ViewSonic's VA2231WM 22-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor with Speakers, DVI and Energy Star 5.0 (Black)

by ViewSonic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 20.2 x 15.3 inches ; 8.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003L0Y9FI
• Item model number: VA2231WM
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #475 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
  • #88 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Monitors
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 8, 2010

Product Description

ViewSonic's new VA2231wm is an Energy Star 5.0 certified 22" (21.5" Vis) widescreen monitor with integrated speakers. With 1920x1080 Full HD resolution, 100,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, DVI and VGA inputs and VESA mountable glossy finish design, VA2231wm is ideal for both homes and offices. It also has an automatic aspect ratio adjustment so when your input is a 4:3 signal, the image will not be stretched but instead it will be positioned in the middle of the screen with side bars. 3 year warranty, industry's best pixel performance policy and energy saving Eco mode make VA2231wm the best choice for both corporate and education customers as well.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value!, September 7, 2010

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L. Brown (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViewSonic's VA2231WM 22-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor with Speakers, DVI and Energy Star 5.0 (Black) (Personal Computers)

The ViewSonic VA2231WM 22 inch monitor offers a beautiful picture, great resolution, 1920 x 1080 native, relatively poor speakers (but if you cared about sound quality, you would have a separate set of descent speakers anyway). It comes with BOTH a DVI cable, and a VGA cable; plus a cable to support directing your sound output into the monitor's speakers. The base was really easy to attach without tools; all other setup was trivial too.

If you're getting by with speakers that cost less than $20, then you'll be happy with the space savings of the built in speakers. If you "need" high quality sound, then just leave the speaker part of this monitor unplugged, you'll still come out better off (and you won't see the speakers anyway).

The performance of this monitor seems great statistically, although I have it hooked to my laptop via a Targus docking station (via DVI) that connects via USB to the computer, I'm sure that I can't get all that stellar performance this way, but that's not it's purpose for me.

This monitor is highly recommended, it has a great price here on Amazon.com. Buy one for yourself.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great monitor, poor speakers., September 6, 2010

By 

Patrick S Loebs (Memphis, TN, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ViewSonic's VA2231WM 22-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor with Speakers, DVI and Energy Star 5.0 (Black) (Personal Computers)

I purchased this monitor to supplement a new MacBook. I hooked it up with a DVI adapter and it works wonderfully. The screen is BIG, and clear and generally very good. It was an excellent monitor for the price.
One benefit touted by this monitor was that it is has built-in speakers, though I am not too impressed with this aspect. They are tinny and not very loud. Rather than facing the front of the screen, the sound comes from somewhere in the back, which seems like failed engineering to me. They might work if you have nothing else, but for permanent speakers, I would recommend getting some nice external ones.

Besides the speakers, the monitor is great. Buy one.

28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great monitor for the price, July 17, 2010

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John - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ViewSonic's VA2231WM 22-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor with Speakers, DVI and Energy Star 5.0 (Black) (Personal Computers)

Samsung may have stolen some of Viewsonic's thunder in the LCD monitor market, but Viewsonic still makes quality products. Very sharp text, excellent colors and black levels. Unlike many LCD monitors, this thing looks stunning when connected to consoles. I tested it with my Xbox 360 and was wowed at just how incredible it looks. No blurriness or jaggy edges as you usually get with lower resolution console games on natively high resolution monitors. It looks so much better than my 40" 1080P Bravia that I am considering getting another one just for my consoles.

All around great monitor for a great price.