ViewSonic VX2235WM 22-inch Wide LCD Monitor

by ViewSonic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 21 x 19 inches ; 13.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 18.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000I91MXC
• Item model number: VX2235WM
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,883 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Elegantly styled, fast widescreen. ViewSonic's 22" VX2235wm widescreen LCD brings high style and high performance to desktop displays. Get set for intense gaming, movies and entertainment with fast 5ms video response, Dynamic Structure technology and an ultra-high 700:1 contrast ratio (typ). Images come at you in amazingly, crystal-clear detail with no blurs or ghosting. The widescreen enhances productivity because it lets you work in two applications side-by-side simultaneously. The integrated speakers provide rich sound to accompany your games, DVDs and other visual entertainment. Optisync digital (DVI-D) and analog inputs provide flexible connectivity options. Mount this glossy piano-black, slim-bezel LCD on your wall and get to work - or play.

Features

• Full 22" viewable widescreen with 1680x1050 resolution
• ClearMotiv 5ms video response time: Fast 5ms video response enables digital, HD broadcast-quality video.
• Stylish slim-bezel design with glossy piano-black finish: The thin bezel lets you see more without taking up valuable desktop real estate. The high neck and floating head design accentuate the visual experience.
• Dynamic Structure technology: Innovative liquid crystal composition and pixel matrix accelerate video response for seamless video and intense graphics.
• OptiSync digital/analog inputs expand your connectivity: Multi-mode input technology supports both digital (DVI) and analog (VGA) signals for ultimate compatibility and configuration flexibility.
• Ultra-high brightness and contrast: 280-nit brightness (typ) and 700:1 contrast ratio (typ) for rich, detailed images.
• Multimedia enhanced: Save desk and workspace and enjoy rich, stereo sound with built-in stereo speakers.
• OnView controls for superior screen adjustability: Screen adjustments are precisely made via an easy-to-use on-screen menu.
• PC and Mac compatible
• Energy Star MPR II and ENERGY STAR qualified

Product Description

Elegantly styled, fast widescreen. ViewSonics 22-inch VX2235wm widescreen LCD brings high style and high performance to desktop displays. Get set for intense GAMING, MOVIES AND ENTERTAINMENT with fast 5ms video response, DYNAMIC STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY and an ultra-high 700:1 contrast ratio (typ). Images come at you in AMAZINGLY, CRYSTAL-CLEAR DETAIL with no blurs or ghosting. The widescreen enhances productivity because it lets you work in two applications side-by-side simultaneously. The integrated speakers provide rich sound to accompany your games, DVDs and other visual entertainment. OPTISYNC DIGITAL (DVI-D) AND ANALOG INPUTS provide flexible connectivity options. Mount this glossy piano-black, slim-bezel LCD on your wall and get to work - or play.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

84 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unbeatable monitor for the home user or office., October 17, 2006

By 

Peter Hunt (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViewSonic VX2235WM 22-inch Wide LCD Monitor (Electronics)

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.

42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall a good buy, December 30, 2006

By 

Twiddles42 (MN, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViewSonic VX2235WM 22-inch Wide LCD Monitor (Electronics)

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.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The good and the bad, November 22, 2006

By 

Bill M "wjm7" (Erie, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ViewSonic VX2235WM 22-inch Wide LCD Monitor (Electronics)

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.