14 DAY TRIAL // I-O Data is almost ready to start shipping a new monitor, one that has an arguably peculiar combination of performance specs and pricing.
The LCD-MF234XPGBR, as the company's new monitor is called, is not exactly the most revolutionary of displays.
That would imply that it is intended either for regular consumers or for business users, or both.
The price of $347 / 261 Euro may be a bit on the high side, though, so prospective buyers will have to make up their own minds as to whether or not this panel is what they have been looking for.
First off, the screen size is of 23 inches so, at the very least, there should be enough working space and/or display area for videos (movies, documentaries, etc.).
Secondly, the native resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels won't catch anyone off guard, and neither will the LED backlighting.
With CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lights) no longer possessing a price advantage over LED, it goes without saying that panel makers would choose the more efficient of the two.
Moving on, the product is built with an IPS panel, leading to viewing angles of 178 degrees both horizontally and vertically.
Alas, as people may know, IPS panels are slower than the TN technology used in screens nowadays: the response time here is 14ms.
It bears nothing, however, that an “overdrive” mode can be activated, to push the response time to 8ms. It still isn't the 5ms or less of higher-end panels, but an improvement is an improvement.
Other specifications include a contrast ratio of 1,000:1 (dynamic contrast ratio / DCR of 80,000:1), a brightness of 250 cd/m2 and a pair of 1.5W speakers, plus an ECO mode that, as one might guess, saves energy.
Finally, for I/O, I-O Data gave the LCD-MF234XPGBR a DVI connector, a D-Sub port and two HDMI inputs.