Stylish 23''/24'' Monitors from Acer, BenQ

Acer and BenQ have both been adding a touch of style to their monitors, but that's not all: as well as a new design, both manufacturers have launched monitors with HDMI inputs, a 2 ms response time, built-in speakers and a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution.  Which do you prefer?

Acer H235Hbmid MARCHANDS €     Pixmania.com  1200.00  Mistergooddeal  1200.99  Compare prices

Acer's specs talk about a rather stunning contrast ratio of 100 000:1 … we'd rather they spent their time dreaming up more imaginative names for their products than making such exaggerated claims.

	BenQ E2420HD MARCHANDS €     Amazon mark...  124.08  Amazon.co.uk  129.99  Amazon mark...  134.55  Co-operativ...  139.99  Euroffice  143.98  Bt shop  200.85  Compare prices

BenQ's monitor is more expensive, but that is justified by the presence of two HDMI ports--meaning you can connect both your computer and a games console for instance, without having to sort out the cables all the time--as well as four-port USB hub.  The contrast on the E2420HD seems relatively modest at 'just' 50 000:1 … but if we only managed to reach a tenth of that in our tests we'd be surprised as that's never happened on an LCD monitor.

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