Topic is kinda old now but it's still a current model so here goes...
I bought a VA2226W at the end of last year. It failed a few weeks ago to a solid white screen (both analog and DVI)and I am getting anxious to see if Viewsonic gets my replacement to me soon. I was about to start a topic about that when I came upon your post while searching for similar topics to be sure there weren't any yet.
Same viewing angle issues as all TN panels, but personally I don't find this much of an issue as I don't move my head around a lot while using a monitor.
Decent contrast, I believe the 1000:1 spec, though I saw no way to disable the dynamic contrast, don't know if it would interfere with using a hardware calibration tool.
Sharp, as any are, over DVI. Average over analog, but they only include an analog cable and that cable is cheap thin junk, it caused ghosting on both this monitor and on a lower-res 19" LCD, while a couple other typical thicker analog cables have no ghosting on either panel. Even then, DVI is slightly sharper. IMO they really ought to not bother sending an analog cable at all even if someone needs one they'd be better off saving $2 on the monitor price, but a DVI would've been nice.
No noticable ghosting in video playback or games. No obvious dithering artifacts I could see. Low light bleedthrough seems fairly even around the edges, no hot spots but there is a little bleedthrough. As with any typical TN panel, there is no true black but the dark grey can be gotten used to, unless you had it next to a -VA or IPS monitor or are picky - consider it a tradeoff for the lower cost.
On the cost issue, 24" panels have dropped more in price, I vaguely recall seeing some deal for the Soyo 24" at some office superstore for $260, making it seem like this isn't such a great value anymore unless it's price also drops, or if you want to stick with 22" or lower so an aging video card can still cope with native resolution when gaming.
The stand is fairly typical of cheaper LCDs, not especially flimsy or sturdy. No height adjustment, only moderate tilt from straight ahead or tilted up a little bit. Ok for my use on a normal height desk, can't speak for unusual setups.
Color wasn't quite right from the factor but not terrible, was easy enough to adjust though I was left feeling it wasn't quite perfect when being critical about it, but I got used to what I left it at and never had any further concerns, it looked good for price paid at the time.
The most annoying feature to me was when I had one analog and one DVI system hooked up to it simultaneously. DVI system I was using, analog was a testbed for a new system build. I pressed the button on the front to switch to analog input and wanted it to stay on analog input but every time the analog was interrupted (every time I rebooted the new system) it switched back to DVI so I was constantly pressing the !@#$% button to switch back to analog. I never wanted it to auto-do-anything, that's why there's a button, right? Apparently Viewsonic's opinion is different. Anyway for single system use it would never be an issue, or if using a KVM instead of dual simultaneous hookups.
Overall I'd buy it again given the options available when I did, if it weren't for the part about it failing. IMO more companies need to adopt a policy where they advance replace with a new product if it's secured by credit card, especially when it's less than a year old. I thought Viewsonic support was supposed to be good but my old BenQ monitor warranty policy implies better than this. I can accept I'll get unlucky every once in a while with a defective product but with my 1:1 failure rate on this model I would be hard pressed to recommend it.
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