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4.5 stars
"The wait is over! A great monitor."
Pros: Colour fidelity is superb, text razor sharp, brightness and contrast excellent.
Cons: The white light bleeding spoils the perfect score.
Summary: For the past 3 years I?ve been waiting for LCD technology to become a viable CRT replacement option. The wait is over! After lot of research and some head to head comparison with Sony and Samsung monitors, I decided to get this beauty. It is a great monitor and one that satisfies most at many levels. Colour fidelity is superb, text razor sharp, brightness and contrast excellent. It displays very dark black and brilliant white. The shades of black / grey are fantastic. It is perfect for office / internet browsing and as good for Photoshop / AutoCAD editing. DVD playback is great as is Unreal Tournament 2004. In fact, games look stunning on this LCD. It needs attention during set-up, where ViewSonics? LCD Control Software does excellent job. An altogether very strong performance is supported with 1 digital and 2 analog inputs. I use both analog inputs ? first for my desktop computer and second for my notebook. Great! I could not notice any major white light bleeding at the corners. However, there is a slight creeping noticeable during night time ?it is very minor and only present during DVD playback (because of the black stripes at the top and bottom of the screen). Stand is superb, as is the freedom to adjust this LCD anyway you want. Viewing angles are excellent! You can obtain an amazingly sharp text with the Fine Tune. The screen finish is non-glare which is huge advantage over reflective glossy glass-finished LCD?s. Monitor looks very nice and plastics used are of good quality. Preset settings in software are huge bonus.
Weaknesses? I have to try really hard? Brightness and contrast are very high and need to be adjusted down when using Word and other text editors. The bright white bleeding is noticeable as well. The first is not really a weakness; just a nature of large 19? LCD screens displaying large white areas. The white light bleeding is a weakness and spoils the perfect score, unfortunately.
