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Viewsonic VP171B 17" LCD Monitor

Viewsonic VP171B 17" LCD Monitor

List Price: $429.00
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Outstanding LCD
Review: After turning on this LCD, all I can say is wow. It is absolutely stunning. One red pixel near the lateral edge. The 16ms refresh time, pivot function, and simply outstanding picture makes this well worth the money.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Horrid 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

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Top of the line
Review: For me, buying an LCD flat panel was revolutionary. For far too long I had an old fashioned monitor dominating my home office. Something so big that throwing it away may well have brought about an unnecessary hernia operation. What a joy to unpack the ViewSonic. As someone who does a lot of word processing, I treasure this monitor's ability to spin so that it can be seen from both portrait and landscape. Seeing the entire page you are writing is such a simple idea, yet in 20 years of computing, entirely original to me. The software is one-click installation and designed for techophones such as myself. To pass back and forth between portrait and landscape, you literally just turn the screen, right click, pick the angle, and there it is. Whole process takes less than five seconds. The colors also seem strong and accurate, fine definition. Money well worth spending.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Just one word... Awsome
Review: Hey, I just received this monitor, I couldt belive the great image quality and the sharpness of it, It looks a lot better than my old crt monitor. The response time is perfect for games and movies. I love the thing bezel desing. It looks so elegant. When I ordered I was scared about receiving bad pixels. and i got one. I though that bad pixels was something big, but I can hardly see it, and i have to be way to close to the monitor to see it, so i dont complain about it. An other thing[] service is the best, with the free shipping option I just saved 56 bucks, and to be free, it's really fast.

This monitor worth every penny... I would really recomend it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: You can count on bad pixels
Review: I loved this monitor, it had beautiful color and resolution every thing that I need for working on video editing. That is until it just went black in the middle of my project due in three days! How could something held in such high respect be so lacking of quality. I took every step to ensure this monitor wouldn't burn out any time soon. It never sat on, never was left to burn the image, and always dusted and kept clean.

Honestly, just to be fair I am sure I got one out of 500 that break. However I have to pay shipping to get it to Viewsonic for warranty repair/replacement; that is not good service. Then after three seperate emails I am not told how long it will take to get it back and that if I want an express exchange to get one immediately, I am told they will have to put an authorization on my card for the retail amount of the monitor.

Still no word from them on return time estimate. I would have to fear what the other person says about warranty service and hope that the $3000 computer I used this with doesn't sit and waste in the time that it will take to be back at work again.

We shall see, however I would not recommend this monitor nor would I buy another after my initial experience with it and the company.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: 5 months and it breaks..
Review: I loved this monitor, it had beautiful color and resolution every thing that I need for working on video editing. That is until it just went black in the middle of my project due in three days! How could something held in such high respect be so lacking of quality. I took every step to ensure this monitor wouldn't burn out any time soon. It never sat on, never was left to burn the image, and always dusted and kept clean.

Honestly, just to be fair I am sure I got one out of 500 that break. However I have to pay shipping to get it to Viewsonic for warranty repair/replacement; that is not good service. Then after three seperate emails I am not told how long it will take to get it back and that if I want an express exchange to get one immediately, I am told they will have to put an authorization on my card for the retail amount of the monitor.

Still no word from them on return time estimate. I would have to fear what the other person says about warranty service and hope that the $3000 computer I used this with doesn't sit and waste in the time that it will take to be back at work again.

We shall see, however I would not recommend this monitor nor would I buy another after my initial experience with it and the company.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Outstanding LCD
Review: I've never used such a crystal clear, clean screen. It makes working almost a joy. And the pivot function is life-changing-- like another reviewer wrote, in all my years of word processing I've never before seen an entire page on one screen.

The only reason it gets 4 stars instead of 5 (wish I could give it 4.5) is because there is one annoying dead pixel, and my eyes can't help looking towards it all the time. I'd send it in for an exchange but knowing my luck I'd just go through a huge administrative hassle and end up with another model with yet another dead pixel, or maybe even two.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Beautiful.
Review: I've never used such a crystal clear, clean screen. It makes working almost a joy. And the pivot function is life-changing-- like another reviewer wrote, in all my years of word processing I've never before seen an entire page on one screen.

The only reason it gets 4 stars instead of 5 (wish I could give it 4.5) is because there is one annoying dead pixel, and my eyes can't help looking towards it all the time. I'd send it in for an exchange but knowing my luck I'd just go through a huge administrative hassle and end up with another model with yet another dead pixel, or maybe even two.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Patience Needed
Review: It's a Beautiful Monitor, and once you set it up correctly it's one of the best available on the market for the money. I love this monitor now; but it wasn't always that way. The first week I owned it, I was frustrated a lot; It was always either too light or too dark. The factory presets are lousy. But after a lot of tweeking, I got it just right. Now I can't live without it. The colors are rich, movies and games look fantastic, and all the added space on my desk is wonderful.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Love it want to buy a second one.
Review: Picture is very nice, clear, smooth, and bright. I certainly don't miss my old CRT. The stand it comes with is the best I've come across yet. It adjusts for hight, pan (left/right), and tilt(forward/back) without much effort and nothing to tighten/loosen to get it to stay put. It'll rotate 90 degrees as well but haven't found a use for that yet. I use mine for gaming, movies/tv, photo work, and regular BS. Much easier on the eyes and doesn't ghost when the action moves fast. While I would love it even more if it had a higher resolution that 1280x1040, I'll never go back to CRT's to get it.

No dead pixals yet (X fingers) but then again all LCD get them sooner or later. It's been in operation since Feb 2004.


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