ViewSonic FuHzion VX2265wm review (3D LCD monitor - 22")

Although WoW looked good, the backlight light bleed through was significant enough to adversely affect the display's quality when viewing movies. Thanks to the bleeding, "Kill Bill Vol. 1" DVD on the ViewSonic VX2265wm FuHzion had drab colors and shallow blacks, making the tint of the overall picture look yellowish. The colors don't pop as well as on the Gateway HD2201 and even ViewSonic's own VLED221wm. Turning down the monitor's brightness was not a remedy. We didn't notice any motion-based streaking or ghosting, and the screen remained sharp for a DVD.

The 1080p Blu-ray version of "House of Flying Daggers" suffered for the same reasons stated above.

The built-in speakers located on the bottom of the bezel produced decent sound, but they lack bass. However, they have enough volume to clearly hear dialogue in a movie as long as you're not more than 10 feet away in a normal volume-level room.

We could not play movies at the 120Hz refresh rate--be they DVD or Blu-ray--all we got was a screen of snow. There may be some kind of hack to get around this, but natively, the monitor cannot play movie discs at 120Hz when hooked to a computer.

The optimal viewing angle for a monitor is usually directly in front, about a quarter of the screen's distance down from the top. At this angle, you're viewing the colors and gamma correction as they were intended. Most monitors are not made to be viewed at any other angle. Depending on its panel type, picture quality at nonoptimal angles varies. Most monitors use TN panels, which get overly bright or overly dark in parts of the screen when viewed from nonoptimal angles. The ViewSonic VLED221wm uses a TN panel, and when it is viewed from the sides or bottom, the screen appeared to darken when only a couple inches off from the optimal position. Of course, when viewed from the optimal angle, we had no problems.

Juice box

ViewSonic VX2265wm FuHzion	Average watts per hour
On (Default Luminance)	36.56
On (Max Luminance)	36.56
On (Min Luminance)	14.02
Sleep	0.45
Calibrated (200 cd/m2)	27.91
Score	Good
Annual energy cost (@$0.1135/kWh)	$11.21

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Service and support
The ViewSonic VX2265wm FuHzion comes with solid coverage including a three-year warranty that covers parts, labor, and the backlight. The company offers 24-7 toll free technical support and support via e-mail. However, there is no Web-chat support like some other vendors offer. Navigating ViewSonic's Web site and finding drivers and the user manual was easy.