Uniformity can vary between units but this is very pleasing to see for any class of monitor, not least a budget model. We tested this and found everything set up optimally by default, as you’d expect from a PC-only connection.

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The backlight switches on and off extremely rapidly with a decreased pulse frequency decreasing brightness. The highest white luminance, lowest black luminance and highest contrast ratio recorded are highlighted in black. The refresh rate and perceived blur limitations were also apparent during the rapid spins of Gymkhana on Dirt 3. It is ‘lighter’ (has a lower haze value) than the notoriously ‘grainy’ surfaces used on most older IPS models.There are 75 x 75mm VESA holes for alternative mounting, an AC power input (and therefore an internal power converter) and the ports.

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As usual the Nvidia card sent out completely the wrong colour signal to the monitor, washing out colours and hugely reducing contrast. There’s also an analogue PC audio input and a headphone jack should you prefer this option over the built-in speakers. Some users are sensitive to this, particularly for the potentially ‘stronger’ flickering at lower brightness. Even so, the MHL feature is a handy way of showing photos to your family and friends on a large screen. The track maintained quite a good degree of sharpness, though, and no extensive ‘smearing’ or extended trails were evident.If you pushed us to find a fault with this display, it would be that the headphone socket is at the back of the screen, rather than at the side.