Viewsonic NX2232W 22-Inch 720p LCD HDTV

by ViewSonic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.9 x 20.3 x 15.1 inches ; 13.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000XYBR5K
• Item model number: NX2232W
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,625 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

The exciting 22" DiamaniDuo widescreen HDTV/LCD monitor is the versatile new TV from ViewSonic that offers super HD 1680x1050 resolution, fast 5ms LCD panel and HDMI connectivity for the best possible picture. The PC input lets you use this display as a BRILLIANT COMPUTER MONITOR and an HDTV. It is ideal for watching stunning movies, videos and TV in the kitchen, den, office, dorm room, bedroom and even RVs. This versatile LCD HDTV offers six inputs, including HDMI to connect your DVD player, camcorder, and gaming console. Enjoy UNPARALLELED ENTERTAINMENT on your desktop. The stylish NX2232w optimizes your space with its beautiful high-gloss cabinet, cable-ready ATSC/NTSC tuner and wall-mount option. Get ready to enjoy dynamic entertainment that fits your life.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice TV for office, November 9, 2007

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L. Fosdick (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Viewsonic NX2232W 22-Inch 720p LCD HDTV (Electronics)

This TV is a nice addition to an office. It's not much more than a 22" monitor would cost, and has an ASTC tuner, plus enough inputs for my computer, TiVo, and DVD player. The TV tuner has good sensitivity, and can pick up the clear QAM channels from my cable.

As a monitor, it's sharp and bright. Text is readable at the native resolution, and is usable at 1440x900.

The two negatives are 1) the pebbled bezel is shiny, reflecting light around the image (a distraction), and 2) the controls are mounted on the top, with embossed labeling requiring a bright light to see.

The remote is utilitarian, but I plan to use a universal remote when I get time to program it.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, January 12, 2008

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Secrent (Eugene, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Viewsonic NX2232W 22-Inch 720p LCD HDTV (Electronics)

We love this Viewsonic as our bedroom TV! I had purchased a 19" Sharp LCD prior, and just hated it. The color was all over the place, always having to adjust it to each channel, difficult setting changes, so took it back. Well, I have had a Viewsonic 20" computer monitor for over a year and love it, with no problems whatsoever, so I decided to try Viewsonic's 22" LCD TV. So glad I did. Was less expensive than any 19" LCD TV on the market, and I just love Viewsonic's color, ease of use, and reliability. Just plug it in, make a few setting changes for cable and enjoy. Viewsonic has some people that are using there heads when it comes to incorporating setup and ease of use in their products. That Sharp I had drove me nuts. With the Viewsonic, the color is vibrant and stays in tune with each channel change. I still am on the factory default settings, which means alot. For the price, ease of use, dependablity, great color, plus can use it for a computer monitor if you need to, I highly recommend this for an additional room TV.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad reliability & mediocre picture, April 20, 2008

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airfirehorse (Outer Space) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Viewsonic NX2232W 22-Inch 720p LCD HDTV (Electronics)

I've only had this monitor/TV for about 2 months, but from the beginning it has given me spotty performance. I only paid in the mid-two-hundred range for this at Staples, but I agree with the reviewer who said you get what you pay for (at least where this thing is concerned).

My usage for the TV is in my living room. I don't connect it to a PC at all, but wanted the ability to do so when I moved up to a much larger and more expensive digital TV set. The color is good when I am on Hi-Def channels, but I think digital is digital so that's probably to be expected. The color on analog looks washed out on most channels.

I am comparing this coloration to my Acer 22" LCD monitor which I use to watch TV channels on my Media Center PC. Either the PC tuners are better (I have 2 installed in my PC) or the way color is displayed is better on the PC monitor. Either way, it's kind of strange that a regular computer monitor looks better than a TV set. I once had a 19" ViewSonic CRT monitor and it seemed fine at the time.

Another problem I have is the way I lose my digital signals randomly. I sometimes have to turn off and back on this TV just to get them back. It happens even on the strongest of stations--when one digital channel goes, they ALL go. On top of that, I have had this TV get stuck on the channel 1008. There never has been a channel 1008 where I have lived! Once I am stuck on that number, I can change channels, but the number always says "1008". Another sign of bad reliability in my opinion.

But the worst thing I had happen was when my remote control stopped working after only 6 weeks. I originally thought it was the remote, but pushing remote buttons caused my Windows MCE PC infrared receiver to blink red as if it was receiving the signal (this is actually a good test since it blinks even when the remote is not compatible with Windows). I had even bought a universal remote to make sure and that did not work either.

I called ViewSonic (who asked for my address before even giving me any idea they could help--that's got to be some kind of telemarketing thing and I asked not to be put on any lists, but I bet I will be) on a Sunday. It's great that they answer the phones quickly even on weekends, but after waiting for the phone rep to go look up what my problem could be for over 2 minutes, I was told I'd have to pay to mail this TV back and that it was probably the IR receiver in the TV, which I knew anyway. It's heavy and would cost me more than I think it's worth at this point so I declined.

What I did next I only recommend to people who don't mind voiding the warranty. I have a background in electronics so I figured I'd open this thing up and see if I could buy a replacement IR module or receiving LED. Turns out there's this little board right behind the little IR window under the power button. I disconnected it and pushed the power button a bunch of times. I plugged it back into the set, closed everything back up, and turned the TV on. Guess what? It started working!!! And to think they wanted me to mail it in so they could do that.

All of the remote buttons work perfectly from a good distance away so I think maybe the connection was jammed electronically and just need to be disconnected for a second. This repair did take me about an hour, but that's because this TV is nearly impossible to breach. You'll need heavy duty screwdrivers for prying it open and there are quite a few screws, some hidden. After this experience, however, I would not buy another ViewSonic unless it was a plain monitor. They don't know TVs at all, in my opinion.