ViewSonic Pro Series VP2250wb 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor

by ViewSonic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 20.1 x 15.3 inches ; 16.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00123WDQ8
• Item model number: VP2250WB
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,165 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

ViewSonic 22-inch VP2250wb widescreen LCD is a professional-grade display with OptiColor 106% NTSC color capability for richer more natural colors. Ideal for graphics production, film editing and financial professionals where precise color rendition is vital. The VP2250wb features 3000to1 DYNAMIC CONTRAST RATIO (typ) and ultra-fast ClearMotiv 2ms response time for SUPERIOR FRONT-OF-SCREEN PERFORMANCE. Designed with the discriminating professional in mind, this display offers extensive ergonomic adjustments including height adjust, tilt, 120 degrees swivel and pivot and even a quick release stand. Certified for Windows Vista, HDCP compatibile, OptiSync digital/analog inputs and 4 USB ports DELIVER A VERSATILE AND FLEXIBLE PROFESSIONAL PACKAGE. Step into a world of amazing color and accuracy with the VP2250wb.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Graphic Designer Approved - Amazing Color -, February 8, 2008

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J. Long (Nor Cal - USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViewSonic Pro Series VP2250wb 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I am a bit picky when it comes to my equipment. Having spent well over a decade "behind the screens" as a marketing professional, I elect to update my gear on almost an annual basis.

Over that time I have gone from a Viewsonic 17" CRT to Sony 17" LCD to Dell 19" Wide LCD to dual HP 19" wides and so on. For the past few years I have be a fan of running dual Viewsonic 19" Wide Pro Series, they tend to have better color quality than most.

After ordering and connecting two of these beauties, I can say that the VP2250WP screens are the highest quality, richest color monitors that I have ever seen or purchased. 106% NTSC is NO JOKE, and is TRULY AMAZING. The 300 Nits, 2ms/5ms response, 1680x1050 max res and 3000:1 contrast ratio is impressive for a monitor of this size. Clear, Crisp and Accurate. The 22" wide size is sufficient and gives a nice workspace when running them dual.

The new multi-position floater base is great and allows horizontal and new vertical display positions. Running a dual-vertical screen setup is fun and very cool, especially at 22" tall.

Even though I think these are the hottest monitors to ever roll out of Viewsonic, I can't attribute all of the clarity, color range, precision, definition and performance to them. These screens sit in front of an Industrial HP Power Pavilion w/ 4GB of Ram, GeForce 8800 GTS and 1Tb of internal HDD. The Nvidia 8800 series (GS and above) is a must for those that want maximum performance from professional grade monitors. I use Adobe CS3 Master on a daily basis and find this setup awesome, especially when crunching 100+MB files.

If you are a design/marketing professional (or similar), these screens should be a serious contender in your next workstation setup. I would still like to play with the VX2835WM but am more concerned with quality than size. For the basic consumer, if you don't require 106% NTSC and 3000:1 contrast, save your money.

Viewsonic has once again proven themselves with the new VP Pro Series monitors.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vivid Color & Easy on the Eyes, May 11, 2008

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G. G. Gross "Meadowlark" (North Dakota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViewSonic Pro Series VP2250wb 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I just upgraded from a 19" 1280x1024 standard aspect ratio ViewSonic professional series desktop monitor to this display primarily to get a little more horizontal room for casual photo editing and similar programs which also require a portion of the workspace to show tools, palettes, previews, etc., alongside your subject matter. It's worked out great: the bonus is that the colors are extemely bright and true, and the dynamic range is excellent, the latter of which I'm now first appreciating in many photographs.

The item arrived securely, setup and calibration no problem - ViewSonic has upgraded their software nicely. I've been using the item for about a month now, continue to appreciate it, and compared to the vanilla monitors at my workplace it never ceases to amaze me what a different experience this monitor is to view.

For you baby-boomers and older out there, during internet browsing I have to admit to sometimes zooming some websites to 125% in order to help out my aging eyes when reading longer articles, but this issue isn't at all specific to this monitor - any 22" monitor with 1680 horizontal pixels (or for that matter, my prior 19" 1280 pixel monitor) may display some text on some sites uncomfortably small for some people. Nevertheless, the good news is that the text remains true and crisp, and there's plenty of viewing real estate to go around on this display when zooming most any page without having to scroll back and forth.

I've really found nothing to complain about with this item, in fact it's one of those purchases I made without ever physically seeing the product anywhere but given the good luck I've had in the past with this company's LCDs, I thought I'd take a chance. No regrets.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for professionals, December 1, 2008

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B. Dixit "photo crazy" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViewSonic Pro Series VP2250wb 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I am a professional photographer and use 3 Viewsonic LCD monitors for my office and production. Recently I added a computer to my setup and needed a more color and luminence accurate monitor. Being a Viewsonic fan and very satisfied with my previous VP930b LCD monitor I picked VP2250 to add to new computer. I was looking for a monitor with better color reproduction and as VP2250 can produce Adobe colors I bought it. It was a mistake. I couldn't calibrate it using i1Display2 to get complete dark and consistent contrast and brightness. It did show considerable difference in color when I assigned AdobeRGB profile instead of sRGB profile to a RAW picture file. Conclusion is I found this monitor way inferior in performance than previous ViewSonic VP930b monitor which I bought 2 years ago. Can you guess what I did? I returned it and many Thanks to Amazon.com to refund 100% and also sending me return shipping label. All frustration about this Monitor blew away by Amazon.com's customer service. Please do not missunderstand my review, it is a good monitor for an average user.