Good price on a budget gaming monitor. IPS panel too.
Acer R231 23" Full HD IPS LED Monitor
23" IPS Display ZeroFrame Design 1920 x 1080 Full HD VGA, DVI & HDMI 4ms Response Time
It has it's own speakers, but as with all built-in speakers, expect sound quality to be poor.
It's worth noting that DVI/HDMI cables are not supplied.
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idyllicrobzy to CosmicAero
1 Jun 175#2
Deal breaker
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cifa
3 Jun 17#22
I have one of these....great monitor - but HDMI image seemed fuzzy via my graphics card. I switched to DVI - all good now
Blotch to cifa
5 Jun 17#24
I had similar problem, picture looked washed out and grainy, then set colour saturation to 100%, now looks great on HDMI.
steve_bezerker
3 Jun 171#23
My thoughts exactly - nobody buys TN panels anymore because IPS are far superior in terms of colour contrast and viewing angles.
Spark
2 Jun 171#21
I wouldn't. I would only buy IPS. If you're a competitive pro who needs 1ms then TN has its advantages. If you're anyone apart from that then TN is a poor man's choice.
carlalston
2 Jun 17#20
OOS :neutral_face:
MrPuddington
2 Jun 17#19
True, but as a gamer you would go for TN anyway. A 4K TN monitor usually has decent support for up-scaling of 1080p content. Still a bit more expensive, but IMHO worth it.
You can get a 1440p IPS monitor for sub £200 if you look around. The real expense then comes with pushing that resolution, especially if you're a gamer.
MrPuddington
1 Jun 171#10
That is a good price, certainly for an IPS panel. But 1080p is a bit yesteryear - now I would look at either QHD (unfortunately very expensive) or 4K (more pixel for the money).
lunamayya to MrPuddington
1 Jun 17#12
Yup, agreed..
commenter14 to MrPuddington
1 Jun 171#13
Nonsense.
23" is a good size for 1080p - imo text starts to look a bit blurry on bigger 1080p screens.
Great price.
steve_bezerker to MrPuddington
1 Jun 172#14
You are obviously right about higher resolutions being better quality - The sad fact of the matter is, those monitors are expensive. For a 27" IPS monitor with only 1440p resolution it's going to set you back at least 3 times the amount of this monitor and is going to drain the performance of your machine.
Until 1440p and 4K are more financially viable I'd say 1080p is kinda here to stay. It is in no way representative of the entire user-base, but Steam users for example are 47% 1080p users as I discovered earlier.
nikc0069
1 Jun 17#11
I would have this to replace an old fat TV with bad viewing angles if only it had a vesa. Any that do at same price with vesa and speakers?
Philbertgf
1 Jun 17#9
Not bad. thanks.
ajdinmore
1 Jun 17#8
Yeah, none of those things are of concern to me; only the picture quality, which I can't find any information about.
It's still £93 on Ebuyer.
jameshothothot
1 Jun 17#7
hot. my AOC 23" 1080p IPS is great. Scared to try another non-IPS monitor now! Would like to upgrade to 27" though...
That one has no DVI so your connection options are reduced but depending on your GPU most cards will allow HDMI now anyway. I don't think it has it's own speakers either, so it's personal preference I guess. That monitor is back up to £140 now.
elbs
1 Jun 172#4
heated, as one of the vast majority of people who don't need / won't ever use a vesa mount
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Acer R231 23" Full HD IPS LED Monitor
23" IPS Display
ZeroFrame Design
1920 x 1080 Full HD
VGA, DVI & HDMI
4ms Response Time
It has it's own speakers, but as with all built-in speakers, expect sound quality to be poor.
It's worth noting that DVI/HDMI cables are not supplied.
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http://www.ebuyer.com/745370-acer-r241y-23-8-ips-led-full-hd-monitor-um-qr1ee-001
23" is a good size for 1080p - imo text starts to look a bit blurry on bigger 1080p screens.
Great price.
Until 1440p and 4K are more financially viable I'd say 1080p is kinda here to stay. It is in no way representative of the entire user-base, but Steam users for example are 47% 1080p users as I discovered earlier.
It's still £93 on Ebuyer.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-24mp48hq-24-ips-monitor-1920x1080-vga-hdmi-94-97-amazon-2696632