ASUS VS207D-P 19.5" HD+ 1600x900 VGA Back-lit LED Monitor,Black

I do wish it didn't default to full brightness among other things. That full brightness default is really really bad and probably will cause light bleedthrough and other such things to be far worse in a far shorter time than it should be. I googled around a bit (I don't have proper calibration tools) and read a review that said to set it to standard mode with 99, 96, 100 colors with a brightness around 35-40% (I ended up finding 35 to be the best balance.) The default contrast of 80 was about right, but I found it a bit easier on my eyes to go down slightly to 75%. With this it's about as close as it's going to get without needing special adjustment software to get white balances and such exactly right. It should default to something closer to this sort of level and let people adjust away from ideal to suit their tastes rather than having to adjust towards ideal. If they do this for the sake of store displays (and come on, who puts an IPS panel like this up in a store display?) then it should simply have a store display mode like most devices have that set settings appropriately.But I won't knock off a star for bad default settings. It's a matter of a few minutes for the user to adjust settings after all (though quite a few more to figure out what actually is right. Still, their sRGB mode isn't too bad as far as presets go.) That's just a minor annoyance. Similarly, I will state that actually operating the menus is very confusing with the button layout they've chosen (plus it would be nice if the buttons were on the side -- or perhaps just the up and down) but again, that's something you do once when you first get it and likely never again. Putting that aside, everything else is just wonderful. Obviously you're not getting a true professional photographer level IPS panel display here, but for this price range you're getting shockingly close. Given that this is priced almost exactly the same as a TN panel display of comparable quality (or less even) it's simply an amazing bang for the buck choice. The colors are far far better (not "more saturated" just clearer and more accurate,) the grays (lines and etc) look better, and blacks even look blacker (I didn't even realize how bad my old TN panel display was at blacks! And it was LED backlit too, so it has no excuses at all.) Also, on my previous TN panel display I could see the dithering it was using every time I did anything with a lot of motion such as moving a window around. It drove me insane. No visible dithering here. Probably it has to compensate less since it can more accurately produce a wider range of colors. That or it's just a heck of a lot faster in its dithering such that my eyes simply can't pick it out.I was a bit concerned about the latency rating. After some study I've come to realize that latency ratings are very poorly reported anyway however. In fact, most TN panels claiming as low as 2ms latency can still be closer to 10ms in aggregate rating (it's not just about one color to a similar color, but large changes particularly when changing brightness of a pixel significantly.) Anyway, one of the first things I did after I stopped wowwing at how much better everything 2D looked was to fire up an old game, Unreal Tournament 2004. Now, you might be thinking "oh, that's an older game. It's not pushing things as hard as a newer game would do!" Actually, in respect to testing a monitor it's just the opposite. Newer games are slower paced with slower movements (more body awareness in particular) and generally lower range movements with smoother animations. In other words, a newer game is designed to change less per frame than an older game. (In fact, many go so far as to enforce a 30 FPS framerate limit. Then they change even less obviously...) Unreal Tournament 2004 can get extremely fast-paced with many movements being done more by a quick very slight flick of the wrist on a good high DPI mouse (and I disable mouse smoothing and acceleration and set USB polling higher for as close to a 1:1 response as I can reasonably get -- thankfully my drivers support disabling it for the system since you can't simply hack the USB driver DLL anymore with Windows versions past XP) and I started up an "instagib" session where a single shot with the "laser" style weapon is enough to kill -- or be killed. This requires one to move fast and act faster. In other words, I tested this screen with a _LOT_ of motion. If there was any ghosting at all, it was beyond my eyes to pick it out. The game ran just beautifully with me having absolutely no problems whatsoever (other than being a bit out of practice.) Oh, and it looked a heck of a lot better than it used to (too bad I had gotten rid of my CRT in favor of a TN panel back before 2004.) In fact, I'd go so far as to say that the better handling of blacks makes it much clearer in games where sometimes you might have a lot of shadows in some areas.Also a plus is the fact that it supports not only DVI, but VGA and HDMI as well. With HDMI audio is output to a line output audio jack (analog only I think) so it actually can handle audio (which is more than most monitors with no speakers can do.) Obviously that's inconvenient if you rely on HDMI for audio, but overall it's actually the best possible way a display like this could possibly handle HDMI without actually having speakers and frankly I'm impressed that they thought of it. Hopefully not many people rely on HDMI audio with computer systems anyway, but I am thinking of connecting a Roku stick to it some time just to enjoy how much nicer it would look on this screen.I don't recommend this for a professional CAD designer or photo editor to use on a regular basis, but for this price range I can safely say that this screen would be a beautiful replacement for all the TN panel displays people are buying.

So far I am very satisfied with the monitors. These are actually my first IPS and I can say I am simply amazed and the picture. Before I go on let me post my settings because out of the box settings are the WORST and will make you want to return the item.Splendid: TheaterSharpness: 45Trace Free: 80ASCR: ONBrightness: 90Contrast: 78Saturation: 70Color Temp: User Mode with all colors maxedSkin Tone: NaturalSmart View: OffWith those settings everything should look great IMO. I actually bought 3 monitors because I am running SLI configuration for programming and for gaming. Because I have such a small desk, at the moment, I had to angle the monitors 75 degrees from the center monitor. So if you can picture that in your mind, I want to say I have NO problem seeing anything. The colors still look great and gaming is just as fun. Only problem (this is not the monitors fault) is my head hurts from turning lol, just wanted to share that :PSome might ask if the 21 inch is too small. I can say I was worried about this too because I was using my PS3 3d display beforehand and can say that text is a fraction of a bit smaller. Unless you have really bad eyes, these monitors are perfect size. I also like the size because I have heard the bigger you go, the more you can see the LED backlight. In my case I can say on a totally black screen I see MINOR backlighting; nothing that would make the screen look awful, don't let that turn you away from the monitor.Some reviewers have had bad outcomes with dead pixels and what not, I bought 3. Not one of them has had any problem except for user error. This user error was I thought all 3 monitors were dead because when I "touched" the power button it didn't respond. Don't fall victim like I did, the power button is under the screen, it is not a fancy touch sensitive button like I thought, again user error. You have plenty of connection options except display port but that is alright because I prefer DVI and HDMI so it really is user preference. No speakers but again doesn't bother me, I use a headset. Lastly, the design is sleek but the stand feels cheap. Just touching the monitor a little and you will notice a bouncing effect (monitor rocks back and forth). This could have been made better but I don't plan on moving them or touching them so not a big deal breaker.So overall I am very happy with the purchase. The picture looks great at all angles, the frame rate if perfect (even for hardcore gaming, tested BF3 with ultra-settings, SLI 670s, and all three monitors in surround mode and it was PERFECT/BREATHTAKING), and the price couldn't be any more appealing for IPS. You will easily tell the difference from TN to IPS and you will never go back. Thank you for reading the review, if you would like to know more and any questions PLEASE leave a comment. I tend to check my amazon comments often and will do what I can to better help you.Posted pictures, comment if you need more or anything else. I also want to update that the first thing I did when I got these monitors was run over to YouTube and play a Dead Pixel Color Test. This allowed me to check every pixel and confirmed that all 3 monitors were flawless.

So my main rig died after about 8 years of faithful service and so it was time for some upgrades. I decided that while I was upgrading the one rig, I'd build a pair of new ones for my wife and I, relegating my old rig to standard downloading/streaming tasks.One of the new parts to be considered was a monitor, as mine were dying a slow miserable death. Enter, the ASUS VS229H-P. I basically had a short list of requirements for this monitor:>20-25">HDMI>VERSA compatibleAfter reading through a metric ton of reviews I settled on this ASUS, and I've not been disappointed. In fact, I liked it so much that I ordered two more, and will likely order another one or two, making it the standard monitor for my house.The stand it comes with is decent, but I intended to mount it from the start (hence the need for VERSA compatibility). So I picked up one of these to mount it to ( VideoSecu TV Wall Mount Articulating Arm Monitor Bracket for most 12"-24", some up to 27" LCD LED Plasma Flat Panel Screen TV with VESA 100/75mm ML10B 1E9 ) paired with a 10' HDMI cable, and mounted it above my computer desk.The picture is beautiful, paired with my 980Ti it blows my old setup away. And for the price, you can't beat it. Picked all of mine up for around $110 a piece.Honestly, the only thing I would change if I could is the finish. It's that glossy black that is impossible to keep clean. I would have preferred a matte black finish. But honestly it's hair splitting at this point.