ASUS VS228H-P 21.5" Full HD 1920x1080 HDMI DVI VGA Back-lit LED Monitor

UPDATE: I got 2 of the VP228H (21.5 inch) model from B&H for the same price and they are working much better than this model. That model is similar to this one with just a couple of differences. I have no problem with the screen flashing to black and there are also a few more features included. I have owned 2 of these 24 inch monitors for a few years and they have been great (5 stars). I bought (2) 21.5 inch monitors now (same model) for someone elses setup and I have had nothing but problems with them. Tried several different HDMI cables, but every time the computer is turned on, it takes forever for the video signal to sync to the 2 monitors. The monitors will show a video signal and then keep flashing to black several times and it just has trouble getting the video signal stable. This can put strain on the graphics card and its not good. After the screens flash to black several times, the signal finally is stable, but sometimes when using them there are occasional glitches on the screen. This creates a huge delay when using the computer because every time the computer goes idle and you come back you have to wait forever for the monitors to turn on and stabilize the signal. I even tried just hooking each monitor up separately to test and they both had the same problem even when not hooked as a pair. When I plug their computer into the same model monitors I have but bigger (24 inches) there is no problem. I plugged their computer into some older ASUS monitors I have and no problem either. So my guess is that these (2) 21.5 inch monitors have a defect (or bad batch) so I am returning them. Just leaving this review in case someone else has the same flashing to black (or flickering to black) problem.

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No auto-detection for input sources, so if youre NOT using VGA, every time your computer shuts off, or the monitor is turned off, when you turn it back on you have to manually change your input back to (in my case) DVI. Its doubly annoying if you have a dual monitor setup, because every time you boot up in the morning you have to change both screens. If youre on VGA, great news, thats the default setting. The picture is nice, but not detecting inputs automatically makes me feel like Im using a monitor from 1995.

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Not sure how to reconcile all the positive reviews with my experience of seeing a dull picture when doing basic office work in Windows 10. Perhaps it looks good for video/game playback but for day-to-day applications, no matter what you do with the settings, the picture quality is severely bad. It is as if the monitor had a layer of dust built in with screens coming across depressingly gloomy. The lack of brightness and color are the only things that pop on this monitor. Other grievances, which on top of the picture quality issues beg the question as to what the people who like this monitor are smoking, are gimmicky/useless scene modes and the menu/buttons which had to have been designed to showcase the Asus dinosaur hardware engineers UI design skills.

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