| ASUS VW266H Widescreen LCD Monitor |  |
| Reviews - Featured Reviews: Monitor | HDTV | |
| Written by Doug Dallam | |
| Sunday, 05 June 2011 | |
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ASUS VW266H Monitor Review
Manufacturer: ASUS Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article has been self supplied. Today, Benchmark Reviews has as it's subject the ASUS VW266H 16:10 Widescreen LCD Monitor. Following the LCD trend, ASUS offers an affordable, large LCD monitor that not long ago was cost prohibitive for us working class computer folks, and a stretch for even the well heeled. Well, enter the 21st century because that was then and this is now. Folks, this is a 25.5" 16:10 aspect ratio 1900x1200 native resolution LCD monitor for under 280 USD. No, that's not a typo. It's 25.5", really. Still not interested? You should be because this panel is a nice piece of hardware for business, gaming, and all around computer use with the added luxury of having 25.5" of desktop space. The trend in LCD monitors is to follow LCD TVs in that more and more we see LCD computer monitors taking on the same 1080 resolution (a 16:9 aspect ratio) as their TV LCD counterparts. Well, if you're on to this then you are an enthusiast working in front of a monitor connected to a computer, not watching a movie on a TV LCD, and you know you want a 16:10 aspect ratio. You also know you do not want a 1080 (16:9) aspect ratio that was originally designed for watching movies. Why? Because at 16:10 you get a 1900x1200 resolution which means you get more vertical area for documents that are vertically oriented, which means just about everything, such as the Benchmark Reviews website you're reading. Let me just say that at 1900x1200 compared to 1900x1080, you get more screen real estate. Let's not diverge into a debate about aspect ratios. If you like the 1080 16:9 ratio, then you're in luck because they are much cheaper. On the other hand, if you want the 16:10 aspect ratio, you're still in luck because this monitor delivers, and at a very good price, even though they have been hard to find online.
The good news is that even though the trend is moving to homogenize all monitors to 1080 (16:9), the good old 16:10s are available (although harder to find and more expensive). This is the case with the monitor we have today. Even almost a year ago, when I bought this monitor, I had to really look in order to find one. Today, I can't find one! Every place I've looked is out of stock. However, ASUS continues to list it on their website and they have no replacement listed. There are perhaps two things happening here: (1) They are getting ready to replace it with a newer model or (2) It's just so popular that no one can keep them in stock. The sister monitor to the VW266H (the VK266, which is the same monitor except with a built in web cam) isn't available either.
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Comments
It's an older version but works just like the new one does, so far anyway.
I set out to purchase the best monitor for the price and after months of research I decided on this one. I find the 16:10 aspect ratio is excellent for coding and just having more space on the screen for applications.
For me, the only way up is to get a 2500x1600 monitor (which are on the $1000 range, a bit out of my budget right now).
Would defiantly recommend these monitors to anyone.
Me and my brother buy our PC usually at the same time, and he gets the same hardware as I have, only he went for 27" 1080p monitors, were I went for the VW266H.
And now every time he is at my home and uses my PC he regretting not also getting 1920x1200 monitor even do he likes the bigger size screens he got now, he really dislikes 1080p.
But to me it dose not look like its a supply problem whit this monitor, more like that EOLed the monitor as it not bin available her in the EU any ware for the last 6 months and only some sparsely VK266H are available
I got E2607WSV-B1 for a friend and seeing that monitor standing next to the VW266H, there was not mouths of a difference between the to of them in picture quality
What monitor did you buy that did not have VESA mounts? Every monitor I have checked in the last 2 years had them, and I mean every monitor.
If you don't need a monitor for color accurate use, such as photography, you really don't need the IPS panels, though. The monitor in this review is pretty amazing for saturation, brightness, and size. If I weren't a photographer, I'd be happy with it. But even with hardware calibration, the white balance is off from the Phillips, and when I print, the Phillips looks just like the print.
I might get one anyway just to see how it looks next to my old Phillips. I feel like the Phillips is too warm, even after calibration though. If I choose a white desktop background, it looks yellowish compared to my other monitors (TN panels). Can you check and see what yours looks like when you choose an all white background?
White Point Xw 0.3127 Yw 0.329 Primaries Xr Yr Xg Yg Xb Yb
0.64 0.33 0.21 0.71 0.15 0.06... This is out of the box,no hardware calibration done; I may tweak it down the road but at the moment I LIKE IT AS IS...even my MAC buddies love it....My card is a AMD Radeon? Sapphire 6950 with 2GB Of memory;it has no problem supporting the monitor...