Performance
The monitors are slim and light, so placing them just about anywhere isn’t a real problem. My desk is fairly slim but very wide. However, they still fit in front of my two current monitors easily!
If you’re worried about how shiny they are, don’t be. It’s just a protective film.
With all that removed, the panels look inky black and diffuse the sunlight really well. As you can see, the colours look great on the monitor too. Why not both? One HDMI on my PC and no DP on the monitors… yeah, I wasn’t prepared for that.
Alas, we’ll come back to this one in a moment.
The IPS panel has a really good backlight, it looks clear in a well lit room, and the black levels are really uniform. There are no noticeable ghosting issues here.
Plus while the panel is “only” 1920 x 1080, the clarity is great, as at 24″ you have good pixel density.
Overall, the screens look fantastic together, and their super slim bezels make them great for multi-display configurations.
Interestingly, the display is capable of running at 75Hz too, I must have missed that detail earlier.
The panel is a good size for viewing a large spreadsheet, I certainly didn’t feel like I was straining my eyes working on this panel; surprisingly, given I use a 32″ 4K mostly.
The monitor has no speakers built-in, wo while colours and motion are pretty decent, you’ll need external sound to enjoy your media; hardly a deal breaker though.
Plus, while it’s hardly class-leading, 75Hz and 1080p are just fine for gaming too. eSports champs may need more, but a 5ms response time is perfectly fine really.
Speaking of gaming, the 2nd monitor needed testing too. So I hooked up on of my Pi4 arcade sticks I built in lockdown 2.
Interestingly, the monitor handles the constant resolution switching effortlessly. Here it’s running at 640×480 stretched and it looked great.
The built-in OSD works great too. There are some hot-swap profiles for media, movie, reading etc.
Basic brightness controls, contrast, etc. However, I honestly found the out-of-the-box settings to be reasonable, so set them back to default.
Now it’s time to see if the Spyder agrees with my own eyes.
