Question 1

Is this monitor mountable?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but you will need to purchase a wall mount bracket. I currently use this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882021212

Question 2

Stripped of jargon:  is this a good choice for us?  We want to be able to download films via a laptop, and view them (along with good sound) on a screen--presumably like this one.  If we find a music video on Youtube, we'd like to be able to watch it together on a larger screen.

Accepted Answer

I have not used the built in speakers, but the image quality is really nice and the different presets for the screen make it really easy to adjust color and brightness for what you are watching or manually set them to your preference. I plug my laptop into it and it works great, if you use VGA to plug it in then you may get some weird flickering on grays and blacks, but just like slight lighter lines and its not really a big deal and when you are watching something it's not noticeable at all. From the reviews I have read and seen the on-board speakers are not the best but they aren't terrible, but I have not used them so I personally cannot attest to their quality. The screen size is really nice if you are sitting at a desk with the monitor on it then it is an excellent size! I plan on buying another in the future.

Question 3

This monitor came up as compatible with Windows 8 as Touchscreen.  Is it a Touchscreen  monitor?

Accepted Answer

It is a very good monitor.  It works great with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, but it is not a touch screen monitor.  The two HDMI ports are handy, as I have a Dell XPS (Windows) on one port and a Mac Mini on the other.  The monitor works great with either.  Speakers are expectedly "tinny" sounding, but are functional.  It has good resolution and speed, as well as looking good with the tiny bezel.

Question 4

I don't see anywhere what the refresh rate of this monitor is. Is it 60hz, 120hz, or 144hz? Thanks!

Accepted Answer

The last page of the Asus VN247H User Manual lists all supported resolution vs. refresh rate modes.

At 1920 x 1080 the refresh rate is 50 Hz (HF 56.25 KHz) or 60 Hz (HF of 67.433/67.5 KHz).

The User Manuals you may find on Internet lack my handwritten note how happy I am with this product.

Thank you.

Question 5

Is this monitor adequate for gaming/streaming?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The color is spectacular and the 1ms response time makes the motion of the game very fluid and clear. I have also used it with my PS4 and XboxOne and immediately noticed a huge increase in quality. I was "Wow'd" by it all. I bought three of these for my desktop setup. I highly recommend them.

Question 6

Does it have a headphone jack?

Accepted Answer

Yes. There are two 3.5mm jacks, one for speaker in and one  for headphone out. And I'd never tried it before, but I wondered if the headphone jack would pass through the HDMI audio. Just tried it and it does.

Question 7

does the entire stand come off? Looking at the images, the bottom part comes off but the stem remains connected.

Accepted Answer

Yes, the entire stand comes off including the stem.

Question 8

Are these mountable?

Accepted Answer

Yes, they have a 100mm VESA mount, which is fairly standard for computer monitors. Personally I have three of these guys wall mounted into a panaroma (and yes, it's epic). Some great mounts available over in the accessories area of the site.

Question 9

I'm really considering buying this monitor to hook it up to my laptop (Macbook Pro) as well as my Xbox. The question I have is would it be compatible with a Mac and if so, how would I be able to connect it?

Accepted Answer

This monitor will work with both your mac and xbox. It has sockets that accept vga and hdmi inputs. You may need to buy adapters that allow your devices to connect to these. Eg, for your macbook pro you should acquire a mini displayport to hdmi adapter. Not sure what the xbox uses, but it will need to connect to either hdmi or vga. Once you have the adapters, you can plug them into the appropriate sockets on the monitor and control which source is displayed using the *input select* function on the monitor menu, accessible from the buttons on the monitor itself. Easy!

Question 10

Does this monitor have the same problem as the asus VN248H-P where you can't it wake up from sleep?

Accepted Answer

In response to Robert's question No I have not had any issues with getting the monitor to "wake up".  When the monitor goes to sleep all I have to do is move the mouse or press a key on my keyboard.  I have mine connected via the HDMI cable that came with the monitor.

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