HannsG HH241HP

HannsG might have the same brand recognition as heavyweights like Samsung or LG, but its screens are no stranger to us: its HH251HP is a monitor that offers great value for money and a quality image.  The HH241HP already has the same affordable pricing, so let's see if the quality matches too.

Lightweight hardware

This 24'' monitor mixes a glossy exterior at the front with matte materials at the back and on the stand; it's a winning combination that means you can put it anywhere without making your desk look untidy.  HannsG hasn't really put a lot of thought into practical details though, because apart from VGA and HDMI inputs, there's only a measly pair of 1 W speakers.  That's a little lightweight to earn anything more than two stars in this section … which is exactly what it did.

Responsiveness: 5 ms on the box, 5 ms in our tests

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Average ghosting over ten frames

There's no need to beat about the bush: the HH241HP just isn't made for gamers: it isn't responsive enough to display rapid movements fluidly.  That means you'll have to stick with less demanding titles like strategy games for instance.  It will be perfectly at home with regular office work as well.  If you're still thinking about using it for gaming, you might like to know that the input lag is around one frame, which means it won't pose any problems whatsoever for network gaming.

Colours: calibration is not an option

Default Colours

Ideal Colours Compare the Hanng to other LCD monitors in our Product Face-Off

HannsG usually manages to produce monitors with accurate colours, but this time it's all gone wrong!  A very strong blue tinge is immediately obvious, as is an unusual distribution of luminance across different shades of grey.  Together, the two problems leave the HH241HP with a deltaE over 8, where we'd normally expect values below 3 to be acceptable.  Unfortunately, we couldn't do anything to correct for these defects, and so the only solution is to calibrate the screen, which should produce more accurate colours but without affecting the 880:1 contrast ratio.