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Summary: Horrid Customer 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: Awesome product!
Review: Having used nothing but CRT's in the past (my previous monitor being a sweet NEC 22") I was a little nervous about taking the LCD plunge at this point. Mostly because I do a lot of gaming (Trying to finish up Doom 3 presently) I was always afraid of the "ghosting" effect not seen with CRT's. Earlier and some of the newer (cheaper) LCD's just didn't refresh the screen fast enough for fast paced gaming so I always shied away from them.
But after seeing some other users opinions of this product on gaming boards and, having a friend who was interested in purchasing by NEC, I bit the bullet and ordered this Viewsonic. The main selling point being its 16ms response time (should have minimal to no ghosting hopefully) and a 1600x1200 native resolution. Waiting for the unit to be delivered I was a little nervous that I might have made the wrong decision and would have to go back to a CRT....
Well upon setting things up and firing up XP on this screen for the first time ... I was BLOWN AWAY. Screen shots don't do it justice. Everything is bright and text is razor sharp right out to the corners. Kudo's to Viewsonics quality control. NO dead or stuck pixels that I can see. Unfortunately another reviewer I saw on here had them, maybe just bad luck or Viewsonic improved quality since this products rollout. Colors looked awesome. And NO ghosting playing Doom 3 that I have seen so far, or maybe I just don't notice it. Anyway at this point, using this monitor for a few days now, I am MORE than happy with my purchase.
However I must point out that it does have a different "look" coming from a CRT. It will make bad images stand out more. The screen has a bit of the "looking thru a screendoor" effect I have seen posted in other reviews. Maybe some people can't get used to this over a CRT or it is more pronounced on a bigger screen such as this but I've had absolutely no problem with it bothering me thus far. I was ALWAYS bothered by a CRT's lack of focusing towards the corners, and the lack of brightness being even across the screen, even on my NEC somewhat. Nothing of that I see now.
It is always best to try and see a monitor on display in a store being that it is a subjective purchase (although I didn't find any close by selling this model). Anyway if you can't, are finally in the market for an LCD, are willing to order blind online like me, and can shell out a little extra $$$$ for a quality product, I HIGHLY recommend the VP201B or S (the silver color model).
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Summary: Not a Gaming Monitor
Review: I bought this monitor because reviews I had read said it was the first flat panel that could display FPS games without ghosting or blurring. But it does both. Simply moving the cursor slowly across the screen will blur it, not to mention the background in games blurs badly during movement. As a text and static graphic-only monitor it is beautiful, but don't expect it to display games anywhere near as well as a CRT costing half as much.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I ordered this monitor as a replacement for my 17Ó apple studio display, and while its size may be impressive the quality of this Viewsonic is not. Out of the box this monitor had two stuck pixels, one red and one blue. If this were not enough, when I attempted to view movies on it there was a continually strobbing line of blue at the top of the display. Despite my best efforts I could never get this line to disappear. I have another Viewsonic monitor that is great, an older VA800 17", but this VP201b sure does not get high marks from me.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I ordered this monitor as a replacement for my 17Ó apple studio display, and while its size may be impressive the quality of this Viewsonic is not. Out of the box this monitor had two stuck pixels, one red and one blue. If this were not enough, when I attempted to view movies on it there was a continually strobbing line of blue at the top of the display. Despite my best efforts I could never get this line to disappear. I have another Viewsonic monitor that is great, an older VA800 17", but this VP201b sure does not get high marks from me.
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Summary: A differing view
Review: I received this monitor as a Christmas present from my brother. My experience was exactly the opposite from the earlier review. The display was brilliant, with a great wide angle view. All of the pixels on the screen were active. In viewing action movies, there was no problem - the screen kept up with the pace of the video with no blurring, and no signs of any artifacts. The pivoting monitor works well, especially with complex drawings. The monitor is much nicer than the Dell LCD's I work with at the office. Everyone who has seen it is very impressed.I would strongly recommend that people consider this, if they can afford the price.
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Summary: A differing view
Review: I received this monitor as a Christmas present from my brother. My experience was exactly the opposite from the earlier review. The display was brilliant, with a great wide angle view. All of the pixels on the screen were active. In viewing action movies, there was no problem - the screen kept up with the pace of the video with no blurring, and no signs of any artifacts. The pivoting monitor works well, especially with complex drawings. The monitor is much nicer than the Dell LCD's I work with at the office. Everyone who has seen it is very impressed. I would strongly recommend that people consider this, if they can afford the price.
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Summary: great monitor no problems
Review: I recently purchased this monitor and it was everything I hoped it would be. No stuck pixels or other problems. Looks better than my friend's 20" UltraSharp Dell. Can't wait to buy another one. Little pricey though.
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Summary: My First LCD
Review: I'm a gamer and always thought that CRT was the way to go for gaming, but after taking the jump up to the VP201b, it changed my way of thinking. The colors are bright and really stand out, there's no ghosting at all in gaming, and there's no dead pixels. I highly recommend this monitor. The only problem that I have is the fact that I didn't realize that with it's aspect ratio, the monitor recommends that you use a 1600X1200 resolution and if you use anything else, the picture quality isn't as good while web browsing, however it's great for gaming. I'm getting used to browsing with it though.
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