaming monitor... thats why i bought the 2013 ASUS, and thats why i bought this one. this thing is fast and responsive, and it feels good playing on it. same deal as the 2013. Manufacturers never actually specify input latency, but you can usually deduce it from the pixel response time and the refresh rate. This monitor has a very respectable 1 ms/75 hz... and as expected, there is no perceptible input lag, even when playing fast action games from the 80s and 90s on FPGA hardware. --- Thats it for the good news... read on for the abysmal everything else: VIEWING ANGLE: so, the viewing angle is bad from left to right... but its SO BAD from top to bottom, that its impossible to position my head properly so that i can see an even picture from top to bottom. Its absolutely pathetic. It would suck trying to play local multiplayer on this junk. Ive never seen a worse viewing angle on any display, ever... maybe an original Gameboy, or something like that is worse. Im not exaggerating at all. By comparison, my 2013 asus had a viewing angle over 170 degrees. BRIGHTNESS: well... i mean... its fairly bright if you are looking right at it, but it just looks washed out. Again, im comparing it to my 2013 model which was EXTREMELY bright. COLOR: the colors are nowhere near accurate, but only an idiot would buy a $100 and expect an accurate color reproduction. to compare it to my 2013 asus, the colors on that panel were overly bright and saturated, but it looked great for gaming... the colors on this panel are washed out and lack contrast. It just looks awful. AUDIO: it has speakers, but they are, again, complete garbage... this is normal (and at least it has speakers)... but there is no way to connect external speakers or headphones if you are using HDMI. What the....? Oh, and get this... there are no volume controls... you have to use the awkward button interface to navigate to a THIRD LEVEL MENU TO ADJUST THE VOLUME!!!! What the...? Ive never seen anything like it in my life. CONNECTIONS: There are 3 connections hdmi, vga + audio in. I havent used the VGA yet, but i will check it out in a day or two. Im not even gonna bother with the audio in. if you are using VGA, plug your audio into literally ANYTHING else, and it will be better than this. By comparison, my 2013 Asus had 2 HDMI ports, one VGA port, and both audio in and audio out (which doubled for headphone output). It even had dedicated volume controls!!! What the...? -- BOTTOM LINE: This company has created a product which obviously neither the designers nor the quality assurance team cared about. If you need a gaming monitor with a fast response time, and you can overlook the TERRIBLE everything else, this might be an ok monitor for you if you can get it for under 100 dollars... (and you cant find anything else at that price point) otherwise... you should buy literally anything else. Ive never seen a worse monitor. Maybe try something from Sceptre, Acer, or LG if you are looking for a cheap gaming monitor.

Decent monitor for a decent price. Black levels are very bad. I played with every setting in every combination I could think of, but the black levels never got decent. Not as noticeable if youre surfing or using a word processor or worksheet, but if youre gaming or watching media, the brightness is annoying. Im OK with the monitor since its a secondary monitor, but Id return it if was my primary.

Great Monitor for gamers who don’t want to spend too much. I daily use it for doing work and playing games and the picture quality is superb. Highly recommended for the price only con is the monitor stand upon which it sits disconnects from the monitor if you try and pick it up but you can see it’s designed that way for maximum adjustability.

The reason this is such a low review in general is because buying this is a coin toss, I just got one today and it had light leaking, if you get lucky then this is a great monitor.

I love multitasking with this monitor. The settings are easy to adjust. Ive had it for over a year and no problems so far!

Great product

Everything on the display looked like garbage. Since it was used as a computer monitor, it was just too close and too big to look good with a 1080p resolution. The display settings were quite lacking as well. Its been a while since I returned it, and I recall a missing display setting option, but cant remember which. May have been contrast or sharpness. Either way, not worth the money.

I needed a smaller monitor with a low base. This is one of the shortest stands I could find as I have monitors above it. The screen seems slightly washed out to me, but it serves my needs. There is an occasional flicker. Im assuming this is firmware on the laptop, but Im not sure...

If you’re looking for a 120hz Monitor for a cheap price. This isn’t it. I thought I found a gold mine of a reliable brand that was selling a quality monitor for this cheap. Once I got and I plugged it in immediately I knew it was 60hz by the smoothness of how the mouse pointer moved. Nvidia Control Panal confirmed that it was 60hz display. Hopefully Amazon fixes misinformation or an ASUS 120hz Monitor.