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Asus VH222H

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Diagonal screen size	22 pouces
Type	TN
Resolution	1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time	5 ms
Interfaces (HDMI / DVI / VGA / YUV)	1 / 1 / 1 / 0
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Options	2 x 2 W speakers, optical audio out
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Alexandre Botella
Test date: March 11, 2009

Movies

HDMI + Full HD = perfect for films? This will be the case when manufacturers include, as is the case with TVs, a video correction circuit.

With most monitors, rendering of films is of very poor quality. The VH222H is no exception. Images are noisy and the upscaling mediocre.

To limit the damage, opt for a source or player that carries out as much correction as possible before the signal reaches this monitor.

Handling
With this screen, Asus is entering the 22'' Full HD market with this glossy monitor equipped with--amongst other things--an HDMI input. Design-wise, it bucks the current trend for rounded screens. Asus has gone for a more marked shape. DVI and VGA connectivity accompanies HDMI.

The base is not mobile at all, apart from the ability to tilt back a few degrees. For the audiophiles amongst you, Asus has included both 2 x 2 watt speakers and an optical out that allows you to link up a 5.1 kit.

Colours

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Color handling

Before even beginning the tests, you can see that the default colour settings suffer from a dominant blue. This is confirmed with a deltaE score of 6.1. For those of you not used to our tests, the deltaE is the average difference between the colours requested by the graphics card and those displayed on the screen. The best monitors in this class have a deltaE of under 2. The different settings proposed by Asus do not allow you to attenuate the problem. In the OSD, only putting the colours in sRGB will bring the deltaE down to 2.6. This means however that the contrast ratio suffers. From a default of 740:1, it drops to 400:1 with this setting.

Gaming

Responsiveness

With a response time of 5 ms in the spec, the VH222H had little chance of becoming a screen for gamers. For games such as Quake, Unreal and other FPS games, the image lacks fluidity. This is all the more the pity as its input lag is low, an advantage in multiplayer games. For slower games (strategy, platform) or for office work, the VH222H will be perfectly OK.