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The Asus VN247H Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor is surely one of the best value for money screens available today. At only £149.99 inc vat from Overclockers UK and Scan UK it would be one of my first choices for a gamer building to a tight budget, but one not willing to compromise greatly on image quality.
The 9mm bezel (yes we measured it) ensures that multi screen configurations look very appealing indeed. It is fantastic to see ASUS are spending time thinking about what gamers really want. The thick bezel on many monitors really does get in the way of creating an immersive 3 or 6 screen setup.
Technically, there is no doubt that the VN247H cannot be rated in the same category as a class leading £250 monitor, but the overall image quality is likely to please most people, especially gamers. If you are a designer or photographer with colour critical demands, then we strongly advise you to look at one of the ASUS Pro Art screens instead. You can only save so much money before you are compromising on the accuracy of the colour rendition. The VN247H sacrifices colour accuracy and replaces it with vibrancy and impact to enhance the gaming experience.
Black Definition is above average and ensures that high definition movies create plenty of impact. White purity isn't quite as noteworthy however we feel it doesn't detract too much from the overall image presented.
If you are looking for an inexpensive monitor for a new system with a main focus on gaming and HD movies, then we can certainly recommend the VN247H. The super narrow bezel really looks great when running in a multi screen configuration. Three of these monitors would only set you back £450 which seems like a really good deal to me.
EDIT: 23rd January – Both OCUK and SCAN had this screen on offer at time of original publication. The pricing is now under £180 from OCUK and from SCAN.
Pros:
- Price.
- decent all round image quality.
- very light.
- super narrow bezel is very attractive.
- ideal for multi screen system.
- fast refresh for gamers.
Cons:
- white purity.
- no HDMI-HDMI cable in the box.
Kitguru says: We really do rate the VN247H highly. We hope to see more manufacturers focusing on reducing bezel size.
What a great idea, about time. I want a bezel free monitor! wonder how long before that can happen!
Scan is cheaper, i am tempted to order a few of these at the weekend. damn you kitguru!
Its a nice looking screen, while the ports seem inconveniently located, the fact they make it look tider when running multi screens is a good idea IMO
Its went back up on price on OCUK, was £149.99 earlier this week as I bought one. SCAN are doing the best price now, at £149.99. Good deal, im very happy with it. I agree its not for photoshop guys, I find the ‘reds’ very intense on mine, but it looks great for gaming all round. love it actually
Bought 3 of these for Surround gaming, works like a charm 🙂 really happy, replaced a 24 inch BenQ E2400HD
Got 3 of these, amazing for gaming and especially surround/eyefinity. Replaced a single BenQ E2400HD with these 3, really happy! Brings a new dimension to games
Doublepost…Sorry
Pls this monitor uses PWM and how is the input lag?
This could be good competition in the market compare to others after seeing the features that display…
Just picked one of these up ($150 on amazon), and am pretty happy with it so far. It is a pain in the ass to calibrate well without a hardware calibrator, (the WIN7 calibrator sucks, IMO) but my black def and white purity results were actually better than what this article relates. The worst thing I have to say about it is that it does not sit level on the stand. It is slightly tilted to the left, such that the left corner is a quarter inch lower than the right.I don’t kow if they are all like that or just mine, but there you go.
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I’ve had this monitor for two or so years now. Fantastic for gaming (particularly fast paced FPS games) due its great response times as mentioned in the review, but for anyone doing web or graphic design I would recommend looking out for IPS panels as the viewing angles are quite poor even when looking head on (color = orange, top of the screen = deep orange, bottom of the screen = yellowish tint).