Viewsonic VP2290B-2 22.2" LCD Monitor

I'm not quite sure where to begin with this review. I guess I should start by stating, right up front, that the VP2290B (and it's twin, the IBM T221) can NOT be used -- or even considered for use -- as a "general purpose" display for your computer. It's a *highly* specialized display that is really meant to be used to display one thing and one thing only -- STATIC images such as photographs, CAD/CAE drawings, and other *very* high resolution graphics.

You simply can NOT use this monitor as a primary Windows (or any other OS) display. You'll need a second "normal" display for that purpose running from a completely separate display adapter (I use a 24" LCD). The VP2290 can't be run from a standard graphics adapter -- even the latest and greatest like an nVidia 7900GTX/512 or an ATI X1900XTX. It needs MORE! You'll need either a Matrox Parhelia 256/PCI or a Quadro FX 4500 or above. To run it require BOTH DVI ports simultaneously via two "funky" non-standard DVI cables...Read more

I agree this is a wonderful monitor for static images. I bought this and a wonderful ATI FireGL card for my astrophotography. I would not be able to make the images I do without it. As said below though, I would love to see a 30 in+ version of this. If you are a Adobe Photoshop user this is a must. Yes I know it's expensive. Start your own charity. You wouldn't believe how easy it is to pay for your toys with one. I personally give one scholarship a year for the freshman student who writes the best essay about how a specific Star Trek episode (any series) affected their lives or their view of the world. I am working on a bingo hall to fund more toys, and more scholarships. By the way, any money I make from the sales of my astrophotography is put in the scholarship funds also.

I am a very respected man of stature and I claim this monitor to be an upstanding citizen of technology well worth spending millions, if not billions of American currency dollars.

Listen to the words I have to say, for they are worthy of your ears.