Asus VK222H 22" widescreen LCD monitor - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 17th Oct 2008, 00:58

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...-lcd-monitor/1

There are a lot of 22-inch displays on the market these days and it isn't easy to navigate your way through the swamp of TN+Film panels. We have a look at the Asus VK222H to see if it can rise above the swamp and catch our eye. Read on to find out how it gets on...

thim83 · 17th Oct 2008, 05:11

Nice one

Spaceraver · 17th Oct 2008, 05:32

Sounds like i could get a better picture out of a box of crayons and paper.

The boy 4rm oz · 17th Oct 2008, 06:59

I must say the monitor itself looks quite nice. Shame about the image quality though. IF the quality was better this monitor would have definitely been on my "to buy" list.

Adnoctum · 17th Oct 2008, 07:21

While the review was good as usual, a really GREAT idea for this review would have been including a still capture from the webcam.
After all, THAT seems to be the only feature going for this model.
Is this something that could be done? If you're camera shy <insert girly giggle> you could always hold something in front of you.

The Infamous Mr D · 17th Oct 2008, 08:26

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Originally Posted by Adnoctum

If you're camera shy <insert girly giggle> you could always hold something in front of you.

Butler? Camera shy?

Have you not heard of his illustrious past as a mail-order catalogue model?

Tim S · 17th Oct 2008, 09:22

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Originally Posted by The Infamous Mr D

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Originally Posted by Adnoctum

If you're camera shy <insert girly giggle> you could always hold something in front of you.

Butler? Camera shy?

Have you not heard of his illustrious past as a mail-order catalogue model?

haha - I'll fire it up and grab some screen, errr, grabs...

The Infamous Mr D · 17th Oct 2008, 09:27

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Originally Posted by Tim S

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Originally Posted by The Infamous Mr D

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Originally Posted by Adnoctum

If you're camera shy <insert girly giggle> you could always hold something in front of you.

Butler? Camera shy?

Have you not heard of his illustrious past as a mail-order catalogue model?

haha - I'll fire it up and grab some screen, errr, grabs...

Please do - his trademark 'Grattan' smile brightens my day no end

djDEATH · 17th Oct 2008, 09:28

the problems you had are charicteristic of DVI connections. I have two widescreen monitors at home, a 1680x1050 dell and a 1440x900 samsung, and when i connect via a VGA cable with either my laptop or my PC, i can choose 1280x720, 1360x768, 1440x900 etc etc, and whether 16:10 or 16:9 i get the options to correct the aspect ratio in the dell monitor menu, when connected via DVI, i don't.

would be interesting to see if you connected the SAME PC via a VGA cable if the aspect ratio correction menus would be restored.

djDEATH · 17th Oct 2008, 09:32

..an additional note here... these are the modes i get by default on DVI on the DELL 2007WFP:

800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024, 1600x900, 1680x1050

and when connected via VGA:

640x480, 800x600, 960x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1360x768, 1440x900, 1440x1050, 1680x1050

now all of those listed above can be enabled by forcing them through the Nvidia control panel, but by default the above list is what i get. i have seen similar things with other LCDs connected via DVI.

Tim S · 17th Oct 2008, 09:34

here you go...

Tim S · 17th Oct 2008, 09:35

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Originally Posted by djDEATH

the problems you had are charicteristic of DVI connections. I have two widescreen monitors at home, a 1680x1050 dell and a 1440x900 samsung, and when i connect via a VGA cable with either my laptop or my PC, i can choose 1280x720, 1360x768, 1440x900 etc etc, and whether 16:10 or 16:9 i get the options to correct the aspect ratio in the dell monitor menu, when connected via DVI, i don't.

would be interesting to see if you connected the SAME PC via a VGA cable if the aspect ratio correction menus would be restored.

The monitor doesn't support 1:1 pixel mapping over any connection (all were tested), but it does support scaling with fixed aspect ratios over DVI/VGA.

djDEATH · 17th Oct 2008, 09:39

its mad how some do and some don't, but most laptop screens have that option on a hotkey!!

DougEdey · 17th Oct 2008, 09:49

You look tired Tim!

Tim S · 17th Oct 2008, 10:03

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Originally Posted by DougEdey

You look tired Tim!

Yeah, I am pretty tired at the moment!

[USRF]Obiwan · 17th Oct 2008, 10:23

So.... when do we finally see some reviews of (s-)PVA LCD displays?

You can review a hundred TN panels. But the outcome will not get better when you have reached panel nr hundred and one...

Tim S · 17th Oct 2008, 10:47

I've got an MVA display that would've been up today had the panel not been potentially faulty. I'm working on getting some other MVA/PVAs in as well. Sad fact is that the industry is moving to TN and it sucks... hopefully if we say it sucks for long enough, they'll listen.

EDIT: As I type, I'm in the process of procuring a few 24-inchers.

Xir · 17th Oct 2008, 12:24

"One button that seemed to constantly catch us off guard was the input switcher – "

Welll, at least there IS a dedicated button for this and no klick-through-menu-for-input-select ;-)

Cupboard · 17th Oct 2008, 12:55

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Originally Posted by Tim S

EDIT: As I type, I'm in the process of procuring a few 24-inchers.

oooh can you get in that Yuraku one that everyone seems to be raving about? It would be grand if you could. If you don't know it, xtrafresh has one.

And having seen your office, I want to work there!

Tim S · 17th Oct 2008, 13:15

Trying to get the Yuraku

17th Oct 2008, 00:58	#1
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17th Oct 2008, 05:32	#3
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17th Oct 2008, 09:28	#9
djDEATH gert rubbish or summat Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: BRISTOL Posts: 370	the problems you had are charicteristic of DVI connections. I have two widescreen monitors at home, a 1680x1050 dell and a 1440x900 samsung, and when i connect via a VGA cable with either my laptop or my PC, i can choose 1280x720, 1360x768, 1440x900 etc etc, and whether 16:10 or 16:9 i get the options to correct the aspect ratio in the dell monitor menu, when connected via DVI, i don't. would be interesting to see if you connected the SAME PC via a VGA cable if the aspect ratio correction menus would be restored. __________________ BEASTIE Lian-Li PC-07b ASUS M2N-E nForce 570 Ultra OCZ StealthXtreme 600W PSU Phenom X3 8750 BLACK EDITION @ 3.103 Ghz (14.5 x 214 FSB, HTT @ 1070 Mhz) Gainward 8800GT Golden Sample @ 730/1825/1000 Mhz 4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Blade PC8500 CL5 Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB WD Caviar SE 250GB

17th Oct 2008, 09:32	#10
djDEATH gert rubbish or summat Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: BRISTOL Posts: 370	..an additional note here... these are the modes i get by default on DVI on the DELL 2007WFP: 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024, 1600x900, 1680x1050 and when connected via VGA: 640x480, 800x600, 960x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1360x768, 1440x900, 1440x1050, 1680x1050 now all of those listed above can be enabled by forcing them through the Nvidia control panel, but by default the above list is what i get. i have seen similar things with other LCDs connected via DVI. __________________ BEASTIE Lian-Li PC-07b ASUS M2N-E nForce 570 Ultra OCZ StealthXtreme 600W PSU Phenom X3 8750 BLACK EDITION @ 3.103 Ghz (14.5 x 214 FSB, HTT @ 1070 Mhz) Gainward 8800GT Golden Sample @ 730/1825/1000 Mhz 4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Blade PC8500 CL5 Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB WD Caviar SE 250GB

17th Oct 2008, 09:34	#11
Tim S Pewlius Caesar bit-tech Staff Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ascot, Berks Posts: 18,021	here you go... __________________ Tim on Twitter \| Tim's Blog \| Tim's Flickr The bit-tech Blog \| bit-tech on Twitter \| Join the bit-tech & Custom PC folding team (#35947)

17th Oct 2008, 05:11	#2
thim83 What's a Dremel? Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 10	Nice one

17th Oct 2008, 07:21	#5
Adnoctum Smeghead Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 90	While the review was good as usual, a really GREAT idea for this review would have been including a still capture from the webcam. After all, THAT seems to be the only feature going for this model. Is this something that could be done? If you're camera shy <insert girly giggle> you could always hold something in front of you.

17th Oct 2008, 09:39	#13
djDEATH gert rubbish or summat Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: BRISTOL Posts: 370	its mad how some do and some don't, but most laptop screens have that option on a hotkey!! __________________ BEASTIE Lian-Li PC-07b ASUS M2N-E nForce 570 Ultra OCZ StealthXtreme 600W PSU Phenom X3 8750 BLACK EDITION @ 3.103 Ghz (14.5 x 214 FSB, HTT @ 1070 Mhz) Gainward 8800GT Golden Sample @ 730/1825/1000 Mhz 4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Blade PC8500 CL5 Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB WD Caviar SE 250GB

17th Oct 2008, 09:49	#14
DougEdey I pwn all your storage Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 13,933	You look tired Tim! __________________ Burnout: Paradise Stats!XBL: DougEdey Bindi PSN ID: DougEdey Twitter

17th Oct 2008, 10:23	#16
[USRF]Obiwan Ultramodder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,220	So.... when do we finally see some reviews of (s-)PVA LCD displays? You can review a hundred TN panels. But the outcome will not get better when you have reached panel nr hundred and one... __________________ Mascleta: "The most accurate simulation of thunder, humans can simulate..." The answer is 42, so... whats the question again? If you know what 'Peek' and 'Poke' represents, then you are probably as old as me.

17th Oct 2008, 10:47	#17
Tim S Pewlius Caesar bit-tech Staff Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ascot, Berks Posts: 18,021	I've got an MVA display that would've been up today had the panel not been potentially faulty. I'm working on getting some other MVA/PVAs in as well. Sad fact is that the industry is moving to TN and it sucks... hopefully if we say it sucks for long enough, they'll listen. EDIT: As I type, I'm in the process of procuring a few 24-inchers. __________________ Tim on Twitter \| Tim's Blog \| Tim's Flickr The bit-tech Blog \| bit-tech on Twitter \| Join the bit-tech & Custom PC folding team (#35947)

17th Oct 2008, 12:24	#18
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17th Oct 2008, 13:15	#20
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