Review on 🖥️ Qian Frameless Anti Glare Monitor QM2382F – HD LED, Wall Mountable, Tilt Adjustment, Flicker-Free – 1920X1080 Response by Jeremiah Camacho

I wanted to replace my 10 year old Gateway LCD monitor with a modern thin bezel 1080p LED model. I had high hopes for this monitor, but it didn't materialize for a number of reasons. It's a pretty good monitor for the price though. ON-SCREEN DISPLAY AND SETUP: Instead of a row of buttons at the bottom of the monitor, this Qian has a hidden joystick-like device on the back of the display. It's easy to find and find when you need to turn the monitor on/off or change settings, but the instructions that came with the monitor don't adequately describe how this interface works. Pushing the joystick inward (as if you were pressing the button) turns the monitor on/off (the joystick glows red when the monitor is on and changes to amber when the monitor is in standby mode). A left press activates the on-screen settings menu, and an additional left press acts as a "Select" button. Push the joystick up or down to scroll through the different menu options, while pushing the joystick right acts as a back button. I cannot describe how illogical this interface is. Some menu items on the screen have arrows pointing left and right to scroll through different options, but you actually have to push the joystick up and down to toggle between them. With other interfaces of this type, you would also expect to press in on the joystick to act as a "select" button, but instead you would accidentally turn off the monitor and start the process again. It's an incredibly shaky design, but ultimately a minor inconvenience because once you've got everything set up to your liking, you'll never be able to use this interface again. This is because if you leave the monitor in "standby mode," the monitor will turn on and off automatically with your computer. DESIGN: This Qian has a beautiful modern look. The brushed metal stand is attractive and very durable, and the monitor has a stunning frameless design. It's also very sleek and thin with an expensive look. Overall it feels very well made. However, my computer bay is only 19.1 inches wide for a monitor, so everything I bought had to fit. The product description says this monitor is 18.9 inches wide, which seems too good to be true for the 21.5-inch model. Advertisement. However, it seemed possible since this Qian has a "frameless" design. Unfortunately, the dimensions in the product description are incorrect. This monitor is actually 19.3 inches wide, so it doesn't fit. Keep this in mind if you don't have a lot of space to work. It should also be noted that "frameless" is not the same as "frameless". ." When the monitor is turned on, a 1/4" black border appears around the viewable screen. So the display doesn't really extend to the edges of the monitor body like most "frameless" models. This doesn't sound like much, and I'll admit it's a bit picky at this price point, but personally it's a lot thicker than the razor-thin bezels shown in the product photos. I updated the drivers and made all the monitor settings and Windows 10 made sure the monitor is displaying correctly, but the bezel always stayed on. A: Qian's IPS display is fairly bright and has impressive white levels. Contrast is decent too, allowing me to get good black levels, a notable improvement over our old Gateway. Still, I'd say this panel favors the 'cold' side of the color spectrum. Blue looks very bright, green looks balanced, and red looks matte. We went through all the settings, but increasing the red level didn't make them brighter, it just oversaturated the pink. In the end, we managed to find an "acceptable" color balance, but people's skin tones always looked a bit faded. This was frustrating because our old Gateway monitor (which was a bargain model 10 years ago) has much better colors than this modern Qian. Viewing angles are quite good but not impressive. If you're not in the middle of the screen sitting, the back edge blurs slightly, but not too much, but after that initial slight dip, the blur doesn't get much worse until you get to d reach the extreme corners. Oddly enough, our old non-IPS Gateway LCD panel actually has much better viewing angles than Qian, which was surprising. Qian isn't bad, but I think I expected more from a more modern panel technology. There's also a softness to this display that's good for movies, but not so great for web browsing when you want text to be super clear. At first I thought it might be because I'm using the VGA input, but switching to an HDMI cable didn't change anything. I enjoyed watching movie trailers on this display, but I don't typically use my computer to watch movies. For everyday tasks, this Qian was no match for the old gateway. There are various presets (including Cinema, Internet, and Game) as well as custom settings. Everyone had that softness to some degree, and overriding the user settings didn't help either. I should also note that the refresh rate on this monitor is only 59Hz, so it's not the best choice for gaming. CONCLUSION: We returned this monitor due to inaccurate product dimensions, lack of text clarity when browsing the web, and because our old monitor had better color balance and viewing angles. My son campaigned for us to keep it as a gaming monitor but changed his mind after learning that the refresh rate is only 59Hz (you need at least 75-120Hz for gaming). However, this Qian monitor has a nice modern design, and for the price, I think most people will be fine with the issues I've outlined.