I've owned this monitor for 2 months as of writing this review and I'm really satisfied with it so far. Bought it during the holidays on sale for $150, at that price it's definitely worth it and I'd highly recommend it. This is my first real gaming monitor tho, apart from the 300hz screen of my HP Omen laptop, so that's pretty much all I have for comparison.
Here's my thoughts about the monitor:
- The colors, viewing angles, response time (1ms GtG), and refresh rate are all great, so this monitor is perfect for gaming and graphic sensitive work. It gets super bright IMO (up to 350nits) and I have to use it at lvl 50 most of the time. There's not much backlight bleed or harsh IPS glow either, at least on the one I got.
- No built-in speakers so you'll need to add them separately, honestly it's better to add your own either way cuz the stuff that comes built-in is almost always garbage (I'm using a Bomaker Tapio I mini soundbar and it's perfect for my usage).
- The monitor has one HDMI 2.0, one DisplayPort 1.2, and a 3.5mm AUX port, I think there's a kensington lock thing too (I wish it had a second HDMI port but ehh I can just use a splitter, also wish it came with a DP cable too).
- The HDMI 2.0 port supports 144hz but you'll still need to change the display settings first. I'm using this as a secondary monitor for my HP Omen with RTX2060 and it is capable of G-sync over DisplayPort, you just need to enable it in the NVIDIA Control Panel.
- It's not mentioned anywhere but the monitor can rotate (90° clockwise only) and it has menu options accommodating the portrait position, it's a nice feature to have especially for a secondary monitor.
- To access the on screen menu there's 4 bottom facing tactile buttons and they can be customized to open different settings; I'd honestly prefer the joystick style interface but the buttons aren't that bad, I did get mixed up with hitting enter and back for a while tho.
- The build quality of the monitor seems good yet basic, the bezels are pretty thin but the body/enclosure of the screen is kinda chunky in depth. Actually I've seen a few other HP monitors that use nearly the exact same design (24X and VH240a)
- The stand section has some nice features like the portrait rotation, up/down pivot, and 110mm height adjustment, but there's just a hole for cable routing and the base is pretty much a square, also no headphone hook or anything fancy, I do like how it has a quick button lock for attaching to the monitor tho (toolless assembly).
TLDR; it's a really good monitor overall, not just for gaming, and especially so if you can get it at a decent price on sale.