Pros & Cons
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- Good price.
- Stylish design.
- Dark blacks.
- Short input lag.
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- No USB ports.
- Tilt-only stand.
- Middling color accuracy.
BenQ VZ2470H Specs
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 |
| Height-Adjustable Stand? | |
| Landscape/Portrait Pivot | |
| Native Resolution | 1920 by 1080 |
| Panel Size (Corner-to-Corner) | 24 |
| Rated Contrast Ratio | 3000:1 |
| Swiveling Stand? | |
| Tilting Stand? | |
| USB Ports (Excluding Upstream) | 0 |
| Video Inputs | HDMI |
| Video Inputs | VGA |
| Warranty (Parts/Labor) | 36 |
| Weight | 10.8 |
The BenQ VZ2470H ($209) is proof that you don't have to pay a premium for premium aesthetics. This striking 24-inch, full HD (1,920-by-1,080) monitor uses Advanced Multi-Domain Vertical Alignment (AMVA) panel technology to deliver dark blacks and vibrant colors, although those colors aren't as accurate as they could be. For another $160, the 25-inch Acer H257HUSEE IT, our Editors' Choice for midsize, midpriced monitors, offers better all-around performance and a slightly bigger In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel with a WQHD (2,560-by-1,440) resolution. Still, if your budget is limited to around $200, the VZ2470HSee it at Amazon UK is worth a look.
Design and Features
The VZ2470H is a beautiful monitor. It uses a bezel-free design, with a slim, 1.5-inch-thick, white cabinet and a matching stand that is offset to the left. The stand allows you to tilt the panel forward and backward, but you can't adjust its height or make swivel or pivot adjustments. There are five control buttons and a Power button located under the bottom bezel. Around back, facing outward, are a pair of HDMI inputs, a VGA input, and a headphone jack. You don't get a DisplayPort input with the VZ2470H, nor do you get USB connectivity.
View All The 24-inch AMVA panel has a non-reflective coating, a 1,920-by-1,080 resolution, and a peak brightness of 250 cd/m2. Its 3,000:1 native contrast ratio is higher than the 1,000:1 contrast ratio that you get from an IPS panel, such as the one used on the Philips Moda 2 (275C5Q)SEE IT, and it produces much darker blacks as well.
The VZ2470H offers a solid array of settings in a user-friendly menu system. Here, you can adjust Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, Gamma, Color Temperature, and Black Level settings. You can also adjust Hue and Saturation levels and enable one of four Low Blue Light picture modes to help reduce eyestrain. There are eight additional picture modes, including Standard, Movie, Game, Photo, sRGB, ECO, M-Book, and User modes, and the usual analog settings, such as Clock, Phase, Position, and Auto Adjust.
The VZ2470H comes with HDMI and VGA cables, a Quick Start Guide, and a resource CD containing a User Guide and drivers. It is covered by a three-year warranty on parts, labor, and backlight.
Performance
In my testing, the VZ2470H produced vibrant colors and inky blacks, but its out-of-the-box color accuracy was a bit skewed. As shown on the chromaticity chart below, red and green colors (represented by the colored dots) are slightly misaligned with their ideal CIE coordinates (represented by the boxes), while blue is spot-on. You likely won't notice any oversaturated colors or tinting as a result, however.
