Paradigmatic conditions prevail for thrifty contemporaries. If the purchase of a screen was once an expensive investment, today there are already for less than 100 euro beginners with an image diagonal of almost 55 centimeters. Not every alleged bargain is however a good choice.
Sufficiencies in the equipment
If you opt for one of the cheap devices from this test, do not expect much in the equipment. Extras such as height adjustment, practical USB hubs or a built-in webcam are not available in any of the monitors. The good news is that each monitor has a digital DVI signal input in addition to the analog VGA port. The latter is essential for a "crack-sharp" image.
Image quality
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View angle excursion
If a VGA cable is selected for the signal transmission, the digital image signal is first converted into an analog signal and then converted back into a digital signal after transmission through the cable. This is not only unnecessary, it also leads to a clearly visible loss of visual acuity.
If you want to connect a second device to your new monitor next to your PC, you need the VGA port - unless you decide for the ASUS VE228H or the LG Flatron E2441V. These two monitors are the only ones to test, which also have a digital HDMI connection in addition to analogue VGA and digital DVI.
Another digital port is particularly advantageous if, for example, you want to connect a second computer, a game console or a stand-alone Blu-ray player to the monitor.
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For HDMI fans, HDMI still has one important advantage: With a pure signal transmission via HDMI, one can safely assume that HDCP-protected content, for example, all Blu-ray movies, are actually output on the monitor
Although there should be no problems with newer devices also with the signal transmission by DVI port due to the so-called "DVI HDCP handshake". In practice, however, one does not often hear and read about massive problems with HDCP and DVI.
All monitors in the test are equipped with a favorable TN panel. The "twisted nematic" technology is said to deliver faster switching times to more expensive IPS or VA panels. So if you also value on playability, a TN monitor is not wrong. In the PC-Magazin test laboratory, we measure realistic switching times. A good value is 25 milliseconds.
This corresponds to a refresh rate of 40 images per second and guarantees a completely "streak-free" and for the human eye smooth display. Really critical it is starting at switching times of 40 milliseconds and more.
Then the BD specifications of 25 fps / second are interlaced or 24 fps / second in progressive display. And a monitor that has problems to present Blu-ray content in today's world does not belong to a PC magazine reader's desktop.
All test candidates have the high native resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, a size commonly referred to as "Full HD". Compared to 40-inch LCD TVs, monitors have little space. After all, the manufacturers have to place more than 6 million subpixels on the monitor surface - namely, a red, a green and a blue LC element for each pixel.
With LCD TVs, the viewing angle is particularly important, so that the whole family can sit comfortably in front of the TV and all can perceive the picture equally well. That is why the manufacturers use so-called sub-subpixels, which additionally radiate the image contents to the side. This "luxury" can not afford the monitor manufacturers - from lack of space.
Therefore, the viewing angle is extended by the use of a film. This film produces a larger angular distribution, which however does not run homogeneously. This is why the strange phenomenon is that some monitors have a better angle at 60 ° than at 30 ° (see table).
Download: Table
Download: Table
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