Viewsonic 28" WS LCD VX2835wm at CompUSA $629 + tax Free Ship

[dustmann]

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I'm in for one. Specs look good, people are whining about the lcd panel being inferior (TN) and having a horrible viewing angle (purely speculative and based on specs). But when I'm sitting 3 ft away with it right in front of my face, I'm thinkin everything's gonna be all right!

Specs:

Screen Type: Active Matrix LCD (TFT)
Screen Size: 28.0 in
Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Physical Aspect Ratio: 16:10 (Widescreen)
Response Time: 3 ms
Brightness: 500 cd/M2
Contrast Ratio: 800 :1
Video Interface Type: Analog
Digital
Horizontal Viewing Angle (Degrees): 160
Vertical Viewing Angle (Degrees): 160
Platform: Mac
PC
Port Connectors:

* 1 x HDMI with HDCP
* 1 x Component video
* 1 x Composite
* 1 x S-Video
* 1 x VGA 15-pin D-Sub

User Controls: Basic:

* Power, 1, down, up, 2

OnView®:

* Auto image adjust, brightness, contrast, input select, audio adjust, ViewMatch® color adjust (sRGB, 9300K, 6500K-default, 5400K, user color - RGB), information (resolution, H. frequency, V. frequency, pixel clock, model number, serial number)
* manual image adjust (H. size, H. position, V. position, fine tune, sharpness aspect ratio, opticolor), PIP, PBP, setup menu (language, resolution notice, OSD position, OSD timeout, OSD background, sleep), memory recall

Included Software:

* ViewSonic Wizard

In the Box:

* LCD display
* power cable
* 15-pin VGA video cable
* audio cable
* HDMI to DVI-D cable
* Quick Start Guide
* Software CD-Rom

Regulatory Compliances:

* UL, cUL, FCC-B, CB, CE, ENERGY STAR®, NOM, NEMKO/GS
(covers TUV/GS), NEMKO ERGO (covers TUV/ERGO,
ISO13406-2 & MPR II), MPR II, GOST-R + 20 original copies
hygienic, SASO, PCBC, VCCI, BSMI, CCC, PSB, C-TICK,
Argentina-S, Green Mark, RoHS, TCO'06

Height: 22.8 in
Width: 26.1 in
Depth: 12.1 in
Weight: 26.5 lbs
Limited Warranty: 3 Years (36 Months)

 

[ArchAngel777]

Not a bad display, especially for the price. One correction though, based on the resolution, the display is 16:10, not 16:9. Most computer monitors are 16:10 WS, and most LCD-TV's are 16:9 - FYI

 

[tigersty1e]

I've got a 22 incher if front of me now and think this is big. But I might be missing out on 1080p.

How far back do you have to sit with this thing?

 

[tigersty1e]

Also,

If you scale this down to 1680 x 1050, how many inches is the viewable area?

 

[dustmann]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
Not a bad display, especially for the price. One correction though, based on the resolution, the display is 16:10, not 16:9. Most computer monitors are 16:10 WS, and most LCD-TV's are 16:9 - FYI

Fixed, I just pulled the specs off of CompUSA's website. True 1080p is 1920x1080, which would make a 16:9 ratio. This is a bit taller than that

 

[tbogstad]

it was onsale for $30.00 cheaper 2 weeks ago, this is pretty much the regular price.

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/74/740823

 

[dustmann]

Actually it's about $50 less than regular price with no rebates. No rebates seals the deal for me.

Plus it's got a free photo printer after rebate, and I was in the market for a printer anyhow.

 

[erwos]

Looks like a nice deal - I'll keep it in mind for that LCD upgrade my wife wants next year.

 

[brikis98]

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
Also,

If you scale this down to 1680 x 1050, how many inches is the viewable area?

1680x1050, if you do 1:1 mapping, gives you .875 * 28" = 24.5"of viewable area... not too bad, really...

 

[vtohthree]

I have a 22'' TN panel, it's alrite, I mean honestly it's fine, I've gotten so many compliments from friends about how "beautiful" the screen looks.

It's just that if you've owned a SIPS or SPVA panel before and were conscience about it then you'd probably complain if you "downgraded" to a TN panel.

If it's your very first lcd and especially if you aren't tech savy(haven't been told about the TN panel), you'd probably be very satisfied with it.
I was well aware of TN panels but I didn't care because the prices are so darn attractive!

 

[IBUYCHEAP]

Originally posted by: vtohthree
I have a 22'' TN panel, it's alrite, I mean honestly it's fine, I've gotten so many compliments from friends about how "beautiful" the screen looks.

It's just that if you've owned a SIPS or SPVA panel before and were conscience about it then you'd probably complain if you "downgraded" to a TN panel.

If it's your very first lcd and especially if you aren't tech savy(haven't been told about the TN panel), you'd probably be very satisfied with it.
I was well aware of TN panels but I didn't care because the prices are so darn attractive!

Right on the money I had an s-ips and my friend bought a tn I think it looks like crap but he thinks it looks great.

 

[zerodeefex]

and to some LCDs still haven't hit the same level of contrast/color reproduction of the best CRTs. It's all in what you prefer.

 

[brikis98]

are there any bigger LCD's out there that are 1920x1200??? I know of a bunch of LCD TV's that are 1920x1080, but for a monitor, i really prefer the extra height... so if i could find, say, a 1200p version of Westinghouse's 1080p 37" set, I'd be in heaven

 

[kmmatney]

This sounds interesting to me. I like larger pixel sizes, and this looks like it has about the same pixel size as a 19" LCD.

 

[dustmann]

I must say I am impressed. The thing is abso-fickin-lutely HUGE. It's kind of like having a 17" monitor at home and then walking into an apple store to tinker with their 30" display computers. I have been playing UT2004 and Farcry on vista64 and both look absolutely gorgeous. I feel a lot more submerged in the game! No slowdown issues either with the x1900xtx

 

[spinejam]

nice lcd!