NEC MultiSync E241N-BK - Review 2022

Designed for business users on a upkeep, the NEC MultiSync E241N-BK ($259) is 24-inch In-Plane Switching (IPS) business organization monitor equipped with a fully adjustable ergonomic stand and three video inputs, and it supports NEC's NaViSet Administrator management software. It aced our grayscale performance tests, and delivered rich, uniform colors in testing, just its greenish color accuracy was slightly skewed. Its sibling, the NEC MultiSync EX241UN-BK, our Editors' Choice for midsize business monitors, offers amend color functioning and a lot more features, including a USB hub and more video ports, though it volition price you $120 more.

Design and Features

The E241N-BK uses a matte-black cabinet with microscopic superlative and side bezels and a one-half-inch bottom bezel that holds four bear upon-sensitive part buttons and a power push. The 7.vii-pound cabinet has 4 VESA-compliant mounting holes, and is supported by a stand with a round base that has a sliding swivel for tilt, pinnacle, and pivot adjustments. The lesser of base has a Lazy Susan mechanism that offers hinge maneuverability. The 24-inch IPS panel has a ane,920-past-1,080 resolution and a non-reflective, anti-glare coating. It has a peak brightness of 250 cd/m^two, a 1,000:1 native dissimilarity ratio, a sixteen:9 attribute ratio, and a 6-millisecond (grayness-to-greyness) pixel response.

At the rear of the cabinet, facing downward, are DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA video inputs and an audio output, and the left side of the cabinet holds a headphone jack. This monitor doesn't offer the DisplayPort output, DVI input, and USB ports that you get with the NEC EX241UN-BK, nor does information technology accept the NEC EX241UN-BK's ControlSync ports that allow you to control settings for multiple monitors. However, information technology does support NEC's NaViSet Administrator software, which lets IT staff arrange settings remotely when the monitor is part of a Windows network. Equally with the NEC EX241UN-BK, the E241N-BK'south 1-watt speakers are loud, merely tinny sounding.

NEC MultiSync E241N-BK

In addition to Effulgence and Contrast settings, there are six colour presets, including 9300 (cooler), 7500 (warmer), sRGB, Native, User, and Fifty/B (low-bluish lite). You lot can besides adjust private red, green, and blue intensity levels, but you don't get the advanced 6-axis color controls that you get with the ViewSonic VP2468. As with other MultiSync models, such as the NEC MultiSync EA244UHD and the NEC MultiSync EA305WMi, the E241N-BK has a carbon meter that keeps tabs on the monitor'south carbon footprint and tracks energy usage and costs. It also has two ECO fashion settings: ECO 1 sets the brightness level to 80 percent, and ECO ii sets it to 40 percent.

NEC covers the E241N-BK with a three-year warranty on parts, labor, and backlight. It ships with a printed User Guide, a DisplayPort cable, and a VESA adapter plate for use with an optional VESA mounting kit.

Functioning

The E241N-BK had no problem displaying every shade of greyness from the DisplayMate 64-Step Grayscale exam. Highlight and shadow detail was sharp in my exam images, and scenes from Marvel'south Deadpool on Blu-ray showed well-baked particular and rich colors. Viewing angles were broad, with no color shifting or fading.

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Colour accurateness out of the box was decent, but not ideal. On the chromaticity nautical chart beneath, the colored dots correspond my color measurements, as measured with a colorimeter and SpectraCal's CalMan software, and the boxes represent the platonic CIE coordinates for color accuracy. As shown, crimson and blue colors are very close to their ideal coordinates, while green is but outside of its box. Fortunately, I didn't discover any tinting in my grayscale tests due to the flaw like I did with the AOC P2779VC, and colors did not announced oversaturated.

NEC MultiSync E241N-BK

While it won't appeal to discerning gamers, the E241N-BK can handle light gaming duty. Its vi-millisecond pixel response did an acceptable job of handling fast activeness, but minor motion artifacts could be seen in my Crysis 3 (PC) and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Sony PlayStation 4) gaming tests. Occasional screen trigger-happy was also apparent, but not to the betoken of distraction. The panel produced a relatively short 10.3-millisecond input lag (the time it takes to respond to a controller command), as measured with a Leo Bodnar Video Betoken Lag Tester, but non equally short equally our leader, the BenQ SW2700PT (9.5 milliseconds).

The E241N-BK is a bit more energy efficient than the NEC EX241UN-BK. It consumed 15 watts of ability in testing while set to the sRGB preset with ECO mode disabled, eleven watts with ECO 1 enabled, and 9 watts with ECO 2 enabled. The NEC EX241UN-BK, also operating with the sRGB preset, consumed eighteen watts (Off), fourteen watts (ECO ane), and 12 watts (ECO 2), while the Dell UltraSharp 24 InfinityEdge Monitor U2417H consumed 14 watts in Standard style (it does not offer an ECO manner).

Conclusion

The NEC MultiSync E241N-BK is a solid selection for businesses looking to lower budget costs. Its 24-inch IPS panel provided skilful grayscale performance in our tests, and colors appeared uniform and well saturated, simply its greenish color accuracy was less than ideal. In order to keep costs downwardly, this model lacks USB ports, only it comes with a fully adjustable ergonomic stand up and works with NEC's NaViSet direction software. If yous want better color operation and more features, consider the ViewSonic VP2468, our top option for midsize, mainstream monitors. Its IPS panel delivered accurate colors and solid grayscale functioning in our tests, and information technology has 6-axis color controls, as well every bit a USB hub, all for only $20 more.