ViewSonic VX2235WM 22-inch Wide LCD Monitor | 
| Brand: ViewSonic
List Price: $349.99
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 720
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 22
Display Size: 22
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13.2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 21 x 19
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: VX2235WM
Model: VX2235WM
UPC: 766907220612
EAN: 0766907220612
ASIN: B000I91MXC
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Device Type - LCD | | • | Dimensions - 20.6" x 9.6" x 19" | | • | Weight - 13.20 lbs |
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Product Description
When nothing but the best in high-resolution entertainment display will do, look no further than the new VX2235wm for the ultimate in premium consumer LCD performance. Over-engineered to the most demanding expectations of power gamers, the VX2235wm astounds with furious 5ms video response on a breathtaking panorama of a 22 inch widescreen LCD. Tailored to more comfortably fit the natural human field of vision, the 16:10 widescreen with 1680 x 1050 high-resolution envelopes the user with brilliant color rendition, crystal-clear moving images, and photorealistic image quality. Open multiple document windows, view full-page layouts side-by-side, enjoy wide-format HD cinema and overload your senses with stereo surround gameplay from the expansive widescreen. The VX2235wm with ClearMotiv 5ms video response thrills audiences with native HD 720p support, OptiSync dual DVI / analog inputs for HD video and powerful integrated stereo speakers. 280-nit High Brightness 700 - 1 high contrast ratio VESA wall mount capable Energy and Energy Star qualified Stylish slim-bezel glossy piano black cabinet with silver accents ClearMotiv 5ms video response with Dynamic Structure Technology HD 720p compatible 0.282 mm Pixel Pitch 170 Horizontal Viewing Angle at CR>5 160 Vertical Viewing Angle at CR>5 Anti-Glare Screen Treatment 20-82 kHz Horizontal Scanning Frequency 50-85 Hz Vertical Scanning Frequency Unit Dimensions - 20.6 x 19 x 9.6 inches
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Unbeatable monitor for the home user or office. October 17, 2006
Peter Hunt (Mountain View, CA USA)
81 out of 86 found this review helpful
This is a superb monitor at a great price. The picture clarity, viewing angles and responsiveness are all I could wish for.
This is my first LCD monitor, and my first widescreen monitor, so I was a little wary of swapping out my CRT (which was also a Viewsonic). But the need for a bigger monitor and smaller desk space made this monitor attractive - particularly at this price. After using the vx2235wm for a few days, I couldn't be happier.
Running the monitor at its native resolution of 1680x1050, the image is remarkably crisp, and the colours are very consistent across the entire screen area. At other resolutions, the image is still extremely good, and only suffer when compared to the native res. The controls are fairly intuitive, and provide a nice balance between simplicity and flexibility. There are some preset contrast/brightness modes, but I selected "standard" and set my own levels. While running programs with a lot of movement - okay, games - I noticed little if any ghosting or shadowing. Playing movies is a joy.
A few points I would note that may be negatives for potential buyers:
- The maximum resolution of 1680x1050 is great, but there are 22" monitors out there with higher resolutions. Personally, I don't like to peer at small text or fiddle with font sizes or DPI, so this monitor suits me well. But if you want the highest number of pixels per screen inch you can buy, this ain't it.
- The monitor doesn't have a 1:1 or fixed aspect setting. This means that unless your graphics card supports these features, the monitor will stretch any image you send it to fill the entire (wide)screen. If you spend most of your time running desktop applications or playing newer games, this won't be a problem. But if you play older games that only support 4:3-style full-screen resolutions (800x600, 1280x1024, 1600x1200) the image will be stretched horizontally to fill the screen, making your opponents look chubby.
What's worse, determining whether a graphics card will fix this for you is tricky. Generally, Nvidia seems to do it while ATI doesn't, but there are exceptions in both cases. In short, if you're a hard-core player of older games, and this stretching will bother you, then this is not the monitor for you unless you *know* your graphics card will preserve the aspect ratio of 4:3 resolutions.
- The preset modes all have the brightness setting way too high for my tastes. I have a fairly dimly lit office, and some display modes are like staring into a headlight! After reducing the brightness manually, it was fine, although the image seemed to dim more noticeably when viewed at an angle. Maybe this is just business as usual with TFT LCD monitors, but it's behaviour you don't get with a CRT.
For most home users, office workers or game-players, this monitor has exceptional performance at an exceptional price. For those wanting a monitor for graphic design or professional photo editing, or hardcore players of older games, I'd recommend getting a more specialized monitor.
Overall a good buy December 31, 2006
Twiddles42 (MN, USA)
38 out of 41 found this review helpful
As I work with graphics design/photoshop/et al, I'll start with the bad points as that's what needs to be said first:
1. Brightness bleeding into the screen from the edges is apparent. Only bad if you use a lot of black in designs or gaming.
2. As has been said by another: There is an uneven brightness problem that gets consistently worse as one looks to the top. (e.g. a black and gray image will be washed out in all black) However, angling the monitor a bit downward seems to alleviate most of this problem.
3. I would beg for a 1000:1 contrast ratio, as other monitors of this price range do (OTOH they have funky fun-time problems of their own...)
4. The dot pitch of .0282 is about average. For $399, I'd have hoped for 0.0270. Okay, I'm not going to have a stroke because of this and text and graphics do look sharp, but a smaller dot pitch is always going to be better.
5. At the top of the screen, the text does develop a slightly glowing anomaly. Again, see point #2 which also alleviates this problem.
6. The built-in controls and how to access and change them is a bit annoying; once you get used to it you'll be fine... if only the OCD screen helped direct the user better.
7. The monitor is a 6-bit display with dithering seen in darker gradients. If you use the monitor's (or graphics card's) ability to soften the image, it'll look tolerable. But you might want to look elsewhere for a proper (full 16.7 million color depth) screen. That having been said, in some cases this monitor may still work out for you. Best thing to do is to give it a try.
That's all the problems I've seen so far.
For the plusses:
1. 22" is very nice indeed.
2. It's widescreen - SQUEE!!!!!!!!!!
3. The CD comes with monitor profile files to make calibration easier - this is a must for anyone who works with printing graphics.
4. It's affordable. Even with its faults, a little time to tinker yields a better looking display
5. 3 year warranty on parts, labor, and screen.
6. 5ms timing speed is GREAT for games. 8ms is too slow and results in a weird ghosting effect.
I still wish CRTs were being sold, but that's a dream. In the nightmare of LCD monitor inconsistencies, I have to say this Viewsonic model just about makes migrating to LCD the thing to do.
 The good and the bad November 22, 2006
Bill M (Erie, CO USA)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
First the good, the monitor is fantastic for the price, they keep getting better and cheaper and since this monitor is about half the price of the 24" LCD's out there it provides for a great price/performance ratio. Monitor has both DVI and VGA, I have the DVI connected to my PC and the VGA connected to my laptop (switch between the two with the #2 button) and both produce excellent color and text. I have calibrated this monitor with a Pantone Huey and it looks beautiful and matches well with Photoshop, but still not as good as a CRT (but they are getting better all the time!)
Now the bad, the monitor does show some brightness falloff dipping down from the top and coming up from the bottom, but it's not bad. But the worst part about the VX2235wm is that the bezel is a glossy black and it reflects everything in my office and is extremely distracting. Viewsonic also has a VG2230wm that is the same panel but with a matte black bezel instead of a glossy bezel.
I give the monitor 3 stars because of the inconsistency of the brightness and the glossy bezel, other than that it would rate 5 stars in my book.
 Not up to Viewsonics Standards May 27, 2007
R. Turk (Arlington, MA United States)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I bought this from Costco, instead of Amazon because they had a price that was "too good to be true". And it was!
Unfortunately this screen was a non-starter for anyone who does digital imaging or critical viewing of anything. I'm very happy with my Viewsonic VX900 19" screen, and was hoping to get the same image quality w/more desktop space.
The problem w/this VX2235 was, at least on my screen very uneven lighting from top to bottom and side to side. Of course, no LCD is perfect and many hardcore graphic artists stick to CRT's for critical work. However, while my old and still current monitor has a very even brightness,unless you look at it from acute angles, the VX2235 had stark image issues.
I returned my monitor after just a day. It may be ok for the casual web surfer, but not if you're doing photography with it.
Beautiful display. Poor quality and service. July 23, 2007
Tor Slettnes (SF Bay Area, USA)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought this monitor for my wife about 3 months ago. A few days ago, the DVI input started malfunctioning (I would be able to display in 640x480 resolution, but not higher; also the computer would not recongnize this as a plug&play monitor). I isolated the problem to the monitor by swapping the DVI cables and trying with both a PC desktop and a Apple Macbook Pro - in all cases, the monitor would only work at 640x480 resolution.
I called for warranty support. The support representative was pretty rude (much more so than the average these days). Bottom line is that the turnaround time for warranty repair would be 15 days, and there are no local service centers where I could bring it in for a quicker service. Since the VGA input still works (and the image quality is still decent - this is a plus!), I decided to opt out of warranty service this time around.
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