AOC V22 Verfino: 22″ LCD Monitor with LED Backlight

December 19, 2008

AOC V22 Verfino Specifications

Display: 22″ TN (Twisted Nematic) TFT LCD with LED Backlight
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Pixel Format: 1680 x 1050
Contrast Ratio: 100,000:1 (dynamic)
Response Time: 2ms (Gray-to-Gray, GTG)
Viewing Angles: 160/160
Brightness: 280 cd/m2
Connectivity: HDMI, VGA
Power Consumption: 28W (oper­a­tional), <2W (standby)
Dimensions: 526 x 438 x 190mm
Availability: Early 2009

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AOC‘s V22 Verfino is a fine-looking LCD mon­i­tor. It sports a TN (Twisted Nematic) 22″ TFT LCD fea­tur­ing a pixel for­mat of 1680 x 1050. TN tech­nol­ogy lim­its the view­ing angles (160/160) but is ultra-fast with a 2ms response time. Limited view­ing angles are not too impor­tant unless you need high color fidelity at off axis view­ing and if you are think­ing of piv­ot­ing a mon­i­tor in por­trait mode. I have HP’s w2408h mon­i­tors and they are great when used in land­scape mode. In por­trait mode, pic­tures and text is not so great. There seems to be some band­ing of col­ors and blur­ring of text. If you require very good view­ing angles you should look for LCDs that incor­po­rate VA (PVA-Samsung, ASV-Sharp, MVA-AU Optronics, Chi Mei Optoelectronics) or IPS (LG Display, IPS Alpha) LCD panels.

Brightness at 280 cd/m2 is bright enough for a mon­i­tor. It could be slightly brighter, but it is not nec­es­sary since you are fairly close to it. The V22 Verfino seems to have a built-in micro­phone and a web­cam on top. The lit­tle dot next to the web­cam might instead be an ambi­ent light sen­sor. I am not sure. Update: vishnu, who seems to be from AOC, has stated in the com­ment area that the lit­tle dot next to the web­cam is not a light sen­sor but a micro­phone. Thanks vishnu!

I don’t put too much impor­tance into dynamic con­trast ratio unless there are two tech­nolo­gies involved: a LED back­light and local dim­ming. Well, the V22 Verfino does have a LED back­light. I am not sure if local dim­ming tech­nol­ogy is incor­po­rated into the V22 Verfino but I will guess that AOC is doing it. The 100,000:1 fig­ure for its dynamic con­trast ratio is very high and will prob­a­bly require mak­ing use of local dim­ming tech­nol­ogy. Just a guess.

The V22 Verfino would have been near per­fect if it fea­tured a 1920 x 1200 pixel for­mat instead of 1680 x 1050. There might be ways to watch 1080p HD con­tent on the V22 Verfino but based on the pixel for­mat you’re lim­ited to 720p HD.

Bottomline: The V22 Verfino is a 22″ LCD mon­i­tor that incor­po­rates a LED back­light and improves the dynamic con­trast ratio to unheard lev­els for a LCD mon­i­tor: 100,000:1. Watching HD video con­tent will be bet­ter than most other LCD mon­i­tors with an ultra-fast 2ms response time in addi­tion to the excel­lent con­trast ratio. Just make sure you’re right in the mid­dle of the screen.

Source: Engadget

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