ViewSonic VX2835wm 28-inch (27.5-inch Viewable) Wide LCD Monitor

by ViewSonic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 26 x 25 inches ; 26.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 33.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000S5XEVY
• Item model number: VX2835WM
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,987 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Desktop experience amplified.
ViewSonic's 28" VX2835wm widescreen (27.5" viewable) LCD amplifies your desktop experience. With ultra-fast 3ms response and integrated speakers and amp, the VX2835wm offers high-performance features that elevate your desktop to a whole new level. Work more productively on the expansive 27.5" widescreen display. Play more intensely with HD games, movies and videos in their native format. Multiple video connections including HDMI let you select the best input source for your digital entertainment. The high 800:1 contrast ratio (typical) and high 500 nits brightness (typical) produce remarkably bright and rich colors. Integrated digital speakers and VESA wall-mount compliance save space and reduce desktop clutter. The VX2835wm is perfect for the serious gamer and movie aficionado who want a complete digital entertainment experience on the desktop.

• Full 27.5" viewable widescreen with 1920x1200 resolution
• True 1080p with HDMI for HD quality video
• ClearMotiv 3ms video response time enables digital, HD broadcast-quality video
• Stylish slim-bezel design with glossy, piano-black finish lets you see more without taking up valuable desktop real estate.
• Multifunction LCD with OptiSync digital/analog inputs
• Ultra-high brightness and contrast--500-nit brightness (typical) and 800:1 contrast ratio (typical) for rich, detailed images, videos, and games.
• Multimedia enhanced, 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
• Windows Vista approved
• ENERGY STAR qualified

Product Description

ViewSonic 28" VX2835wm widescreen (27.5" viewable) LCD amplifies your desktop experience. With ultra-fast 3ms response and integrated speakers and amp, the VX2835wm offers high-performance features that elevate your desktop to a whole new level. Work more productively on the EXPANSIVE 27.5" WIDESCREEN DISPLAY. Play more intensely with HD games, movies and videos in their native format. MULTIPLE VIDEO CONNECTIONS including HDMI let you SELECT THE BEST INPUT SOURCE for your digital entertainment. The high 800:1 contrast ratio (typ) and high 500 nits brightness (typ) produce remarkably bright and rich colors. Integrated digital speakers and VESA wall-mount compliance save space and reduce desktop clutter. The VX2835wm is perfect for the serious gamer and movie aficionado who want a complete digital entertainment experience on the desktop.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

176 of 192 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Should Be Renamed the P.O.S. VX2835wm ( Abysmal ), January 1, 2008

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Scott "MyRealGenius.com" (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ViewSonic VX2835wm 28-inch (27.5-inch Viewable) Wide LCD Monitor (Electronics)

Length:: 1:16 Mins

SEE MY VIDEO OF 4 Monitors all displaying the same problems. This was sent to ViewSonic, and They have ignored me since. No one in the company will admit to this problem, and now that I have recorded it for them, they have just ignored me from this point on. Since this is the way they want to play it, I decided to share my experience with everyone.

I purchased the VX2835wm from Circuit City Online site unseen, because no one had one of these to see. Mostly to get a near 30" Monitor for 1/3 the price of others I went for this. Since its a ViewSonic I felt comfortable with my purchase. I got the VX2835wm in July 2007. It was a problem right out of the box, and I've had 4 replacements of this model with each of the replacements being worse then the one it was replacing. Its Dark at the top of the Monitor, and bright and washed out at the bottom. You can't see at more then a 80 degree angle despite reading it's a viewing angle of 170. Colors are muted at the top third of the screen, look fair in the middle, and are washed out at the bottom. You can't Calibrate the Color of the monitor with anything external like a Pantone Huey, or a full professional Color XRite system. Several calls to support just got my head bit off by a very angry Support Tech, which seems to be the status-quo. I was barked at several times about not calibrating the monitor, and it was already calibrated! (Right!, Calibrated by the Blind.) I went an purchased the ViewSonic Extended 5 Year Warranty hoping to get better service then the standard Support Line - NOPE! Just got a nicer person telling me the same old thing.

After several months of calls, Emails, and third party non-ViewSonic Techs coming onsite to look at the problem they finally sent me a replacement under my additional Purchased Contract Guaranty of 48 hour turnaround that took a month to get! The Replacement came packed well, and was such a P.O.S. too in that it was a Demo Unit all scratched up on the Screen, Base Broken, Silver Paint all rubbed off - I called them and said you got to be joking! This model kept Popping and Hissing with the connection. Then I waited for another one to arrive under the Purchased Contract Guaranty of 48 hour replacement to arrive 2 weeks later. This time they sent me a new in Box VX, and at first it finally looked like the nightmare was over, but this one had vertical lines running top to bottom in all the light areas of the screen where a picture would be on the screen. It was suggested it was my Computer this time, But I had already tried the screen on 4 different computers (PC's and Mac's).

Then Since I'm determined to get this to work somehow, I go and purchase another VX2835wm from Amazon, and what I get is the same nightmare of the washed out colors at the bottom, and Muted at the top. So 4 of these VX2835wm's in my office, and NOT one of them have ever worked as they state.

This is a the worst waste of Money I have ever gotten involved with. I've been in the Prepress & Printing Industry for over 20 years, developing Color Correction Applications to the largest printers in the world. After spending first top dollar for this Monitor, plus a high shipping price, Tax, and then the purchase of the 5 Year Extended Warranty. I spent double what this should have cost me. I ended up sitting 2 of these on my floor unplugged because they are worth nothing because they are so bad to look at.

ViewSonic Should Recall this Touted Top of the Line VX2835wm, and do the right thing and return our hard earned money. PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY AND LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE!

40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It Just Misses The Bullseye......., September 18, 2007

By 

R. T. Meisenholder "Romanticist Philosopher" (Bay Shore, Long Island) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViewSonic VX2835wm 28-inch (27.5-inch Viewable) Wide LCD Monitor (Electronics)

At a price of $700 it surely is the best value in its class with a wide range of connections for just about anything and not having DVI is not an issue since it comes with a DVI to HDMI adapter. That is a definite strength. It's 27.5 size is large enough for bedroom HDTV viewing. It is also ridiculously bright. Too bright is never a bad thing. Not bright enough is the kiss of death for a monitor. That is very hard to compensate for. As far as I'm concerned an overly bright monitor is just fine. You will have to tone down the brightness all the way and adjust the gamma settings in either your video card control panel or in each game where applicable for the best black levels. With tweaking this is a very good gaming monitor.

On the negative side, do not expect to be able to use the preset color controls such as "Cinema". I discovered this while watching HDTV broadcasts via the component video input. Cinema mode offers tremendous color that looks so great for sports but god awful for most movies. I think it is funny that they even call it Cinema mode because you will most certainly not be able to see any shadow detail thus making movies impossible to enjoy. So be prepared to use only your custom settings for all sources and generally I recommend turning the brightness all the way down. This is not a monitor for people who want great results right out of the box. Be prepared to tweak.

Another quirk is that the viewing angle is a bit narrow. I can see that as I move from side to side even just a little bit causes some apparent lightening or darkening of the edges of the screen on each side. That is not a big deal for a PC Monitor but if you want it to double as a 1080p HDTV it will be somewhat unforgiving unless you sit right in front of the monitor. While other reviewers might think the processing is poor for 1080i broadcasts I found the picture quality to be very worthy of watching especially for anything like CGI or cartoons. Now the monitor did struggle with Monsters HD, an all horror movie channel, but that is to be expected for any LCD with just an 800:1 contrast ratio. Horror movies are very dependant on black levels so that is to be expected.

Of note, I wanted to mention that this LCD monitor is a 6 bit panel meaning that it will not offer the color accuracy of the 8 bit panels like Dell and others have in 24" sizes. Yes, the 24" monitors are using higher quality panels. I can say first hand that the choice is yours. I have one of those Dell 24" monitors and I can say that I think that the color accuracy is close enough be offset by the fact that the extra 3.5" of viewable area more than makes up for it. That is why my main gaming rig is viewed on the Viewsonic VX2835wm. From several feet away I can read this review at 1920 * 1200 without squinting. Oh and the 3 millisecond response time aint too shabby.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great monitor, EXCELLENT deal, too small of a viewing angle, September 25, 2007

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Fshad - See all my reviews

This review is from: ViewSonic VX2835wm 28-inch (27.5-inch Viewable) Wide LCD Monitor (Electronics)

This monitor is perfect in every way I can think of, and I am a power user and can think of a lot of things. I was really worried that blowing up 1900x1200 this much would pixelate or there would be notable space between pixels... none of that, picture is awesome. I was also worried about ghosting in fast action games and there is none.

The problem I have is that the monitor's viewing angle is pretty small. So, for example, when sitting behind me desk, the top of the monitor is dimmed a bit. If I stretch my neck or stand up, I can see that the picture is not dimmed and it is only the angle. Since the stand is not adjustable, I can't bring it down the last few inches for which there seems to be room, so specially when playing games, the top two inches look inversed and blacks look weird because my head, level with the monitor, is out of the view angle of the top couple of inches.

Finally, the colors while gaming aren't that great. I play WOW a lot and blacks and shades look not so great to pretty bad.