Viewsonic VP191B ThinEdge 19" LCD Monitor

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Manufacturer: ViewSonic
Price at amazon.com: $512.99
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List price $619.00



Product Features:

• 1,280 x 1,024 maximum resolution
• Accepts standard analog and digital DVD-I inputs
• 600:1 contrast ratio, 170-degree viewing angles
• 25 ms response time; wall-mountable
• PC, Mac, and HDTV compatible; 3-year warranty

Product Description:

A TFT active matrix LCD from ViewSonic, the VP191B has a sleek design that delivers a full 19 diagonal inches of viewing. Compatible with PC, Mac, and HDTV, the VP191B has a small 16.4-by-9.3-inch footprint and is also wall-mountable, freeing up desktop space completely. The VP191B has wide 170-degree horizontal and vertical viewing angles and an ultra-thin 0.71-inch border, making it ideal for multi-monitor setups. A maximum 1,280 x 1,024 resolution combines with over 16.7 million colors to provide detailed, true-to-life images, so the VP191B is suitable for a wide range of home and office uses. A 600:1 contrast ratio and 250 cd/m2 of brightness ensure that onscreen images are crisp and accurate, while the anti-glare screen treatment cuts back on harmful glare and the resulting eyestrain. With the onscreen controls, you can easily adjust a wide variety of monitor settings including color temperature, brightness, contrast, H/V size, H/V position, and much more. Weighing a mere 16.5 pounds, the VP191B also comes backed with a three-year limited warranty on both parts and labor.
From the Manufacturer The innovative VP191B LCD display with ThinEdge UltraSlim bezel design is ideal for multiple-display configurations to enhance productivity, accuracy, and decision-making for financial traders, corporate planners, graphics professionals and engineers. Digital HDTV clarity, 170-degree XtremeView wide viewing angles, and ClearMotiv video response deliver immaculate performance for high-density graphics and mixed-media data. Comprehensively equipped with height, pivot, tilt, and swivel adjustments... read more

Description from Manufacturer:A TFT active matrix LCD from ViewSonic, the VP191B has a sleek design that delivers a full 19 diagonal inches of viewing. Compatible with PC, Mac, and HDTV, the VP191B has a small 16.4-by-9.3-inch footprint and is also wall-mountable, freeing up desktop space completely. The VP191B has wide 170-degree horizontal and vertical viewing angles and an ultra-thin 0.71-inch border, making it ideal for multi-monitor setups.

A maximum 1,280 x 1,024 resolution combines with over 16.7 million colors to provide detailed, true-to-life images, so the VP191B is suitable for a wide range of home and office uses. A 600:1 contrast ratio and 250 cd/m2 of brightness ensure that onscreen images are crisp and accurate, while the anti-glare screen treatment cuts back on harmful glare and the resulting eyestrain.

With the onscreen controls, you can easily adjust a wide variety of monitor settings including color temperature, brightness, contrast, H/V size, H/V position, and much more. Weighing a mere 16.5 pounds, the VP191B also comes backed with a three-year limited warranty on both parts and labor.Average Customer Rating:

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Comment: Buy Quality Rating:
I work out of my home with my own business so imagine my "surprise" when my former 19 inch flat screen CRT went out on Monday morning. In these last few years I learned the hard way that with computers and add-ons it pays to buy good equipment. I needed a new monitor and FAST! Since I design graphics it had to be good. I ordered this with 24 hour delivery.
It came on time and it worked out of the box in less than 5 min. The color is fantastic...the monitor was expensive but I'm worth it.

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Comment: Great look in more ways than one Rating:
Boy, does this monitor look good. In comparison to all the other LCDs I've seen, this one ranks at the top. There was no problem with set up or any aspect of operation, all the pixels work (no need for tech support), and the pre-set color temps are probably going to be adequate for all of my needs, so it seems great! The slim bezel, I feel, is a superior look too. I installed it on a win98 machine then upgraded to XP and the cleartype works best. In short, it works as advertised, a quality product.

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Comment: Very sharp picture, No more eye strain Rating:
I purchased the Viewsonic 19" ThinEdge as an external monitor for my Toshiba Satellite notebook computer. I do not currently have a digital port on the notebook computer, so I can only provide feedback on the analog video signal. I must say in analog mode that I am very impressed with the vivid colors. The 600:1 contrast ratio really makes a difference as you see contrasts in images that aren't noticable in older monitors. I never expected a monitor to be so great.

The monitor is not the biggest at 19", but the best value as the 20" is significantly higher in price. This is also one of the newest monitors from ViewSonic as it came out onto the market in April 2003, a month earlier than when this review was written.

The only issue so far is that with all notebook computers, the driver installation was not straight forward. I had to set up an additional hardware profile, one for home display and the other for the built in display for mobile use.

This monitor does not come with built in speakers, its functionality is in the monitor itself. You have to buy external speakers, which is probably good as we all complain about the quality of the built in speakers that come with most monitors.

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