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

Best monitor I have is an ASUS(but not this one). Very washed screen and controls are very limited, sound ETC. Got it cheap and it feels like it.

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.

I really liked this monitor I didnt rally have and problems with it, its easy to set up and affordable

Decent 4/10.,

This monitor arrived in perfect shape and fit the need for the system it was used with.

This is probably an LCD or IPS monitor with LED edge backlighting instead of full array LED backlighting. Inspite of the reasonable price, a reasonable reproduction of the original laptop monitor of my computer only occurred if I tilted the monitor manually past the angle allowed by the monitor stand. Even then is was slightly hazy. My laptop produces 4k resolution which is translated down by this monitor. This further reduces the crispness and contrast. If this backlighting were full array, the monitor price would have to be higher and the contrast improved and no fogging. I dont blame ASUS as much as I blame myself for not being educated about the display technologies which are constantly evolving into such backlit modes as OLED, and others. Even though the price is very reasonable the monitor narrow viewing angle and the accompanying fog on the screen made for a very unpleasant viewing experience. I returned the item. Amazons return policy is the best in the world!

Very poor quality, grainy, washed-out image with no blacks. Color and contrast severely lacking. View angle is extremely narrow, especially top-to-bottom. I spent time adjusting all the built-in settings to no avail. I tried both the VGA and HDMI connections using two different computers, no dice. I have an older version of this monitor that looks fine, but this new model looks terrible.

I am happy with that monitor

I was reading all the positive reviews and I decided to get it as my main monitor for gaming. Now that I have received I wouldve rated it 1/2 star or even zero if I could. It had the advertisement of 120 refresh rate (hertz) is completely untrue. This is a normal 60 hertz monitor and I would not recommend for gaming. When I first turned on the monitor I instantly noticed a significant difference within the color of the monitor. The color display is extremely whitewashed as presented in the photos I uploaded. Yes, I tried calibrating the monitor it just would not go to the normal colors of a monitor and even tried switching from a normal hdmi cable to a hdmi to displayport cable and still did not do the trick.

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.