Iiyama Vision Master Pro 454 review

I iyama pulls off quite a coup this month - not only did the Vision Master come top of the pile in our quality tests, it also wins for features. Add the competitive price of £248 and it's no wonder the Pro 454 claims the Labs Winner award.

To be fair, you don't need our range of tests to see this monitor's quality. As soon as the Desktop loads at its optimum 1,280 x 1,024 resolution, it's obvious the focus and geometry are excellent. But DisplayMate soon confirmed that focus was superb in all corners. Even the tough resolution tests couldn't ruffle it. The Vision Master's only problem was moiré interference, which the OSD's horizontal moiré control couldn't iron out.

This monitor's geometry was again difficult to fault. In fact, the Pro 454 passed all our geometry tests and managed the same feat for colour and greyscale. Only some mid-range streaking (see Performance analysis, p74) let it down in the miscellaneous section.

When it comes to features, it's difficult to know where to start our praise. Not content with integrating a four-port USB hub, there's a pair of stereo speakers as well. You can also hook up two video inputs, thanks to the dual D-SUBs. Add the fact that it supports resolutions up to 1,600 x 1,200 at 85Hz and the Pro 454 only lacks advanced OSD controls like corner purity and linearity.

Despite tough opposition from Eizo, LG and NEC, the Iiyama was a clear winner.