Item : B001J2YYZ0
Customer Reviews Great Quality for the price by .. C. McArthur (Guatemala) This is really a great monitor, it has D-sub as well as HDCP supported HDMI and DVI. I use this monitor as a secondary display on my Mac Pro (using the DVI connection) and as an HD display for my Xbox 360 (Using the VGA/D-Sub connection), using both at its native resolution of 1920x1080 (also known as 1080P).
For those that don't know HDCP stands for "High Definition Content Protection" and its a lame standard that was added when HDMI came along so that people can't pirate High Def. video and whatnot from the wire (which is retarded because most HD content is ripped and pirated with the PS3 or Xbox HD-DVD player directly).
What this means for you though is that this monitor will work perfectly with High Definition video for example a BlueRay Disk played in a PS3 connected to the monitor through HDMI. Or a BlueRay Disk played on a Computer with an HDCP supported video card connected to the monitor via DVI. Aka: it gives this monitor a longer useful lifespan.
The monitor came with no dead pixels, it is bright, almost as bright as my $1500 30" LCD and has a great pixel density. Color wise it has a little trouble with light blue, tending more toward a brownish color than the actual blue it should be generating, but for the incredibly great price thats to be expected. Some reviewers were complaining about the bright blue power LED on the front. From my personal use of this monitor I do not find it at all distracting. I purchased this item for 200 from Tiger Direct through Amazon, The box was rather beat up on arrival but the device was in perfect condition.
Great Monitor by .. Gordon Padwick (Gig Harbor, WA USA) Bought the monitor today to use as a second monitor for my Dell Inspiron laptop.
The very brief paperwork that came with the monitor is less than helpful. ViewSonic needs to provide more complete instructions. However, I was able to get the monitor up and running. I'm very pleased with what I see.
Now, instead of seeing things on the smll Inspiron screen, I can see text and pictures at a reasonable size. What's more, I can see information from one file on the ViewSonic screen while seeing information from another file on the laptop screen.
So, while I offer an enthusiastic endorsemement for the monitor's performance, I have to warn less-than-savvy computer users that they might run into problems getting the monitor installed.
Full Screen Please! by .. J. Keene (Gilbert, AZ) ViewSonic VX2260WM 22-Inch 1080p HDMI LCD Monitor
For some reason I cannot obtain full screen in Vista (32-bit). I have a black border around the edges of my screen (about 1/2" thick) that I cannot seem to make go away no matter what drivers I use for Display or Video. I am connected via HDMI (no gender changers involved either) running at full 1080p. I'm sure I'll eventually get to the bottom of the problem...
Ubuntu & DOS however display full screen! No issues there...
Such a deal! by .. Frank Black (Redding, Ca.) My PC is getting too old to play most modern games so I decided to get a PS3. Since I didn't want to tie up my TV all the time, I needed something with both HDMI and DVI-D for the PC. This is one of the few monitors I've found that offers that, and at a price that's unbeatable.
This replaced a Dell Ultra Sharp 24" and, no, it's not quite as good as that, but the Dell has no HDMI and it's not HDCP compliant, so no Blu-Ray movies.
Yes, the blazing blue power light is more distracting than you might think, especially in a dark room, and there's no height adjustment, and it's quite difficult to calibrate (anyone have any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment!), but it's a great monitor for the price!
PS If you're going from a 24" (1920 x 1200) monitor to this, make sure you change all your game resolutions to 16 x 9, 1920 x 1080 BEFORE you switch!!! Otherwise all you'll get is a black screen and a "no signal" when you launch them...
Amazingly no Washed Colors! by .. Llane Rost (Bozeman, MT/Seattle, WA) This is my 3rd 22 inch lcd, and I have to admit compared to my samsung and previous viewsonic monitor it does not appear to be washed out due to back lighting. The controls on the front are annoying, but once set you shouldn't have to set again. I love having the ability to view my bluray disc's in 1080p with it also.
Cons:
HDMI hook up is nearly pointless as its not used, displayport is coming to be a standard for both TV and computers.
Monitor is more geared towards TV use, would have been nice to have a built in tuner option for tv viewing.
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