200 of 203 people found the following review helpful  Superb monitor, February 11, 2018 This review is from: HP 23.8-inch FHD IPS Monitor with Tilt/Height Adjustment and Built-in Speakers (VH240a, Black) (Personal Computers) This laptop sits at just over 4 stars while some of the other similarly priced and comparable monitors from Spectre, Lenovo, and other brands hover around 4.5 stars. This gave me pause, but after looking through many of the 1-3 star reviews it was clear that the majority had harshly penalized the monitor due to its reportedly lackluster audio performance. My laptop has surprisingly decent sound so I could essentially care less about the monitor's speakers. Now if my laptop didn't sound good then I would have simply connected my laptop to my Bluetooth speaker, my old PC speakers, my blue tooth headphones, or hell even my surround sound if I felt so inclined. Those reviews are overly demanding imo. First Impression: Time spent from opening the box to having the monitor up and running was under 5 minutes. Well designed packaging and easy to put together - no screwdriver required. Came with both a HDMI and an Aux cord... ok cool I appreciate that but whatever. First glance of... Read more
78 of 79 people found the following review helpful  Great for viewing and gaming. Not so much on sound...., December 9, 2017 This review is from: HP 23.8-inch FHD IPS Monitor with Tilt/Height Adjustment and Built-in Speakers (VH240a, Black) (Personal Computers) I ordered this monitor because I wanted to make a makeshift area for my powerful, but old laptop. When I took it out of the box, I was impressed by the size of the screen. It's quite wide and sturdy so you have no fear of it wobbling around. So on to the testing. The hdmi and vga are good for selection. I use hdmi and turned it on. The images are gorgeous. The IPS definitely makes the FHD shine thru and thru. Images are vivid, movies are amazing, and you have plenty of room to see all of your windows. Everything was great....till I switched the sound from my laptop to the monitor. They REALLY dropped the ball there. I have to put the sound up on the monitor AND my laptop to even hear anything! I barely have to turn up the sound on my laptop to hear it so I don't know if they put all their money into the screen or decided the speakers were a last minute decision. SO if you plan on using this monitor with a tower pc, please have external speakers as your default because the monitor... Read more
76 of 78 people found the following review helpful For the price, its amazing, August 18, 2017 This review is from: HP 23.8-inch FHD IPS Monitor with Tilt/Height Adjustment and Built-in Speakers (VH240a, Black) (Personal Computers) The thing to remember with this product is you get what you pay for. I am a second year finance major, and I was looking for an additional monitor to use with my laptop. All I would need it for is spreadsheets, word processing, and internet use, so I didn't need a brand new 4k 34in ultra wide whatever. I just needed a simple cheap monitor that would get the job done, and this did exactly that. No, it doesn't have the best resolution, and no it doesn't have the best color correctness. But you can't compare a $120 monitor to a $1300 monitor. For a college student or home office this in my mind is the best monitor you can get for the money, and I fully intend to get a second one. |
