Design and Ergonomics

From the front, the INNOCN 27C1U looks sleek. Instead of experimenting with weird base shapes and colors, INNOCN went with a simple, rectangular, matte black base, matte black stand, and elegant flat panel surrounded by thin bezels measuring some 8 millimeters on the sides and top and around 20 millimeters at the bottom. The bottom bezel has a centrally positioned, silver logo, which I didn't find distracting at all. With the base attached, the monitor measures 613.3x194.3x543.4 millimeters.


What I did find distracting was the white power LED below the bottom-right corner of the panel. It is unnecessarily wide, much brighter than needed, and, worst of all, cannot be deactivated in the OSD. If INNOCN plans to release firmware updates for the 27C1U, this is an option that simply must be added. When the monitor is in standby, the LED changes from white to blue.


The rectangular base, measuring 235x194 millimeters, consists of a steel core wrapped in plastic. The front edge of the base has discrete 0–200 mm markings and can as such be used as a ruler. While not everyone will find this detail useful, I still consider it a nice touch. The markings don't do anything to ruin the design of the monitor, and they might eventually come in handy, so why not have them?


The stand connects to the base with a single screw, and it attaches to the panel with four hooks. It can be detached by pulling the plastic tab below the connecting point(s). There's another INNOCN logo at the top of the stand. The entire stand is square, so it seamlessly blends in with the overall design of the 27C1U.


On the bottom-third of the stand is a round cutout that can be used for cable routing. This hole is visible with the panel lifted as high as it can go, but fully hidden with it in a normal position.


Should you not want to use the supplied base and stand, you'll be interested to know that the INNOCN 27C1U is VESA mountable. Your mount has to support the VESA 75x75 hole arrangement, which most do.


The screen can be swiveled by 45° in both directions. The swivel motion can be performed with one hand; you don't have to hold the base of the monitor in place as there's no risk of it accidentally moving. The angle markings around the bottom of the stand can help you center the panel after you swivel it in either direction.


Also adjustable is the height of the panel. In the top position, the distance from the table to the bottom edge of the screen is 182 millimeters, dropping to 62 millimeters after pushing the screen as low as it can go. That gives the monitor a total height adjustment range of 12 centimeters. You should have no trouble finding the optimum height for your desktop environment.


The monitor can also be tilted, from -5° to +20°.


The stand allows for the screen to be pivoted by 90° in either direction. This is something you'll need both hands for because you have to raise the panel all the way up before pivoting it while simultaneously tilting it. The integrated Gravity Sensor will detect the pivoted screen and rotate the picture accordingly. In a Windows 11 environment this feature worked flawlessly.