ASUS VE248H 24" Full HD 1920x1080 2ms HDMI DVI VGA Back-lit LED Monitor

UPDATE 3/26/13: I played: Crysis 3, Dead Space 3, Skyrim, Doom 3: BFG Edition, Far Cry 3, GOW: Ascension, Mass Effect 3, and they all looked great on this monitor. I love this monitor and I definitely recommend it. ---- *So far I have tested 6 PS3 games with this monitor. (Note: the PS3 and Xbox 360 have graphics less good than high-end gaming PCs). *I received my monitor two days ahead of schedule (was shipped by Amazon). *This monitor is HUGE! and lightweight. *The quality of this monitor for the price is impossible to beat. What a deal! *I experienced no GHOSTING. *I'm using a HDMI cable I got from amazong for like a $1 and I compared the cable with the monster HDMI cable that came with my 60'' hdtv and I saw no difference in graphics (you may check out my review on that cable). *Some of the PS3 games I played looked outstanding while others did not but this is due to the games themselves and not the monitor. *If you own a gaming PC you'll enjoy higher graphics than us PS3/XBOX 360 owners. *My desktop screen looks true 1080p HD on this monitor; 1080p HD videos look great too. *The STAND that came with it is excellent; it allows to adjust the angle all the way down facing the floor or facing very up. Also, I put the monitor on my bed and I can freely move on my bed and this stand is so good the monitor barely even moves. Now I can play while on my bed and don't have to be careful at all about moving around! Love the stand! *This product was packed excellently; very secure and professional. I received a brand new product. *The default display settings were horrible but after messing with it for a couple minutes I got a great display. The preset display called "scenary" was the only and best looking one (the others looked terrible). I did try the settings offered by the top reviewer here but his settings were almost exactly as the preset "scenary." *The very first time I turned on the monitor, it was set to only work with VGA so I was forced to connect it to a laptop with VGA before I could actually access the monitor's menu and change to HDMI and edit all the other settings. *The speakers are terrible but this was expected; very low maximum volume too (as expected). :::GAMES TESTED/PLAYED::: *Uncharted 1 & 2: this game is extremely famous for its outstanding graphics. I finished the entire game on this monitor. The game looked absolutely outstanding from start to finish! Incredible/perfect graphics. I am now playing Uncharted 2 and the graphics are outstanding. *Infamous 1: excellent graphics; both cutscenes and gameplay looked true HD. Uncharted takes first place hands down but Infamous is right there with beautiful excellent graphics. *Sniper Ghost Warrior: this game is known for its no-good graphics. This game did not look good but we know it is the game and not the monitor! *GTA IV: shockingly this game looked terrible on this monitor. The cutscenes looked outstanding in true HD but strangely while driving vehicles the graphics looked atrocious. I was not happy at all. I don't know what is wrong. *Crysis 2: this game is very well known for its high-end graphics. The game looked excellent but not as outstanding as Uncharted. But let's not forget that I played the PS3 version - the PS3 console's graphics are limited and are not as high as high-end gaming PCs. Again, Uncharted wins first place hands down but Crysis 2 is right there at the top too. *Prototype 2: this game was criticized for its not-so-good graphics (e.g. IGN review) and it's true. I played this game on this monitor and although the cutscenes looked true HD the gameplay looked sort-of HD. Again, this is the game's fault and the PS3 console's fault and NOT the monitor's fault. Still I enjoyed and loved the game and it still looked great. *Modern Warfare 3: I only played a couple minutes of the game on the monitor but the game did not look as Uncharted and Crysis 2 and Infamous. This is probably because I am comparing in my mind every single game with Uncharted. I mean, Uncharted was absolutely incredible, and MW3's graphics could not compare. But I only played a few minutes of MW3 on this monitor so perhaps it is too soon to give a final verdict. -I need to try Skyrim, Bioshock, God of War III, Dead Space 2, AC: Revelations, and Batman Arkham City, and I'll report how the games look on this monitor, with the PS3 console. VERDICT: +5 stars. Love this monitor. I highly recommend it. The price + quality combination is unbeatable! UPDATE 9/17/12 School started for me here in NYC (college senior) and I have NOT been able to play at all! I know I need to test especially Skyrim and Bioshock but I'm busy with school, schoolwork, and the gym (lifting weights 5 days a week). But when I can I'll test the games! UPDATE 11/3/13: I have been busy and had not much time to play. I do have all the "top/best" games with me though, but I just have to find the time to play my PS3 games... I'm still happy with the monitor though. I was able to connect my iPad 4th Generation to this monitor with a cable (blacks ops zombies) and the game looked great. So I am still happy about this.

I am thrilled with this monitor. I plugged it in and it was instantly working perfectly. The picture is bright and crisp. The colors are vivid, without being too contrasty. The type on Word documents and web sites is razor sharp. Resolution and size are perfect for gaming too. The games I have tested it with all look amazing. It comes with the brightness on 100%, which is very bright. I adjusted this down to 50% and it is perfect for me. It is still brighter and sharper than my laptop. That is the only adjustment I needed to make. I chose this monitor because I have a very small work space and the wires on the back of the monitor face downward, allowing you to mount it directly to a wall. I mounted this to the wall with a 4 dollar picture hanging kit from Lowes. It’s a great option if want to save space on your desk. I could not be more pleased with this purchase. I highly recommend this monitor, and I would buy it again without a second thought. For the sake of this review, I tested the integrated speakers. At full blast, they are audible and would probably be okay for basic web usage (youtube videos, etc.), but I would consider them a bare bones, space saver only, and not a real alternative to speakers. If you want to listen to music, or you need quality audio, you will still need speakers. But as a monitor only (which is how I use it) this ASUS is excellent. FYI, this monitor comes with 3 cables: VGA, DVI and 1/8" audio patch cable. (even if you don't need the speakers, it's nice to have an extra 1/8" audio cable) I Chose Amazon’s free shipping method and received it in 3 days. Awesome!

As I wasn't expecting to write this review this fast, I'm slightly in shock! Ordered this on Feb 23rd, Paid for the 3-5day Standard Shipping. Recieved this Friday 2/25. Talk about fast? Amazon tracking still shows it is "Shipping Soon". Props to the Amazon and ANTonline for fast processing/shipping/delivery. Wasn't expecting this thing until next week! Out of box, yes the colors are horrible, Red/Blue/Green all turned up to 100%. Simply setting this to Theatre Mode fixed it, but to ever go off of a "Splendid Mode" you need to manually adjust those. I'm not going to dock stars because of Out Of Box Look, this is expected. This monitor is awesome. I haven't noticed any Ghosting, nor have I seen any Dead Pixels. There's no White visibly shown through around the edges, and the black is Black. The image is just awesome. I Jumped into World of Warcraft to check out the view, 10x better than my older 20" LCD. The colors just Pop out at you. It's amzing. The ONLY 2 negative comments I can make, although I knew this by reading hundreds of reviews first, is that you HAVE to hook up to DVI/VGA and adjust the settings to HDMI to run from an HDMI cable. Doesn't take more than 30 seconds, you can leave the HDMI cable plugged in while you do it, and you can unplug the DVI/vga cable immediately and it will Auto Refresh onto the HDMI slot. The 2nd negative is that the speakers suck. I didn't purchasse this Monitor for the system as I have a 5.1 Surround hooked up to my PC. Quite frankly I don't know anyone looking for a monitor because of the SOUND, but if you are, look elsewhere. You aren't going to get amazing sound past High pitch (Take your car stereo, turn the Bass and Mids as low as they can go, Turn the Treble all the way up, this is what you get from these speakers).

This is a really nice monitor, and with its integrated speakers, actually works pretty well as an HDTV. First, the image. It is very very good. I would hold back from saying that it's stunning, because at times it can appear either washed out or overly saturated, depending on how the "Splendid Video Intelligence Technology" is set. With the push of a button on the bottom of the bezel, you can switch between a number of settings such as Theater, Scenery, Night Viewing, Gaming, and one or two more. Each of these settings adjusts the contrast, saturation, brightness, etc. and can make an average looking image look very nice. And as a monitor, this works very nicely. But when using it as an HDTV, or when viewing movies from your computer, it can be a pain to change, since there is no remote control (of course). The monitor can be quirky when viewing dark scenes, since it has an irritating "feature" of turning the power off to the screen when it senses low/no signal coming through. At first, I thought the dark scenes in a movie were extremely extended, then I realized that the monitor had actually gone into power saving mode! By adjusting the aforementioned Splendid Video Intelligence Technology to a brighter mode, this no longer happened. Also quirky are the controls. For some reason, Asus decided to make the volume and brightness buttons the "+" and "-" functions for the menu as well as volume and brightness adjustments. Sound confusing? Well, it sure is. For example, when in the on-screen menu system, these two buttons serve as the up and down controls for various selections. When NOT in the menu, then they serve as "smart" [sic] buttons for controlling the volume and brightness. But to change the volume, for example, you first have to press the volume button, then press it again to lower the volume or press the brightness button to raise it. Likewise, to change brightness, you first press that button then either volume to lower, or brightness to raise. Let me tell you, getting the volume to adjust when you first get it is a confusing matter. To add to that, the two buttons aren't even located next to each other. There's another button that's used to make your menu selections in between them. I don't know why they couldn't have just made separate "+" and "-" buttons dedicated to that purpose. Also, the buttons are located on the bottom of the bezel, which makes finding the right button somewhat confusing, especially in the dark. I much prefer buttons on the side of the bezel, like Dell monitors have. But maybe that's just me. All in all, a good product once you get used to operating it. If it weren't for the silly button design, and a couple of display quirks, I would have given this five stars.

I bought two of these monitors and have been very happy with them. The price is outstanding and to make it even better, there is a rebate available as well. It has a port for HDMI, VGA, and DVI. I don't use all the ports but it's nice to know that I won't ever need a converter for any of the three. Picture quality is excellent, but the default out of the box configuration is downright awful. It looks *really* bad. However, once I adjusted it, I've been nothing but impressed by the quality of the monitor. The monitor has a built in speaker. However, if you're using it for anything other than listening to talk radio, you're going to hate it. The sound is incredibly faint and tinny. That said, there is an audio out port on the monitor and it supports audio over HDMI. I have an HDMI port plugged into my Macbook Pro and then speakers plugged into the monitor. This setup works great and actually saves me a wire. All I have to plug into my Macbook Pro is the HDMI cable and it gives me the monitor and sound through real speakers as well. I mounted both of my monitors onto a VESA monitor stand. Installation of that was very simple. There are four tiny little screw holes with rubber stoppers inside of them in case you decide to use the included stand. Overall, extremely happy with these two monitors.

This is the first Asus monitor I have purchased so I was a little concerned. The three year warranty and decent reviews were enough to convince me to give it a try and I am glad I did. Out of the box the display was vivid, crisp and met my expectations. The controls are a slight pain to reach but once you get used to their location its not much of an issue. I've had like issues with HP and Dell displays so this wasn't a disappointment. The one downside and its a very small downside is that the on/off LED is mounted on the bottom lip of the monitor. The room where the monitor sits is a bright room so its not easily to see the power led unless you are looking for it. Not a big issue but it would have been nicer if the led was mounted on the face of the monitor for easier viewing. I ran the monitor through some of the simpler video test that you can find on line and the default set up was close to the optimum settings so I didn't have to change a thing. The speakers are on the small side but they work just fine for occasional use. If you are watching movies or a gamer you will want to get better speakers. I would definitely recommend this monitor.

Great monitor, especially for the price. I've got two of these, one a few months older than the other, and the image looks identical. I only point this out because some brands of monitor won't give you that kind of consistency. Furthering that point, my two monitors have an identical picture to that of my friend's and his is over a year old. It has slightly different OSD (the on-screen menu for brightness, contrast, etc) so is very clearly from a different batch, but the picture is perfectly consistent with mine. The built-in speakers aren't anything to write home about, but they're not supposed to be. They're perfect for an office environment or watching YouTube videos, good clarity of sound, no crackling or anything like that, but don't expect much of anything in the way of bass. Think more along the lines of a decent set of laptop speakers. If it's any kind of problem for you, there are audio input and output ports on the back so you can connect a different set of speakers and a mic. There's only one thing I would change about this monitor, and that's the stand. It offers limited tilt and no height adjustment... it does have VESA mounting points though, so you can put the monitor on whatever stand or mount you'd like. Since both of my monitors are this model, the lack of adjustability isn't enough of an issue for me to dock a star. All in all, I'm very happy with this monitor. For ~$150, I really don't think it gets any better than the VE248H. GG, ASUS.

I rate this 5 stars not because it's the best monitor on the market, but because it's a truly excellent monitor at an extremely low price. I paid $160 for it, not bad for a 1080p 24" LED monitor. Has three inputs, HDMI, DVI and VGA. Plus audio in, because it actually has speakers. Not great speakers, but better than most monitors, since most monitors don't have speakers. I have two of these on my desk. One is hooked up to a $15 Chinese HDMI switcher that has a remote control. So my laptop can drive either both monitors, or just one, if I switch the HDMI on the switcher to the cable box. That's where the built in speakers come in handy. So now I can work and watch a little news once in a while. If you want two devices, but don't necessarily want to buy a switcher (I went out of my way to do that to get the remote control), it's trivial to buy a HDMI to DVI connector (or mini-DisplayPort/thunderbolt to DVI connector) for your second device. Lastly, it's a low end, cheaper monitor, but they didn't skimp. Inside the package is a VGA cable, audio cable, and DVI cable. No HDMI cable, but those are by far the cheapest cables to buy if you price things around carefully.

la calidad de imagen es buena pero no excelente pasa pero hay mejores gracias

Bastante bueno y de muy buen precio.

Muchas gracias por el servicio todo muy bien Solcito factura de mi compra,Que necesito ??

Me ENCANTÓ este monitor, la calidad de imagen es excelente y los juegos se ven increíbles