Purchased this item to replace one of the “old school”, clunker tv’s I still had in my house. It was the best price online, and the picture is very nice. Shipping was also very fast from the vendor. The only thing we did not like was that it was not packed inside a box for protection and privacy — it arrived in its original brand box and left on my doorstep by UPS! We were just glad our UPS guy hid it from view; otherwise, anyone could have just walked by, seen it, and taken it home and we would have not been the wiser.
I purchased this television as a computer monitor. I wanted it because of the LCD backlight, built in speakers, and large screen, for a computer monitor. When I purchased it my computer had not yet been built so I hooked it up to my cable box and WOW what a great picture! Granted I was coming from an old CRT television but hey this thing was very impressive! It is very customizable and can be set on preset settings as well. It worked great to replace a 1981 circa Magnavox in my bedroom. I used it for a couple of weeks as a television and when my computer came in I switched it to a computer monitor. I had purchased an HDMI cable from AMAZON before my computer arrived. Plugged in the HDMI cable and the power and keyboard and wal-la the picture came on with the sound! No need to configure the system to set up, it just works! Right out of the box. Being an informed consumer I had read that you need to calibrate the screen. Well when the monitor first came on I understood why. Things seemed a little blurry. I set the Veiwsonic to Computer and it helped but this was not yet the solution. I then found in Windows 7 the clear type set up under the control panel and displays. Once you configure to clear type this thing looks great! It is like reading on a piece of paper! Screens and videos look great! I am running Windows 7 64-bit professional. The high resolution high definition screen is very impressive! For me the price was right because I have a computer monitor that can be a television if I want as well. It has three HDMI connections so I can connect another computer, maybe a Mac Mini in the future, and later maybe an X-box 360! You can easily switch with the touch sensitive controls or use the remote. The colors and contrast are really incredible. This television/monitor is a great deal for the money! I caught mine at a good time to purchase because I got it for about twenty-five dollars under three-hundred dollars! If you read these reviews often you will know why I wrote it like that. It runs cool, comes on after a 5 second Viewsonic warm up screen, switches between sources easily, looks great and works like it is supposed to! In short I like this monitor a lot!
To me it rivals the Apple LED Cinema Display. Notice I said rivals not as good as or surpasses! This television is great! It works as a monitor wonderfully! Part of the reason I purchased it is due to the fact that I wanted built in speakers and an HDMI connection. I did not want to have a video cable, power cord, speakers, speaker wire, and another power cord for the speakers forming a web on my desk. This set up is clean and simple. HDMI cable to the back of the computer to the monitor, then everything works. One power cord for the monitor and one for the computer. Simple! I compared it to the Apple Cinema Display because I was thinking of using one of these to connect to my PC. Unfortunately you would need to by the Apple Mini Display video connector to HDMI conversion plug and pray that it would work. I could never get assurances that you could get PC drivers for the camera and I did not find anyone that said that it worked when they connected to a PC. Oh and also to buy the Apple you would need to cough up three times the money! I know the Apple display is IPS has a glass screen (the Viewsonic has the plasticky laptop screen) and a built in video camera. Still this does not make it worth nearly a thousand dollars! I do wish that Viewsonic would place a glass screen on this television; it would move it up in class, and admittedly in cost. I wish they would install a camera on the top of the screen, a good one, like the new ones from Logitech! Then they would have a true Apple competitor! When I looked around for a large screen, LED backlight, High definition monitor, with multiple HDMI connections, and built in speakers the Viewsonic television is the only one I could find this affordably. This is the only monitor, or television, that came close to the Apple Display, and after purchasing it and using it as both a television and a monitor, I feel that it has lived up to its printed specifications and my expectations! Buy one I think you will agree!
One more thing; I purchased this through Amazon along with another item through J&R Audio. I had to return the other item after purchasing it. I could not have had a better experience from the folks at J&R Music. They were kind, helpful, and did everything they said that they would do and even faster than they said they would do it. It is rare these days to find a company that under promises and over delivers and I feel these folks did. I am always leery of ordering from a reseller and these folks gave me confidence!
Bought the Viewsonic 23″ for use in my travel trailer mostly because it was a 1080 with an anti-glare screen and the very low power draw of less than 30 watts. I have been extremely impressed with the picture quality and the sound is OK (considering the small size of the speakers) as long as the SRS Trusurround feature is NOT used (this makes it sound very tinny). The clarity of the picture is very good and the resolution is extremely good. There are many video inputs available to be able to connect nearly any type of device that you might wish to use. The remote operates as expected and the buttons are fairly well laid out. Considering the low price through Amazon of less than $250 shipped, this TV is an exceptional value for a LED LCD that is 1080p capable. I would highly reccommed this to anyone that will use in a medium to smaller sized room, and might end up using a set of computer speakers to make the sound a better quality.
This is such a step up from my previous Dell 17″ monitor. I use it for PC and the PS3. The response time is 5ms, better than my 8ms HDTV I had for the PS3. I can tell it is a little faster. I can’t wait to play Crysis and FEAR on it. I bought this over a typical PC monitor because I needed the extra inputs. The only problem is that the speakers are tinny, but that’s what why you can attach a set of PC speakers.
Fabulous TV and computer monitor. The HDTV tuner gives you accesss to selected HD channels without the dreaded cable box. I took it out of the box, plugged it in, connected the cable and computer and it worked instantly. When using it as a computer monitor, one touch of any TV channel or the “channel up/down” button takes you right to the TV without changing the input source. Great device at a great price.
For some time now, I’ve been juggling several adapters, trying to get my computer monitor to display Wii, PC, DVD, etc. I decided to give this “monitor” a try. I love this thing. I can plug anything into it and the picture quality is great. The video with the VGA plug seemed not as good as my old monitor, but when I switched to the HDMI cable, the quality jumped right up. Good job Viewsonic, this is a wonderful product.
i just bought this tv. to replace my home computer monitor but i was so impressed by the clarity and quality that im buying another one to my office, a 1080p tv for 249 dlls. its a great deal.
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Purchased this item to replace one of the “old school”, clunker tv’s I still had in my house. It was the best price online, and the picture is very nice. Shipping was also very fast from the vendor. The only thing we did not like was that it was not packed inside a box for protection and privacy — it arrived in its original brand box and left on my doorstep by UPS! We were just glad our UPS guy hid it from view; otherwise, anyone could have just walked by, seen it, and taken it home and we would have not been the wiser.
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just got my tv and all i can say is WOW. viewsonic made on heck of a led lcd tv well worth the money
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I purchased this television as a computer monitor. I wanted it because of the LCD backlight, built in speakers, and large screen, for a computer monitor. When I purchased it my computer had not yet been built so I hooked it up to my cable box and WOW what a great picture! Granted I was coming from an old CRT television but hey this thing was very impressive! It is very customizable and can be set on preset settings as well. It worked great to replace a 1981 circa Magnavox in my bedroom. I used it for a couple of weeks as a television and when my computer came in I switched it to a computer monitor. I had purchased an HDMI cable from AMAZON before my computer arrived. Plugged in the HDMI cable and the power and keyboard and wal-la the picture came on with the sound! No need to configure the system to set up, it just works! Right out of the box. Being an informed consumer I had read that you need to calibrate the screen. Well when the monitor first came on I understood why. Things seemed a little blurry. I set the Veiwsonic to Computer and it helped but this was not yet the solution. I then found in Windows 7 the clear type set up under the control panel and displays. Once you configure to clear type this thing looks great! It is like reading on a piece of paper! Screens and videos look great! I am running Windows 7 64-bit professional. The high resolution high definition screen is very impressive! For me the price was right because I have a computer monitor that can be a television if I want as well. It has three HDMI connections so I can connect another computer, maybe a Mac Mini in the future, and later maybe an X-box 360! You can easily switch with the touch sensitive controls or use the remote. The colors and contrast are really incredible. This television/monitor is a great deal for the money! I caught mine at a good time to purchase because I got it for about twenty-five dollars under three-hundred dollars! If you read these reviews often you will know why I wrote it like that. It runs cool, comes on after a 5 second Viewsonic warm up screen, switches between sources easily, looks great and works like it is supposed to! In short I like this monitor a lot!
To me it rivals the Apple LED Cinema Display. Notice I said rivals not as good as or surpasses! This television is great! It works as a monitor wonderfully! Part of the reason I purchased it is due to the fact that I wanted built in speakers and an HDMI connection. I did not want to have a video cable, power cord, speakers, speaker wire, and another power cord for the speakers forming a web on my desk. This set up is clean and simple. HDMI cable to the back of the computer to the monitor, then everything works. One power cord for the monitor and one for the computer. Simple! I compared it to the Apple Cinema Display because I was thinking of using one of these to connect to my PC. Unfortunately you would need to by the Apple Mini Display video connector to HDMI conversion plug and pray that it would work. I could never get assurances that you could get PC drivers for the camera and I did not find anyone that said that it worked when they connected to a PC. Oh and also to buy the Apple you would need to cough up three times the money! I know the Apple display is IPS has a glass screen (the Viewsonic has the plasticky laptop screen) and a built in video camera. Still this does not make it worth nearly a thousand dollars! I do wish that Viewsonic would place a glass screen on this television; it would move it up in class, and admittedly in cost. I wish they would install a camera on the top of the screen, a good one, like the new ones from Logitech! Then they would have a true Apple competitor! When I looked around for a large screen, LED backlight, High definition monitor, with multiple HDMI connections, and built in speakers the Viewsonic television is the only one I could find this affordably. This is the only monitor, or television, that came close to the Apple Display, and after purchasing it and using it as both a television and a monitor, I feel that it has lived up to its printed specifications and my expectations! Buy one I think you will agree!
One more thing; I purchased this through Amazon along with another item through J&R Audio. I had to return the other item after purchasing it. I could not have had a better experience from the folks at J&R Music. They were kind, helpful, and did everything they said that they would do and even faster than they said they would do it. It is rare these days to find a company that under promises and over delivers and I feel these folks did. I am always leery of ordering from a reseller and these folks gave me confidence!
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Bought the Viewsonic 23″ for use in my travel trailer mostly because it was a 1080 with an anti-glare screen and the very low power draw of less than 30 watts. I have been extremely impressed with the picture quality and the sound is OK (considering the small size of the speakers) as long as the SRS Trusurround feature is NOT used (this makes it sound very tinny). The clarity of the picture is very good and the resolution is extremely good. There are many video inputs available to be able to connect nearly any type of device that you might wish to use. The remote operates as expected and the buttons are fairly well laid out. Considering the low price through Amazon of less than $250 shipped, this TV is an exceptional value for a LED LCD that is 1080p capable. I would highly reccommed this to anyone that will use in a medium to smaller sized room, and might end up using a set of computer speakers to make the sound a better quality.
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This is such a step up from my previous Dell 17″ monitor. I use it for PC and the PS3. The response time is 5ms, better than my 8ms HDTV I had for the PS3. I can tell it is a little faster. I can’t wait to play Crysis and FEAR on it. I bought this over a typical PC monitor because I needed the extra inputs. The only problem is that the speakers are tinny, but that’s what why you can attach a set of PC speakers.
Overall: 5 out of 5!
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Fabulous TV and computer monitor. The HDTV tuner gives you accesss to selected HD channels without the dreaded cable box. I took it out of the box, plugged it in, connected the cable and computer and it worked instantly. When using it as a computer monitor, one touch of any TV channel or the “channel up/down” button takes you right to the TV without changing the input source. Great device at a great price.
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This TV works great with a HDTV antenna. It’s also a good monitor for computers. I love it.
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The TV picture is great. It does sit at an angle and the remote is weak, but screen and sound are great.
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For some time now, I’ve been juggling several adapters, trying to get my computer monitor to display Wii, PC, DVD, etc. I decided to give this “monitor” a try. I love this thing. I can plug anything into it and the picture quality is great. The video with the VGA plug seemed not as good as my old monitor, but when I switched to the HDMI cable, the quality jumped right up. Good job Viewsonic, this is a wonderful product.
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i just bought this tv. to replace my home computer monitor but i was so impressed by the clarity and quality that im buying another one to my office, a 1080p tv for 249 dlls. its a great deal.