AOC 23 inch IPS Monitor, Display Port, 2 x HDMI, VGA, MHL, Speakers, Vesa I2369VM

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Performance-wise, the AOC i2369Vm is excellent. Its IPS panel ensures great colour reproduction and wide viewing angles, but this display out-performs all others by some considerable margin by achieving the highest measured contrast ratio of any of the IPS displays. Image is very bright, rich and nicely varied with decent vibrancy. A slight cool green tint to the image but no issues with over (or under) saturation or crushed shades. The matte screen surface gives a slightly grainy appearance to light colours – it’s lighter (lower haze value) than some older IPS models but not quite ‘semi glossy’

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The luminance uniformity was pleasing. The maximum luminance was in the centre of the screen (‘quadrant 5’) where 172.6 cd/m2 was recorded using our test settings. The most significant variation from this was observed left of centre (‘quadrant 4’) where the screen was 10% dimmer at 155.4 cd/m2. Elsewhere deviation was a single percentage point away from the central value, most commonly 6%. The lowest deviations occurred at the top central region (‘quadrant 2’, 4% deviation at 165.6 cd/m2) and the top left (‘quadrant 1’, 1% deviation at 171.1 cd/m2). Uniformity can vary between units but this is very pleasing to see for any class of monitor, not least a budget model. AOC are not as well-known as many other monitor manufacturers, but they certainly know how to achieve that crucial combination of style, performance and affordability. The AOC i2369Vm is the latest monitor in the company’s ‘Value’ line. Despite it setting itself firmly as a budget option it uses the latest ‘AH-IPS’ technology to give slender bezels and a competent colour performance. It all seems very promising ‘on paper’, but how does it all hold together in practice? That is what we will find out.

We also tested responsiveness on our Blu-ray movie titles. The fluidity here was limited by the low frame rate of around 24fps at which they are shot and run. This essentially broke up the action in such a way that there were no weaknesses evident from either pixel transitions or overdrive artifacts. If you did observe overdrive artifacts during films you could always disable overdrive with no negative consequences. The native pixel transitions on modern IPS monitors are fast enough for movie viewing even without pixel overdrive enabled. Disabling overdrive, should you wish to, is a nice flexibility that you have on the AOC. For our testing (below) we set overdrive to ‘Weak’ as we felt this offered the best balance. Users should feel free to experiment with the other settings to see what works best for them. The Lagom text appeared a well-blended grey without any obvious red or green tints. This indicates a low level of viewing angle dependency to the monitor’s gamma curve, which is a positive attribute of IPS monitors. The responsiveness of the i2369Vm was mostly pleasing. There was very little input lag and good flexibility with the strength of pixel overdrive (grey to grey acceleration). Even using the ‘Weak’ setting, which is the lowest available level of acceleration after ‘Off’, there was some inverse ghosting in places. This was relatively mild, though, and despite its name this setting was anything but weak. The acceleration was effective enough to reduce trailing to some of the lowest levels we’ve seen on an IPS monitor. The i2369Vm is part of AOC’s value range of monitors, but this 23in monitor looks anything but budget. The i2369Vm’s slim IPS panel is just 14mm deep and its slim matt silver stand and lower bezel look smart with its frameless display.

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Whilst we will do everything we can to meet the delivery times above, there may be factors outside of our control and we cannot guarantee delivery within this time frame. Slightly reduced tint but light shades appear overly bright in relation to darker shades which appear a bit ‘underdone’. Battlefield 3 looked very much as it should. Colours were displayed with good richness and variety with some particularly impressive earthy browns and crisp golden greens. Some of the deeper colour, such as strong oranges and dark reds, also had appropriate fullness without appearing the wrong shade. The ‘neon’ in game markers and bright elements such as fires and flares didn’t have the sort of ‘pop’ you might see on a glossy screen but still looked fairly vibrant. Very low input lag and highly configurable pixel overdrive with some good strong acceleration even using the not-so-aptly named ‘Weak’ overdrive setting

Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you. The AOC i2369Vm is in many ways an impressive monitor, not least for the image quality on offer at such a low price. The monitor provided a rich and fairly well balanced image straight from the box with excellent gamma performance. There was a slight colour imbalance (green tint) on our unit but the flexible and well-laid out OSD allowed this to be easily rectified. The variety and consistency of colours made for a rich and rewarding gaming and movie experience. The matte screen surface didn’t provide quite the same vibrant punch as a glossy (or semi glossy) one, but the image was far from being bland or washed out. We used the MHL feature with an HTC One X+, which has a 1,280×720 resolution. The phone’s display defaulted to a horizontal position that filled most of the screen, but the overall image looked jagged and pixelated. Even so, the MHL feature is a handy way of showing photos to your family and friends on a large screen. At the side the monitor is fairly slender. It is 14mm at thinnest point and 17mm at the bottom (including the bottom bezel ‘lip’). It lumps out in the middle to around 43mm.