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Summary: Lousy Warranty Service, Beware!
Review: Beware of Viewsonic Customer Service. I sent a LCD in for warranty repair, so far it's been 7 weeks with no repair/replacement in sight. Check out Planar LCD's if warranty service is important to you
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Summary: Better than AG
Review: First I bought a Samsung 1100DF (21") it had nice specs .20 mm dot pitch, but the picture was not acceptable: it was dark and blurry, so I returned it back to Amazon.
Next, (figuring that I need to spend more to get an acceptable 21" CRT) I got a NEC-Mitsubishi MultiSync FP2141SB-BK 22", this one had those annoying AG lines and the picture was distorted. It also had a poor focus in the corners and a useless "superbright" mode which just dulls and blurs the picture IMHO. Supposedly this is one of the best AG monitors out there.
Then I thought: seems like I have to cash out for an LCD since I cannot find an acceptable 21" CRT. Well, in order to get one of these with the same viewable (20"), you have to spend at least 900 'rubles'. So I decided to give the G220f a chance. Well, let me tell you I am finished buying. This is as good as it needs to be. It's sharp, clear, and bright enough, and NO AG lines (being it's not an AG monitor of course)
Right now I have it running at 1600x1200@ 85 Hz. And I am happy with the picture. Had to do some geometric adjustments first to straighten the corners, but that's OK.If you read one of the reviews below, a user complains that his is grainy. Well perhaps it's grainy if the he has it set at 800x600, in that case he should have bough a 14" or a 13" dumb terminal screen with that cool green text, nice and sharp at his preferred resolution. It would be ridiculous to buy this size display and then low ball the resolution. Anyway, until LCD's are as fast as CRT's and have comparable price tags, I recommend this thing to anyone looking for a large display. Be you an editor, a gamer, a grapher or a lamer, you cannot go wrong here. One thing I would change is the fact that the monitor cable is hard wired to the monitor. However, in the unlikely event that any part of the cable goes, I will have no inhibition of popping out the guts and re-soldering (but that's just me).
Rating:
Summary: Better than AG
Review: First I bought a Samsung 1100DF (21") it had nice specs .20 mm dot pitch, but the picture was not acceptable: it was dark and blurry, so I returned it back to Amazon.
Next, (figuring that I need to spend more to get an acceptable 21" CRT) I got a NEC-Mitsubishi MultiSync FP2141SB-BK 22", this one had those annoying AG lines and the picture was distorted. It also had a poor focus in the corners and a useless "superbright" mode which just dulls and blurs the picture IMHO. Supposedly this is one of the best AG monitors out there.
Then I thought: seems like I have to cash out for an LCD since I cannot find an acceptable 21" CRT. Well, in order to get one of these with the same viewable (20"), you have to spend at least 900 'rubles'. So I decided to give the G220f a chance. Well, let me tell you I am finished buying. This is as good as it needs to be. It's sharp, clear, and bright enough, and NO AG lines (being it's not an AG monitor of course)
Right now I have it running at 1600x1200@ 85 Hz. And I am happy with the picture. Had to do some geometric adjustments first to straighten the corners, but that's OK. If you read one of the reviews below, a user complains that his is grainy. Well perhaps it's grainy if the he has it set at 800x600, in that case he should have bough a 14" or a 13" dumb terminal screen with that cool green text, nice and sharp at his preferred resolution. It would be ridiculous to buy this size display and then low ball the resolution. Anyway, until LCD's are as fast as CRT's and have comparable price tags, I recommend this thing to anyone looking for a large display. Be you an editor, a gamer, a grapher or a lamer, you cannot go wrong here. One thing I would change is the fact that the monitor cable is hard wired to the monitor. However, in the unlikely event that any part of the cable goes, I will have no inhibition of popping out the guts and re-soldering (but that's just me).
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Summary: Love it.
Review: Great picture, dont know how the tech. support is. i havnt needed it. I like it better than my Sony. Heavy, be sure your desk can handle it. I would buy this again.
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Summary: Ultimate Gamers or Graphics/Text Biz Monitor!!!
Review: Huge in size-but incredible performance.Easy to set up-clarity,brightness,color,high refresh rates & high resolutions-with right graphics cards untouchable yet-inexpensive 4 size &quality of display.None of problems apperture grill monitors have -no lines & uniformity of picture.Have 2 Viewsonic P815-4 monitors about 4+ years also 21" monitors-still work great dispite almost constant use 24/7 never had a problem+ they have topnotch support 4 CRT's -all fudge on flat panels&pixel problems.In Short 20" flat panel or trinitron Crt cost more {LCD over 2x}-&will not perform as well despite hype.This monitor is a bargain-blows away my older 21's at less than 1/3 the price.Amazed that no one has posted a review!! Bought 2-For less then price of 1 LCD. P.S. Also LOOK GREAT in BLACK!!
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Summary: I think viewsonic lied about its dot pitch.
Review: I can clearly see the individual phosphors(dots) on this monitor. I am sending it back immediately, the lower priced G810 has less of a grainy look to it. The text is sharp, the colors are good, but even at 30" from the screen I can still see the matrix of the phosphors. This is hardly noticable in solid colors, but when looking at buttons that have a color gradient to look rounded, like in windows media player, I can clearly see the matrix (which is independent of resolution). This monitor gets the thumbs down. I broke my own rule of 'never buy a monitor without seeing it first', and now I am gonna pay!
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Summary: I think viewsonic lied about its dot pitch.
Review: I can clearly see the individual phosphors(dots) on this monitor. I am sending it back immediately, the lower priced G810 has less of a grainy look to it. The text is sharp, the colors are good, but even at 30" from the screen I can still see the matrix of the phosphors. This is hardly noticable in solid colors, but when looking at buttons that have a color gradient to look rounded, like in windows media player, I can clearly see the matrix (which is independent of resolution). This monitor gets the thumbs down. I broke my own rule of 'never buy a monitor without seeing it first', and now I am gonna pay!
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Summary: Couldn't ask for a better monitor
Review: I had honestly never heard of View Sonic before I went comparison shopping for a new monitor. This model came up from time to time, and even though it's a little pricey, I decided to go for it. I have no regrets and plenty of praise. The resolution is marvelous and it was so easy to set up. This is a value at any price!
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Summary: Very Happy With Mine
Review: I looked at alot of 21" monitors before I settled on this one and I have to say that I am extremely pleased with it. I looked at both trinitron and diamondtron monitors and didn't like what I saw at all. I use trinitron monitors at school on a regular basis and have never gotten used to the lines running across the screen 1/3 from the top and bottom. Aside from the "grille lines" I found the colors were too vivid and true whites seemed to have a slight reddish brown hue to them. So I knew I wanted the best shadow mask monitor I could find. This is it. While the picture isn't truly flat, the screen is; if you sit too close you can see the curve of the picture but as long as you sit 12" from the screen you will see a crisp, flat image, and the colors are wonderful. The picture gets a 5 star rating, the monitor overall gets 4 stars because of 2 things; 1 the cord that connects to the computer is permanently connected to the back of the monitor. This is bad because if the cord breaks you need a new monitor. 2. This thing is HUGE!!! The footprint isn't any bigger than that of my old 21" but the height is, if you have a computer cart like me with a shelf over the top of the monitor you will need 30" plus to fit it in. In short, great monitor but now I need a new desk!
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Summary: Very Happy With Mine
Review: I looked at alot of 21" monitors before I settled on this one and I have to say that I am extremely pleased with it. I looked at both trinitron and diamondtron monitors and didn't like what I saw at all. I use trinitron monitors at school on a regular basis and have never gotten used to the lines running across the screen 1/3 from the top and bottom. Aside from the "grille lines" I found the colors were too vivid and true whites seemed to have a slight reddish brown hue to them. So I knew I wanted the best shadow mask monitor I could find. This is it. While the picture isn't truly flat, the screen is; if you sit too close you can see the curve of the picture but as long as you sit 12" from the screen you will see a crisp, flat image, and the colors are wonderful. The picture gets a 5 star rating, the monitor overall gets 4 stars because of 2 things; 1 the cord that connects to the computer is permanently connected to the back of the monitor. This is bad because if the cord breaks you need a new monitor. 2. This thing is HUGE!!! The footprint isn't any bigger than that of my old 21" but the height is, if you have a computer cart like me with a shelf over the top of the monitor you will need 30" plus to fit it in. In short, great monitor but now I need a new desk!
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