The IPS235V is an IPS (in-plane switching), LED-backlit
LCD monitor from LG, which despite its lower model number, is a newer model
compared to another crowd favorite, the IPS236V. It comes factory calibrated,
and there’s even a quality assurance report to show for it – a rarity among
23-inch monitors. Out of the box, you need to first fix the stand base to the
stern that’s protruding out from the bottom. There’s nothing fancy about the
plastic base: a slight curve adds a dash of contemporary feel to an otherwise
standard monitor design. While you can’t adjust the height, you can tilt the
panel +15 to -5 degrees up or down.
The side and top bezels come in just under 2cm. a power
and six other unlabeled buttons reside under the frame toward the bottom right.
The only markings are some dashes on the bezel to indicate their relative
positions, which really aren’t that helpful in the dark. Pressing any of them
brings up an on-screen menu showing you the respective functions each button
performs; thankfully, the tabbed menus that follow are easy to navigate. There
are quite a number of picture settings that you can tweak beyond the usual fare
of brightness, contrast and sharpness controls. For example, black level offset
can be changed if you’re using an HDMI connection, and gamma can be set from
1.8 to 2.6. also present is a user mode where hue and saturation for six colors
can be adjusted. Other presets include Movie, Text, Photo, and sRGB. If you’ve
a second monitor, you can easily extend or clone your desktop using the bundled
software. for multi-taskers, you can even split a screen in half to show two
webpages.
Input-wise, you get one each for D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI;
cables for the first two inputs are included in the box. When using an analog
connection, image adjustment will be carried out automatically during first
power up. For subsequent adjustments, you’ve to reach for the Auto button. The
IPS235V is pretty bright from the get-go: our Spyder3 colorimeter gave us a
reading of 240cd/m2. for color-critical work, we prefer calibrating our monitor
to about 120cd/m2. to achieve that, we had to drop the brightness setting to
28. our test unit had a slight deficiency in the blues initially, but this was
remedied after calibration. Overall screen uniformity was good, and only very
minute backlight bleed was detected. The lower third was on average a few nits
dimmer than the center, but you won’t notice it. We’ve no issues with how text
looked despite the panel’s anti-glare 3H coating, but your mileage may vary.
Ghosting effects, while present, was minimal; it certainly didn’t stop us from
enjoying our games or movies.
You won’t know what the button do until you
press one of them to bring up a menu.
Compared to the Dell UltraSharp U2312HM, which offers a
built-in-4-port USB hub, DisplayPort input (instead of HDMI), and height-adjustable
stand, the IPS235V’s feature set seems a bit lackluster. Still, its combination
of good image quality and great price makes it hard for anyone shopping for a
23-inch monitor to ignore.
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At a glance
Panel type: IPS
Resolution:
1,920x1,080
Response time: 5ms
Video inputs: D-SUB,
DVI-D, HDMI
Price: $328
Specifications
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Brightness:
250cd/m2
Contrast ratio:
5,000,000:1
Viewing angle:
178/178 degrees (CRz10)
Number of colors: 16.7M
Power consumption: 35W
(typical)
Other features:
DOC/CI, HDCP, Plug & Play, VESA 100X100
Dimensions:
547.5x417.3x191mm (with stand)
Weight: 3.8kg
(with stand)
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Verdict: 8.5
Physique: 8.0
Features: 8.5
Performance: 8.5
Value: 8.5 |
