ASUS VH196T 19-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black Review

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(More customer reviews)We moved a few months ago, and it made no sense to haul two 75 lb tube-type monitors to the new home. Those went to a local charity, and once we arrived at our new house we purchased two of these 19 inch Asus LCD monitors through Amazon. I was a little bit concerned about what the image quality would be since our computers don't have display adapters with DVI output. However, even using the standard VGA port, the image quality is far above what we had with the old tube-type monitors. Also, it was great to de-clutter the desktop even more by getting rid of the old speakers and using the ones that are built into these LCD monitors. You get plenty of sound to play back audio and video clips, but if you are into wall-shaking loud bass for video games or pop music, you will want more than what these little built-in speakers can provide.

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Product Description:
ASUS 19-inch VH196T Widescreen LCD Monitor: Delivers Vibrant Images with Green Power Efficiency.

ASUS VH196T LCD monitor presents you with stunning visual quality with exceptional features. The VH196T is also certified by Energy Star as a green LCD monitor by saving more than 20% of power consumption.

With features such as ASUS' exclusive Splendid Video Intelligence Technology, ASCR (ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio) Technology, Aspect Control and HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection), the VH196T optimizes your visual experience for all user-scenarios and environments.

The ASUS VH196T makes the most out of your computer for gaming, HD movies, videos and graphic-intensive applications with its quick 5ms response rate. With built-in stereo speakers, VH196T gives you instant multimedia enjoyment.

Give your eyes a treat today with the ASUS VH196T!

Key Features

19-inch widescreen 1440x900 with 5ms quick response time
Splendid Video Intelligence Technology with 5 preset modes and 3 skin-tone presets
HDCP support and Windows Vista certified enables full-quality digital HD content playback
Built-in stereo speakers for instant multimedia enjoyment
Energy Star-certified power saving design

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ASUS Innovation and Quality

ASUS is the world leader in motherboards and graphics cards, and is the fastest growing of the top 10 notebook brands (currently number 5).*

The ASUS product portfolio includes notebooks, Eee PCs, motherboards, graphics cards, and much more.

In 2008 alone, ASUS products won 3,056 distinguished awards thanks to the innovative user-centric technologies such as Splendid Video Intelligence, the ASUS exclusive display optimization technology that is included in every ASUS LCD monitors and notebooks.

Excellent Visual Performance with Exceptional Features

DVI input with HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) supported ensures video signal integrity and image quality, giving you the best visuals through digital video technology.

ASCR (ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio) Technology automatically adjusts the luminance of the backlight for better displays according to the image contents, and improves the contrast ratio to 5000:1 – resulting in more realistic rendering of night scenes during games or movies.

Aspect Control function allows users to select a preferred display mode between Full and 4:3 modes for true-to-life gaming or movie watching without any quality loss or image distortion.

The 19-inch widescreen in 16:10 golden ratio gives you the best viewing comfort with more horizontal estate compared to traditional 4:3 ratio. 16.7 million display colors deliver rich and colorful images.

Intelligent Image Enhancement with ASUS Splendid Video Intelligence Technology

ASUS Splendid Video Intelligence Technology adopts a color engine to detect activation and usage of video applications. It will then automatically optimize image quality with intelligent color, brightness, contrast and sharpness corrections for the best visual results.

The Splendid offers 5 video modes designed for scenery, theater, gaming, night view, and standard images scenarios.

Splendid also provides 3 skin tones of yellowish, natural and reddish to produce realistic visuals of the human objects in your videos.

You can see optimized images on screen and select between the five modes via a hotkey quickly at your will.

Sleek and User-friendly Design for Modern Décor and Ease-of-Use

ASUS designed glossy piano-black frame and smooth base design create a classy look for VH196T.

Built-in stereo speakers enable audio enjoyment together with true-to-life HD visual.

Convenient key controls for easy set-up in the multi-language OSD.

Cable manager helps you to manage tangling cables and wires and put them out of sight.

VESA Wall Mount compatible (100 x 100 mm), helps you minimize its footprint and fit into your home or office décor.

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