Buy ViewSonic VX922 19-inch LCD MonitorViewSonic VX922 19-inch LCD Monitor Product Description:
- Blazingly fast 2ms video response time for optimum gaming and video
- Multi-mode input technology supports both digital (DVI) and analog (VGA) signals
- 1280x1024 native resolution, 270-nit brightness, and 650:1 contrast ratio
- 170-degree viewing angles (horizontally and vertically)
- PC and Mac compatibility
Product Description
Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD Monitor - This 19" computer monitor features an amazing 2ms response time. The response time of a monitor tells you how fast your image is drawn on the display. So having a low response time is critical to those who use their computers for gaming or video applications. With a response time of 2ms, you get smooth visuals, even during intense gameplay or action-packed movie scenes. OnView Controls - precisely make screen adjustments via an easy-to-use on-screen menu Connections - Analog & DVI-D Digital Viewing Angle - 170 degrees (horizontal/vertical) Brightness - 270 cd/m2 Light Source - long life (40,000 hrs.) PC and Mac (G3/G4/G5) Compatibility Color - Black Unit Dimensions - 17 (w) x 18.4 (h) x 7.9 (d) (w/ stand) / 17 (w) x 14.6 (h) x 2.6 (d) (w/o stand) Unit Weight - 14.8 lbs.
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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful.
Not for Those Familiar with Good Monitors
By LCD Preferrer
This monitor does have a tremendous refresh rate which makes for almost zero ghosting, but it also comes with the downside of bad viewing angles and uniformity.The good attributes of the monitor are it's sharp picture and great refresh rate. The picture is one of the sharpest you will see in value priced monitors. The refresh rate is the best you will see among monitors with almost zero ghosting when scrolling down a website with a detailed alternating texture background and no noticable ghosting while gaming.The bad attributes are it's viewing angles and uniformity. I purchased this monitor online thinking I could deal with the bad viewing angles I heard about. But unfortunately this affects the look of the monitor even when you are viewing straight on. You will notice the top of the screen is much darker than the bottom of the screen due to the aweful viewing angles. Plus the uniformity of the screen is pretty bad. The corners, especially the top right one, are much brighter than the middle.When I received this monitor I thought the bad uniformity was a defect. I made the mistake of sending it to Viewsonic to get repaired. After over a month of flaking me off they sent me a replacement that had a bad pixel. If you send for a replacement from this company I think it's pretty surefire they will send you one back with a bad pixel. The replacement had the same bad attributes.Anyways, I got rid of this monitor and instead went for a VX2025WM - it's probably about the best value monitor on the market and I very much recommend it. One tip I have is buying monitors from local stores. Most of them will allow you to return it within 14 days for whatever reason. Online stores are not so forgiving about monitors. You'll be better off working to find the monitor you want from local stores.
68 of 86 people found the following review helpful.
Wait before you Buy
By Carolyn Hassett
I purchased this monitor for home because I wanted to use it for gaming and it works well for that purpose. I do think that there are some terrible trade offs here, in that the monitor has horrible viewing angles. If your eyes stray away from looking head in into the monitor then you are going to see a lot of white fading into brightness. If that doesn't bother you, then this is a good monitor with nice color and fair contrast. I work in IT and have purchased hundreds of Viewsonics, Dells, and HP's. In the early days when LCD came out, the common complaint we had from users was the horrible viewing angles. The Dell ultrasharp came up with a solution that solved 75-80% of this problem. The viewsonic VG series we use at work also came up with good solutions to this viewing angle isue. My theory is that in order to provide the fast 2 ms response time on the VX922 there was some sort of engineering compromise that took place. The VX922 really sets back the viewing angle issue to where we were 4 years ago. In order to prove this, I took my new VX 922 and boxed to work to do a comparison with the Dell ultrasharp 1905. To my surprise and shock, the Dell blew away the Viewsonic in terms of color contrast, viewing angle and all. The Dell wins hands down, and I feel like a fool for having purchased this Viewsonic VX922 for home use. I called Viewsonic, and I have an RMA to return the VX922 directly to their Walnut California facility. I was given the name of their customer service-quality control manager. I really don't have the time to make my case with Viewsonic, and I don't expect them to do anything for me. In the interest of all of those who are going to purchase these models, I think somebody has to speak up. Hopefully CNET and Tom's hardware will come to the rescue with a review soon.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Worth the change to LCD for most gamers! Colors pop, Image movement closest feeling to CRT
By J.G.
Switching from CRT to LCD: this is enoughThis is a great monitor to switch from CRT to LCD. I've long held on to my crt because of "blurry" or slow-resposiveness on LCD's. I play fast paced first person shooters and this monitor definately performs much better than any other LCD I've ever tried to use before. If you are happy with your current CRT I would recommending keeping and waiting for an even better LCD, but if you're looking to buy a new monitor because your current CRT is failing I would certainly recommend transitioning to LCD through this product and not buying a CRT now. Current CRT's being produced have low supply amounts and limited options (not many high-end options). Quality crt's that could be found around the $300 range are no longer produced or are sold for $450 plus prices. This LCD has enough advantages (color, sharpness, reduced eye stress) to make up for the higher refresh rate of your CRT.The previous reviewers state bad viewing angles and bad color reproduction. The viewing angles are enough if you are using this monitor for a single person to look at it straight on or from a slight angle. It is not for several people to watch a movie on. You will not see a darker side than the other or darker top than the bottom if you place the tilt of the monitor correctly, between an 85 and 95 degree angle, depending on seating height.The reviewer complaining on bad color must have received a bad unit because the unit I'm using produces impressive, popping colors (Much better than my Samsung 21" crt, 19" crt, and 19" Dell Trinitron)The reason the viewing angle is not as wide as other monitors is because of the type of panel this LCD uses. ALL sub 8ms panels use TN+Film panels to be able to reach the 4ms-2ms mark. Other kinds of panels for LCDs have better viewing angles but can not rid themselves from ghosting like this panel can because they cannot reach such low response times. This monitor is inteded to be used by a single user, not as a tv for an audience of more than 1.Pros:+ The sharpness and color reproduction is better than any of the 3 crt's ive owned (Samsung 1100 df 21" inch/ Dell Trinitron). Games look much more impressive on the native res of this monitor than on any other monitor I've ever owned.+ There is no ghosting (trails on fast movement)+ There are no artifacts on fast movement from overshoot (plagues other fast response time lcd's)+ Feels smooth and is not hard to get used to after using 100hz and 100fps on the 21" crt.+ Eye stress from looking at a monitor is reduced immensely using this monitor instead of a CRT.Cons:- Refresh Rate does not go up to 85hz like the older vx924 model does on 1024x768. (However, the vx924 model has overshoot artifacts from a more poorly controled overdrive engine)- If you try you can still perceive a blur on far distance objects in games when moving your mouse quickly from one side to the other in First person shooters. It is so hard to percieve you will percieve it if you truly stop and look for it. I could only tell it was happening by having the game display on both my CRT and the LCD.- Using games on a different resolution from the native resolution will decrease the sharpness of the image, so make sure you can run your games smoothly at the native res (read: good video card and processor) before you buy this monitor.- No height adjustment, only tilt adjusment.Conclusion:If you are looking for If you're looking for great gaming performance and more impressive color and sharpness than your old CRT this can provide it all. I really wanted to give the review 4.5 stars, but I will give it 5 to offset the unreasonable reviews that give it one star and skew the overall star rating.
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