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4.5
I needed a new display. Only having a RTX 3060, I was going to stick with 1920x1080 and 24 inches. I spent quite amount of time looking for a display that had everything I wanted in it, mainly the res, size, and being height adjustable were deal breakers, and ideally wanted speakers and pivoting. I preferred IPS but VA wasn't totally out of the question.I knew the Monitors Unboxed YouTube channel seemed to like Pixios somewhat for this range and they tested fairly well, so I looked at them but was disappointed their recommended PX248 Prime Advanced didn't have height adjustment. Purely by chance I looked at the Pixio product page and saw the PX248 Pro listed, I hadn't seen this model listed when I searched for 24" 1080 displays on Amazon. I found it by searching by name and was happy to see it ticked all the boxes.Even better, I waited another week and Pixio had a sale, making the PX248 Pro only $135! So that sealed the deal and I ordered.The stand for the display seems very sturdy, made of metal with plastic covering. Well made for the price. The package included a 1.5m (nearly 5 feet) DP cable (I ended up ordering my own because I wanted just a little more cable) and uses a "wall wart" type AC adapter for power. You might have to plan for that if you don't have the free space for an adapter, though it was fine for me.The screen arrived with zero pixel defects. The red seems a tad strong, I adjusted it down a little for me, but the colors look good.The cons - a few things kept it from me giving it a 5 star. The speakers are terrible. My previous display had speakers and I used them all the time, they sounded pretty decent. These ones, I'd have to say barely usable. Fine for system noises, but not so much media. So I'm having to pull out an old pair of good speakers from retirement to use again.The screen does have some light bleed in the bottom corners, this is what made me consider if I was going to send the display back the most. I've decided it's not something that reminds me it's there, so I can live with it, especially for the price. And don't forget to turn the brightness down after you get it, as usual for tv/displays, it comes nearly maxed.There's a few minor esthetics I'd have liked changed, I'm not crazy with the power light being on the right side of the display and more importantly that it blinks amber when in stand-by (why blinking?? Just make it solid on) and I don't like that there's no dedicated power button. If you want to turn off the display, you have to press and hold the multi-function button for 3ish seconds (the instructions weren't clear on this, just that you could turn it off with it). It's not something I'll need to do often, but once in a long while I may leave the computer on to do something overnight and I want to make sure the display won't turn on.So overall, I'd say a good display for $169, a great one for $135. The PX248 Pro is a good, cheap gaming display. Just don't plan to rely on the speakers.
