OUT OF THE BOX 

When opening the box, a real sense of minimalism and poor quality arises. The outer cardboard has the model number, the size and type of monitor, and the brand name and logo. The rest of the box is unadorned cardboard with their G logo replicated. At a glance, let's hope the money saved on packaging was diverted to the monitor itself. One item that did stand out is the nice logo in the bottom right hand corner. The logo says: "HannStar Display", which is a major high quality TFT LCD manufacture for many other companies. With that in mind, we realized that this display might be better than we thought. It was also a strong hint that most of the money went to the cost of the LCD itself. Let's open up the box.

While pulling out the monitor, it is apparent that Hanns-G had simplicity in mind when designing this packaging. Included with the monitor are one power cable, one VGA/D-sub video cable, one base, one warranty card, one sparse multilingual manual, and one CD user manual.

The user manual provided on paper is a visual-aid based manual. The images are easy to understand and are labeled in multiple languages throughout the sections of the book. The manual uses images to convey the instructions to insert the four edged poles into the four holes into the base. This couldn't be easier to complete and there is nothing aggravating to note. After assembling the base and the stand, the protective plastic sheet covering the TFT display can be removed. The angle of the monitor can also be adjusted by applying light consistent pressure to the top of monitor. This monitor also has sufficient heat dissipation methods via passive slotted cooling. Alternate methods available for setup are the VESA standard mounts. Looking closely at the back of the LCD, there are four easy to access screws that can be removed in order to detach the stand and mount the monitor onto any VESA mount. Another interesting note is that this monitor included a Kensington lock slot denoted by a padlock symbol. 

This monitor from the exterior has a no frills theme. Single logo, model number and a power led adorn the exterior. Along the bottom, there is a button cluster for OSD operation. These buttons consist of "I-button" (auto-adjustment), "adjust<", adjust>", "menu/enter", and "Power". Hanns-g's placement and type of buttons have improved from previous models. These are much easier to handle and press. For inputs there are two options. One option is the provided D-sub connection and the secondary optional connection is the DVI-D single or dual link connection. On the opposite side of the connection panel is the standard three prong power cable  Having gone through the tests with both the D-sub and DVI-D, it is recommended to use the DVI-D if available for reasons that will be covered in a bit. NewEgg.com has excellent prices on their DVI-D cables if one isn't included.