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The ASUS VG23AH Monitor ships in a long, full colour box with the product highlighted in the corner and a list of specifications underneath. The box weighs 9.7 kg.
The bundle includes a user manual, warranty card, regional specific power cable, a DVI cable, VGA cable and audio cable. ASUS include a box with two pairs of 3D glasses (1 pair of Polarized 3D Glasses and 1 pair of Clip-on Polarized 3D Glasses) and a cleaning cloth. They also include a screw which is used to mount the base of the stand to the main unit.
Surprisingly there is no HDMI cable included, I think most people would prefer this now to a VGA cable.
With the accessories is a large circular stand with a ‘3D' logo in the middle. This is the base which needs screwed into main stand as shown in the image above right.
The VG23AH isn't the most attractive screen, looking quite ‘fat' from various angles. It weighs 6.5 kg and measures 550.2 x 419.5 x 250mm. This screen includes Stereo Speakers : 3W x 2 Stereo RMS. The audio quality is certainly not going to replace a dedicated set of speakers, however for light use and space saving purposes they aren't that bad.
From a side angle, the VG23AH does look rather porky.
It offers swivel, tilt and height adjustments as detailed above.
The Asus badge is clearly visible on the top section of the stand, from the rear. The panel can be mounted to a wall via VESA standards. There is a substantial level of height adjustment offered, around 10cms.
Along the bottom of the VG23AH is an ‘HDMI' logo, far left and the ‘ASUS' logo in the center. On the far right is the control panel which we will look at shortly.
Along the back of the panel are:
Signal Input : HDMI 1.4 x 2, D-Sub, DVI-D
PC Audio Input : 3.5mm Mini-Jack
AV Audio Input : HDMI
Audio Output : HDMI
Earphone jack : 3.5mm Mini-Jack
Sadly there is no DisplayPort connector, this is only available on the high end ASUS panels.
They gave themselves no room to suceed with this. 250 for all this? its bound to suffer in some areas.
I used this actually at a clan event in England and it was alright. Another guy next to it had an illyama and it was much better.
I agree with james, the price is too low for all this. of course the proart will be better, its £50 more and it doesnt ship with glasses or any 3d functionality.
These need to cost more to be as good or close to the leading 2D IPS screens.
I normally hate Dell, but this is a good indication of why ASUS need to stick to motherboards and graphics cards. Dell all the way for me in regards to screens.
Yup.