Just Got a New 19" Viewsonic LCD (4ms!)

[trowand]

Hey, I just finally went out and bought a new 19" Viewsonic LCD monitor to replace my Dell 18" viewable CRT. I got the Viewsonic VX924. It was only $399 and has a fifty dollar mail-in rebate. Viewsonic claims that it's response rate is 4ms but you know how that goes. You've got to take that with a grain of salt. But I am pretty happy with it. MY main concerns were that it be fast for gaming and for playing videos and it is VERY FAST. I've written reviews for it on Pricegrabber, CNet and Newegg. I give it an 8 out of 10. Here are some links to pics and a copy and paste of my full review FYI...

Very Fast LCD Good For Gaming
Pros: Low price, Decent Brightness and Contrast, Fast For Video and Gaming, Blacks are BLACK

Cons: A little backlight bleedthrough, Noticeable Difference Between Color Shades, Although it's supposed to have a 4:3 aspect ratio the screen looks perfectly square rather than rectangular

Overall I'm very happy with this LCD. I think it's a great monitor for the price. I was scared to death that I would bring it home and have dead pixels but I don't. I do think that it's somewhat overrated. While it's very fast for gaming and watching video, sometimes you can see the different shades change in dark scenes and in photos of skylines and such. The viewing angle is OK but still not great. You pretty much need to be sitting in the sweet spot to see a good picture. It is a very fast LCD which makes it very good for gaming. When looking at a dark black screen you can see a little bit of backlight bleeding through along the top and bottom edges of the screen but it's very minor and from my research, it sounds like most LCDs do this. The picture wasn't that great out of the box but after just a few minutes spent adjusting and fine tuning the settings I got it nearly perfect. FYI, a better Viewsonic 19inch LCD is the VP191B which is only a little more money.

Viewsonic VX924 Specs

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[RJ]

Viewsonic claims that it's response rate is 4ms but you know how that goes. You've got to take that with a grain of salt. But I am pretty happy with it. MY main concerns were that it be fast for gaming and for playing videos and it is VERY FAST.

It has a TN panel. They are the fastest panels for TFTs anyway. . . and a TN with 4ms. . . it's the fastest that exists right now. Enjoy it

Although it's supposed to have a 4:3 aspect ratio the screen looks perfectly square rather than rectangular

16-19" TFTs are all 5:4, not 4:3. Any website saying it's 4:3 is giving false information. . .

I was scared to death that I would bring it home and have dead pixels but I don't.

I don't want to scare you, but wait a few weeks. Sometimes one or two transistors are not entirely dead when the panel comes out of production, and they blow after a few days. But it'll be only one or two, if any. Viewsonic is a quality manufacturer, though, my friend's Viewsonic has only one dead subpixel. After 1 or 2 months. . if no pixels have died, then it'll stay that way.

I do think that it's somewhat overrated. While it's very fast for gaming and watching video, sometimes you can see the different shades change in dark scenes and in photos of skylines and such.

You mean like a light moving picture noise ? That's the so-called "dithering" effect, only present on TN panels. They use that dithering to display 16.2 million colors. Yeah, that's one drawback of the TN panel, but for that it's the fastest out there. S-IPS and MVA can do 16.7 million colors natively, but are slower than TN.

The picture wasn't that great out of the box but after just a few minutes spent adjusting and fine tuning the settings I got it nearly perfect.

Nearly perfect after minutes of adjusting ? Sounds like you hooked it up via VGA. Connect it via DVI and let it auto tune. That'll give you a perfect picture. You do need to use native resolution (1280x1024), though.

RJ

[trowand]

Originally Posted by RJ Nearly perfect after minutes of adjusting ? Sounds like you hooked it up via VGA. Connect it via DVI and let it auto tune. That'll give you a perfect picture. You do need to use native resolution (1280x1024), though. RJ

RJ, I've got it hooked up via DVI but I'll be honest with you. I never read any of the literature and never bothered to check out the software that came with it. AND, I saw the "Auto Tune" option in the menu but didn't do it. It sounds like you recommend it though. Maybe I'll try it.