I have made an unboxing video if you wish to watch it: youtu.be/JADWTeYISZQ
So far I've bought three of these things and they look and work great. The monitor itself is 22", but not that the screen is actually only 21.5". Assembly is simple, take out the base, screw the stand into the back with the thumb screw, and then slide the monitor into the base. The monitor has VGA and DVI as input choices, though I wish to see HDMI or Displayport, it's not enough for me to knock off a star. Also no there is no vesa mounting option built into the monitor. There are adapters you can buy that will slide onto the screen and enable it to be mounted, but it still should be noted.
Edit: I recently bought a triple monitor stand and have mounted these monitors to the stand. While VESA adapters do exist, they are expensive, so I went with the DIY approach. Total cost was less than $10 total. I got a 10 foot roll of Galvanized Strapping (used to hang pipes from the ceiling), washers, nuts that would fit onto the included vesa screws, and some heavy duty duck tape. Cut pieces of the stripping to match the holes in the vesa mount (I used the smaller 75mm holes). Wrap them in duct tape to prevent scratching the monitor. Put the screw through the holes in the vesa mount and place 2 strips of the strapping on each mount, one across the top pair of holes and one across the bottom. Put a washer over the screw and loosely put a nut on each screw. You should be able to slide the monitor stand into the brackets you just made. Use a pair of pliers and screwdriver to tighten the screws in place. Repeat for each monitor, and make sure that they are tight. I was able to align these vertically and horizontally without them sliding around.
OVERALL:
This is absurdly good for $99. When building my desktop I went over budget, so I decided to buy two of the cheapest but still tolerable 1080p monitors I could find and swap them out later. But after a couple months of use, I'm very pleasantly surprised and in absolutely no rush to replace these. I now plan on keeping them until 4k content is significantly more widespread, which will probably be years.
Note - I took the pictures of the displays with a cruddy phone camera that had no custom settings and has difficulty focusing. Please don't judge the display quality by those, at least as far as color and image clarity! They're mostly intended to show what the borders look like and give a rough idea.
BAD:
1. It's kind of wobbly. I don't think it's terrible, but I do normally keep one against the wall of my desk hutch and the other in direct contact with the first, so this probably helps mitigate that. I really only notice it if something bumps into the desk with a decent amount of momentum.
2. Somewhat related - it's hard to keep the monitors positioned precisely. You can see in my pictures that they are slightly misaligned in relation to each other, and this is not for lack of trying. I've put a decent amount of effort into lining them up properly, but the angle is a bit difficult to control.
3. Doesn't ship with a DVI cable; despite being 1080p with 5ms refresh and capable of 60fps, it comes with a VGA cable for some reason. If you want to send email and check Facebook, this is fine, but at a certain point VGA starts to fall off. It's noticeable for me, but I'm running games in 1080p at a high framerate. This isn't a huge deal since you can get two DVI cables for about $20, but I was a bit disappointed and was stuck with using VGA for a week until my new cables came, plus now I have VGA cables lying around that I don't know what to do with. Again, though, not a huge deal, and if I'd read a bit more carefully I would have seen that there was no DVI cable before I bought these and wouldn't have had to wait.
NEUTRAL:
1. It is frameless, but not borderless. By frameless I mean that the black border around the display does not protrude and is sort of sealed under the screen so the surface is totally flat and smooth. It definitely appears to be borderless when it is off, as you can see in one of my included pictures, but when you turn it on there is absolutely a black border. However, that is very clearly shown in the advertised product picture, so it's not really misleading. And it is still a very thin border that is much less noticeable than the frame on the significant majority of monitors, particularly when displaying dark images (pictures of dark and light images included in review).
2. There are no HDMI ports or speakers. It supports VGA and DVI. I prefer DVI to HDMI and wanted to be able to choose my own speakers anyway, but this may be a concern for some.
3. It is not VESA compatible by default, but there are adapters you can buy which are not very expensive. Most users don't have much desire to take advantage of VESA anyway and just keep the default stands even with compatible monitors, but I was considering keeping one at 90 degrees so I could see more of my code at once when programming.
4. The color is average. It is definitely not substandard, but if I were still doing design work I would not be satisfied with these monitors. That said, for such purposes I really doubt I (or anyone else with a decent amount of experience with that) would be satisfied by ANY display priced in < $100 range, and if you are not planning on doing things like that then this probably won't pose an issue for you.
GOOD:
1. Price. This is a truly fantastic value and I would recommend it to anyone who wants an inexpensive monitor (unless they want a very, very cheap 800x600 or lower just to display a terminal for their server or something like that, in which case I'd recommend bringing $10 to a couple garage sales - but that is a rare exception, so "anyone" isn't far off).
2. 1080p on 21.5" is rather crisp. I deliberately chose a smaller monitor not only to fit my desk but also because 1080p on, say, 27" starts to become a bit lackluster. I don't have that problem here at all.
3. ~~*~**aesthetic**~*~~. Seriously, though, it's a very attractive monitor, and I mean this separately from the display. It is slim and sleek in appearance, with a base and bottom frame that look like brushed metal. The rest of the monitor besides the display is black. It overall looks pretty cool.
4. Quick and smooth response. I haven't experienced any apparent delays when gaming or doing anything else.
5. Easy-to-navigate button menu that provides a significant amount of control over the display. A lot of that can be done through control panel/system preferences/graphics card software/etc without touching the monitor, but it's convenient regardless.
6. Simple assembly. That's true for most monitors, so this isn't a critical point, but this one was particularly quick.
7. Extremely fast shipping. Ordered at about 1am Friday the 19th and received early afternoon Saturday the 20th. This was with free Prime shipping, not one-day or anything. This could vary based on your location, but the fact that the seller is Amazon directly should help with shipping speed in general.
Beautiful monitor! To be honest i might be behind the loop as i haven't bought a PC monitor since 2006 (which was a top of the line model back then). It was really starting to show its age and the fact that it was 720p. I wanted something that looked a little more crisp and this monitor has certainly filled that purpose. Only had it so far for 4-5 hours but I feel very satisfied with the purchase!
However the monitor feels choppy in games that my old monitor never did. This monitor has a refresh rate of 60Hz (60 frames per second) while my old monitor was 70Hz (70 frames per second). That's only about 13% slower and I don't believe that is the problem. It just feels choppy/laggy in games. Thought it might just be input lag but its 5ms which while not great definitely isn't bad unless you play twitch reflex games at very high frames per second. I've raised my FPS cap to 100 and it seems a little smother but I'm thinking it might just be the included VGA cord and will purchase a DVI-D.
Also this frame is not borderless in the sense of virtually no bezel and all screen. There is most certainly a bezel/border, its just tucked underneath the the matted layer covering the screen.
I'm not bashing the monitor tho for what I paid I'm very pleased just I wanted to list the slight cons.
Paid $99.99 for this threw Amazon prime and I'm very pleased and would gladly order it again. 1 star has been removed for them not including a DVI-D cord (they are very cheap) and only including a very outdated VGA cord. That and the choppy/laggy i get in game with the fact their is a 1/2 inch bezel/border hidden under the screen.
All in all very pleased and was expecting worse.
--Slight Update--
I know this monitor says its 60Hz's but I'm getting a noticeable amount of screen tearing between 50fps-59fps. This shouldn't be the case and above 60 its nearly a constant screen tear at the bottom of the screen. My old monitor was 70Hz's and even when I let my frames per second sit between 90-120 I didn't encounter nearly as often as I encounter it on this monitor above 50 fps.
--1 Month Later--
I've had this monitor for a month now, beyond the stuff listed above I have really started to notice that the picture quality is not that good. Text looks nice and crisp but beyond that pretty much everything looks smudgy. Instead of nice crisp boarders while gaming and watching videos it seems to be washed out (not in the sense of color but the pictures detail) stuff just seems to be almost fused. I'm disappointed in this monitor as a gaming monitor (which in all actuality its not intended to be used as) but ... I have a i7 6700k and a AMD Fury (2016 Sapphire Edition) and this monitor seems to be the bottle neck for me. While its better then my old monitor for sure it really takes away from the image quality. For a productivity monitor this thing gets a A+ for gaming and videos its a C. I'll keep the monitor as a second display but I will most certainly be replacing it for a better gaming monitor.
The constant screen tearing below 60fps and the image quality leaves me feeling disappointed. If this is all you can afford then use it but if you have more to spend and just trying to save a buck look else where because more then likely like me you will be disappointed.
--2-ish years later--
Monitor has held up over the period of time I've owned it, after awhile I stopped noticing the screen tearing for the most part (still there) but I've gotten better at tuning it out. Something about it would just draw my attention which made it very easy to notice. Since than I have purchased a 144hz monitor and absolutely love it and is far superior to this monitor but like I said previously it makes a decent second monitor for multi-tasking in games and what not so I'm not going to talk down on it at this point. The monitor was not nor never intended to be used as a high end gaming display so I can't fault it for not being perfect. Had no issues at all with it in the time I've owned it and still works just as well as the day I purchased it.
Updated 10/11/18: I have bought two more of these since, for a multi-screen setup. I continue to rate these products 5-star! This came in well protected in a double box, the outer shipping box, wrapped inside with industrial paper and within the manufacturers box. The outer shipping box was a bit banged up but the interior box was fine. The monitor was intact and undamaged and packed well. (Hint save the box, wrap and foam for storage and if you move house). The monitor itself exceeds expectations, passing every online monitor test I could find. The default color is "warm" and it is slightly "less cool" than the Samsung 27" LED it replaced. Each monitor has it's own slightly different tone within brand and model as well as across them. Visually, the image is clear thus far, no lines, dark spots, light bleed or any thing else. This from a professional photographer and the colors are true to real world.The stand is metal, easy to assemble in seconds and can be done while the actual monitor remains resting within wrap or foam. There are 2 HDMI ports, a VGA and a DVI port. One of the ports is a HDMI-MHL port. The buttons are located lower center right and it gets a bit of getting used to, learning to navigate the menus and explore the options. There is no in-package manual. I could have gone online, if I had chosen to, which I would recommend to the average user. The visual input switch is the leftmost button and will present you with all of the available options, but will default or go back to the active channel if there is only one source. For example with two computers, A & B if you have HDMI-2 on B and you shut it down; it will switch back automatically to HDMI-1 on computer A. The screen is quick to time out when you shut down the system or you lock screen and has no trouble waking up from "sleep". It does not "pop on" to check for signal. It has two speakers built into the back, but much like in flatscreen TV-sets, these are not designed to be primary speakers. There are audio in/out jacks (standard headphone sized) in the rear of the machine as well. I was hesitant to buy a little known brand, but this is a very nice monitor and one of the best I've had. I did pick up the offered warranty for three years; they are well worth it. I'll update this review if any issues arise, but so far 5-stars.
To answer some questions....
Firstly this is a great monitor. I upgraded from a 24" TN panel to this one mainly for designing and occasional gaming. This monitor does have VESA mounts(remove brushed silver piece on back gently and unscrew base stand). I lost 1ms of response time compared to previous monitor but it's not noticeable. Colors are great right out of the box but with a little adjusting you can get it perfect. Haven't tried any other features or speakers of the monitor but had no dead pixels or issues on arrival. I'd recommend this monitor to friends or family that need a little extra screen space and are looking for an IPS panel. 1080p looks great...not the best I've ever seen but I didn't want to spend $500+ on a new one and this does the trick. I'll update this review if any issues come up in the future.
Feature Product
- 24-Inch (23. 8" Viewable) full HD 1920x1080 LED monitor with ultra-slim profile in a modern design
- Hidden edge IPS panel (like the latest smart phones) with 3-sided frameless design
- 5ms response time and 75Hz refresh rate and is AMD Free Sync compatible for smooth gaming actions
- 20, 000, 000: 1 Smart contrast ratio
- Hdmi 1. 4 and VGA inputs (HDMI cable included) with audio Line-out
- AOC flicker free for more comfortable viewing during prolonged viewing
- Kensington security slot
Description
The 24V2H boasts a 3-sides frameless 24" (23. 8" Viewable) IPS display in full HD resolution, with hidden “edge" Frame design and sturdy metal stand. Ready for fast pace games and moving pictures with free Sync, 75Hz refresh rate and 5 ms response time. Vibrant IPS panel surrounded by a modern, clean, hidden “edge" Frameless design and elegant metal stand. Equipped with free Sync and fast response, AOC 24V2H excels with work, entertainment, and light-duty gaming applications. sleek, frameless design modern, frameless design maximizes screen space and creates a clean, attractive presentation. ultra-slim the 24V2H is less than 8mm thick. This is truly a slim design that will look good in any environment. Expand your view with multiple monitor set-ups. The frameless design (with narrow Border) offers the minimal bezel distraction and extra clean set-up for the ultimate Battle/workstation. amd free sync amd free Sync synchronizes the display and AMD GPU in your PC to eliminate screen tearing, stutter and input lag, providing the smoothest, fastest, and visually stunning gaming experience possible. ips pane lips panel in the 24V2H produces realistic colors that don't Change when you view from various angles from the sides. what's in the box: 23. 8" Monitor, power cord, power adapter, HDMI cable, QSG
Edit: Changing review to 5 stars after spending more time with it. I've dialed this in to look pretty darn close to my much more expensive 8-bit 27-inch monitor. Once you've calibrated as best as you can using the on-board controls (scrutinize every tick of the values!) against some calibration images then go into your windows color settings and make even finer adjustments there. Your software tweaks should be minimal if you did the hardware settings right and you'll get great detail in darks and lights as well as an accurate color temperature. For reference my settings are: Contrast 35, Brightness 100, Eco mode Standard, Gamma1, DCR Off, Color Temp User, all DCB options off, Red 82, Green 68, Blue 75. After that it just needed a miniscule gamma bump and a tick less green in the Windows color config. Your panel will probably vary, though.
Old Review: Color accuracy will never be "quite" right but you can get as close as this monitor will let you by manually setting your colors. On my particular panel greens were way overpowering and had to be set at a lower value than red and blue. It takes some wrestling to get a vibrant picture without crushing dynamic range. Buttons used to navigate OSD are the clumsiest I've ever used and they feel flimsy so I worry that over-tinkering will definitely break them. NO HDMI OR DISPLAY PORT on this model really whittles its flexibility down. Be ready to use adapters unless you specifically plan to use VGA (why) or DVI. Only cables included were the power cable and a VGA cable so make sure you have your necessary digital cable on hand to use this. I've used similarly sized/priced panels before that had better colors, buttons, and picture options by a good margin. That said, games look and move nicely at 1080p on a screen this size. There's also NO option to set sharpness when using a digital input.
I would give it 4.5 if I could but I feel it's more fair to round up than down. The minimalism of the bezel and stand are well appreciated by me. For some reason with many other monitors I've used putting the stand in place can be ridiculously complicated, but not so with this one. "Assembly" if you would even call it that was very quick, easy, and produced a sturdy result that I feel comfortable with. The picture looks great although it does bring me to the one thing I really don't care for about it -- getting around the settings menus and adjusting everything to where I wanted it was less than ideal. The buttons for the menu and navigation are located on the BACK of the monitor on the right side, meaning you can't look at the buttons to get around and look at what's changing on the monitor at the same time without a buddy or a mirror. It seems they could have put them on the bottom or even on the front without disrupting the sleek look too much. What makes it more frustrating when navigating the menu is that the buttons are counter-intuitive; in addition to the usual enter and exit buttons there are two buttons for getting around, but when I press the upper button the selection goes down, and when I press the lower button the selection goes up. It's not a deal breaker but it's not like I'm using these buttons all the time so it always gets a little frustrating whenever I decide to make an adjustment.
That said, I feel like a got a great deal on an overall great product. If I didn't already have a larger primary monitor I would strongly consider getting one or two more of these. If I ever move to a setup of three or monitors I wouldn't mind having them all be one of these.
AOC I2267FW 22-Inch Class IPS Frameless/Slim LED Monitor, Full HD,250 cd/m2 Brightness,5ms,50M:1 DCR,VGA/DVI
I bought this monitor back in August of 2016 and as of late January 2018, I have zero dead pixels or problems with this product.
For the cheap price, this thing is wonderful. Sure, there is no swivel feature and the lack of ports in the back is kind of embarrassing, but that's what you get for spending $100 on a monitor.
As far as color goes, it looks fantastic. Next to this monitor I have a 2560x1440p 144hz 1ms TN panel gaming monitor and sometimes the picture actually looks better on this cheap $100 monitor simply because of how much better the colors are, despite having a lower resolution and refresh rate.
So while there are a few flaws, you can easily overlook them with the cheap price point.
This is a very nice monitor for the price. (27" model I2777FQ) The image is clear, and sharp, I don't really see much of a downside to it. Most other reviews have gone over the pro's and cons, but there is one thing I'd like to point out. A few of the reviews state that the support arm cannot be removed for VESA mounting. This is not correct. The problem is that AOC does not document this very well. You have to remove the silver panel on the back to access the four (4) mounting screws. It comes off relatively easily by sliding a thin edge behind it. A guitar pick would be ideal (I used a nylon burnisher) but don't use a screwdriver as you could damage the plastic. I have mine happily mounted on my desk.
Bottom line: well worth the small premium compared to other similarly sized monitors. The picture quality is fine by me for usage with games and movies (via Steam Link and Apple TV).
Sound. I'd purchased an ASUS monitor at first, but the sound coming out of the HDMI port completely lacked bass. This monitor doesn't have that issue.
Source Auto Switching. This feature is great. I have a Steam Link and an Apple TV connected to this monitor and the switching works flawlessly. It can take anywhere from 5-8 seconds for it to detect the correct source, but I don't find it to be an issue.
LED Indicators. The LED indicator is blue when the monitor is active, and red when it's inactive and powered (e.g. you leave the monitor on but your connected devices are off). These LED indicator light are not so bright that they're distracting.
Image quality. I don't have any issues with the image quality at all. Seems quite good to me. No dead pixels and no bright spots or anything like that.
Mountable. I had to figure this one out. You can definitely use this with a VESA mount without any tricky converters. You just have to be brave enough to yank the stand out of the frame. It feels like it might break something, but it won't.
Thin Bezel. The thin bezel helps me focus more on the picture. I like it a lot because it it's as if the image is just floating in front of you.
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