68 of 69 people found the following review helpful
Viewsonic got what matters right.,
August 11, 2010 Charles Paul (USAF Academy, CO) - See all my reviews
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The last monitor I owned was a 24" Gateway--all the bells and whistles. What's sad though is that Gateway, when designing their monitors, was so caught in throwing on little flashy trinkets that they forgot to master what really matters: the picture and price. Thats why people buy monitors...not for heat sensing adjustment buttons and a bunch of extra slots beyond HDMI, DVI and VGA.
Viewsonic made me smile after using this thing for a few days. Good looks, GREAT contrast ratio, supersonic response time, and picture quality (no glare like gateways chrome screen). 1 slot each for HDMI, VGA, and DVI. It also has SRS sound built in while most monitors are silent. That sums it up though; nothing else is tacked onto this monitor to jack up the price. You'll get the picture quality of a $400+ monitor for half the price...because you're only paying for what you NEED. No extra bull. Don't be scared for quality by the economy price.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Couldn't be happier,
October 10, 2010 Boats and Joes - See all my reviews
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I got this monitor for my room in college and couldn't be happier. It has a HDMI port which is convenient for my Xbox 360 and displays in full HD. No dead pixels or complaints. The glossy finish is nice but does show dust quite easily. Whats nice is that the screen is anti glare which is great during the day, especially if located near a window. The monitor arrived promptly and in good condition.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Great software dev monitor!,
November 18, 2010 Scott "Scott" (Lake Villa, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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Love this monitor. Out of the box, it wasn't quite right-- a little fuzzy. To clear things up with my PC, I had to make two adjustements (note, I'm using an NVidia graphics card-- I assume anything else will have similar changes needed):
With HDMI input:
1. Set the Digital Color Format to YCbCr444
In NVIDIA control panel, this setting is under Advanced Settings-->Video & Television-->Select digital color format
2. Tell the monitor to use PC input from the built in menuing system:
Input Select-->HDMI PC
The first step makes black look BLACK.
The second step handles crispness of any fonts. I'm a computer programmer, so crisp text is pretty important.
Other notes: The built in speakers are a big step up from my laptop speakers, so they are nice to have. They won't wow you, but they aren't 'tinny' sounding either.
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