Archive for November, 2007

Hanns-G HU196D 19 inch flat panel LCD monitor review

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Bought it about one year ago , late 206, for about  $200 .   As a monitor, it works as advertised, and you basically get what you pay for.    There is something odd about the colours, just something is off.  I really can’t say what though…  maybe the image quality at an angle is not that great.   The monitor has been on for 24/7 since the day I bought it,  still works, but there has now appeared some strange horizontal “smears” across at least half of the monitor.   Since I only use this as a security camera monitor, the quality is not of great concern, but for anybody expecting to use this as a primary work monitor , I wouldn’t recommend it.   

Conclusion:   Worth what you paid for it - don’t expect to use this for high end photo editing.

Update - Jan 23, 2008 - I realized that the “smears” were burned in images from the programs I had running.   Turning off the monitor, or moving the windows around would eliminate the smears after a long while.

Update - June 8, 2008 - still working