Asus MW221U Monitor Reviews Australia www.asus.com.au

1

- Terrible

Posted on Feb 19, 2009

Reviews: 14

Pros: Good picture quality if you use any input other than VGA
Good price

Cons: Speakers are rubbish. (you wont use them if you want to listen to anything other than PC type sounds)
The VGA input is absolute rubbish !!!!! Worst picture i have seen in a long time. So fuzzy. I have tried other monitors (same model) and the are the same.

I at one stage stopped using the monitor connected to a PC (even though it was basically new). I turned it into a TV and the picture using digital input is very good. Sound is rubbish.

Overall: I got fed up with this monitor and it now sits in a cupboard gathering dust.
Needless to say i bought a different model from a competitor.
Not happy at all with this unit for the purpose i chose it. (connected to a laptop with a VGA connector)

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4

- Good

Posted on May 2, 2008

clintinoz

Reviews: 7

Pros: 2ms , nice design

Cons: no point in the speakers

Overall: Ive owned this monitor for 8months already. Have not had an issue with it. Love the crisp picture and the fact that you can view 2 documents on the same screen at the same time. Perfect for watching movies and playing games. It also has DVI and D-sub which is great. I reckon they should have got rid of the speakers and dropped the price of the monitor, no one that i know uses monitor speakers, they dont even sound that great. Anyways thats got nothing to do with the quality of the monitor, i think its good deal, especialy now that they are going around $400 brand new.

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4

- Good

Posted on Feb 9, 2008

mhkbmw

Reviews: 1

Pros: its shape and size

Cons: its price

Overall: i think it is great monitor for my pc it gives true colours and size of viewing but i think the bad thing is its price i think if u can reduce it i will have one
ASUS are becoming a major company selling computer components and it will give my computer a good look

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5

- Excellent

Posted on Jun 15, 2007

RB1

Reviews: 14

Pros: ASUS are becoming a major company selling computer components, and their computer monitors are actually a very nice monitor. this model uses a set of modes called "Splendid" which adjust the colour and the screen size to make the best possible picture. using windows vista and a decent graphics card, you can display 2 windows simultaneously, and with the DVI Input as well, you can obtain an exceptional image from a standard half decent computer. the speakers included on the monitor are also decent, and the monitor, unlike some has actually been finished very nicely. when i opened the box, i found the aus. power cord, the VGA and the DVI cables, but also found 2 foreign power cables. you would think that a company would include only the cable for the country which it is being shipped to, but they include more than one cable. this is fantastic if you choose to move overseas, as you can just take the new cord and not worry about power convertors etc.

Cons: when you look directly at a section of the monitor from a distane of approximately 35-40cm which is about normal text reading distance, you will notice that the monitor has a slight sort of flicker in it, but with a decent graphics card, not the internal motherboard ones, this problem vanishes. another weird problem is the splendid modes do not take effect instantly, but can take up to 5 seconds to take effect, which makes it difficult to assess which mode is the best if you are in a hurry.

Overall: generally, ASUS are a very nice manufacturer of computer parts which a built very sturdy and have been finished very well. with having all of the inputs on the back, plus the excellent Splendid modes, a very nice monitor if you are looking to make your computer look and perform execptionally!

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5

- Excellent

Posted on May 22, 2007

psosnowski

WA Reviews: 2

Pros: 2 ms refresh rate. Both D-sub and DVI cables suppplied. Ability to have two full size documents open on the screen at once.

Cons: Setup buttons below screen are stiff to depress.

Overall: I purchased this monitor about six weeks ago. It was well worth the money to get the 2ms response rate. You can pay $50 less and only get a 5 or 8ms refresh rate. This is the one for you if you are into online gaming. It came with both DVI and D-sub cables for connecting to your pc, so there was no having to go back to a shop to purchase a correct cable. Another plus, is that it is possible to view two full size documents or web pages at once without squinting. On the downside, the set up buttons located below the screen are stiff to depress, especially the on / off button. Another downside is that to take full advantage of the 16:9 widescreen view, I was required to purchase a 256meg video card. Shop around for this item. I paid only $499 at Austin's Computers in Rockingham WA. I did see it for $599 at Retravision, and their sales rep said he couldn't even buy it from his supplier for the price I purshased it for.

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