Customer Reviews

ViewSonic 17" LCD Monitor (Black)

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This is a really great monitor. It worked right out of the box, with no problems. I once turned it on and got a bit worried when I saw streaks of blurry columns going down the screen. It turned out that a simple hit on the "auto adjust" button is the cure. I actually have not used the auto adjust since.

It works great at its 1280 x 1024 high resolution setting, if you use it at a lower setting it is not as nice. If the highest setting is a problem because the fonts or icons are too small, just use large icons and increase the font size, it worked for me!

ViewSonic has proven itself as a good monitor building company, we have used tons of them at my workplace without any problem (no, I don't work for them!) They have my full recommendation

Ph.D. in EE.

This is my first LCD display and I was very worried about bad pixels. ViewSonic officially says that you might have up to 7 on this size of display. I would have been quite unhappy with any. Luckily, it seems that the ViewSonic technology for making 17" LCD displays is sufficiently good that no bad pixels is actually the norm.

My other concern was power dissipation. My wattmeter shows that the VE710b uses only 10 Watts with the brightness down low and 25 Watts with the brightness at max. The level I have set uses 17 Watts! My old monitor, a ViewSonic 7 CRT, used 75 Watts.

The display is sharp and has excellent contrast. The VE-710b is an excellent, practical monitor for my server system.

I'd noticed Viewsonic monitors at AV trade shows (I'm in the biz, but the audio end) and I've always been impressed with the sharpness, clarity and colors.

Viewsonics were list-toppers when my 3-year-old Philips 15-incher started to flicker. At this price, I figured I couldn't go wrong. And I didn't. No pixel problems, but apparently everybody has solved that glitch. Color and clarity everything I'd expected. Photo slide shows are a wonder. You do have to turn the brightness and contrast down for text, however. They have both cranked to the max as default. Tone it down a bit and you'll be a happy camper.

It has no pixel issues. It warms up quickly. I have only one problem with it, and it's a design choice. When you first start the monitor, unless your resolution is on the highest, it produces a blue box in the center of the screen for about 5 seconds to tell you to increase your resolution. I find that annoying since I can't increase the resolution on my Suse box. Otherwise, it's simply a solid product.