HANNS.G HW191D > Reviews > Sleek, silver and wont cost you a bundle!

Author's product rating:   

Picture quality	Good
Colour sensitivity	Good
Design	Satisfactory
Ease of use	Awkward
Value For Money	Good

Advantages:	Cheap, moderately good picture, contrast is satisfactory
Disadvantages:	fiddley buttons and some ghosting issues on units

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

A nice looking unit but a few models have or have had problems with ghosting including my first one. Apart from that the colour range is superb and the contrast isnt bad for a low end flat panel monitor no real problems with pixels dying but the control buttons are fiddley for those of us with large hands or fingers! All in all not bad for the money you pay for this unit but dont pay over £150 for it there are better monitors out there for that much. Connectivity is easy with adequate reach to the sockets of which there are ones for both DVi In and also Analog Vga. Have used this for Xbox 360 which gives near HD performance in both clarity and sharpness. The refresh rate is 5ms which is not excellent but not that bad either, mine is set to 1440x900 res, and the screen is easy to adjust for use with games and dvds with the widescreen resolution, watching films is also a treat as most software applications can adapt screen size through anamorphic settings so you lose no resolution even in high screen modes. When changing resolutions it can seem slower than most monitors but what counts is that it does so without the need to alter the screen any for position etc. I have mine running through a switch box between the xbox360 and my pc which seems to work quite well using both dvi and analog simultaneously. This monitor is worth a try if you dont want to invest much but if its a serious gaming or graphical you want, then save up another 100 quid or so and get an iiyama monitor instead.