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Overall, this is a good screen for someone without a DVI output, although the absence of a DVI port is a major oversight. Apart from this issue, the Viewsonic 22-inch VAZZ12W Widescreen LCD is a good unit with brilliant colour reproduction and good image quality.
Widescreen aspect ratios have just about become the standard, with TVs rapidly abandoning the 4:3 aspect ratio, and computer monitors increasingly following this trend.
In the PC monitor space, the 22-inch range is the current ’sweet spot‘ in terms of value for money. Go up to 24 inches, and the price tag suddenly more than doubles. So, a 22-inch screen is affordable and more than adequate for an optimal viewing experience.
While setting up this monitor, we were unpleasantly surprised to find that it doesn’t have a DVI input. In this day and age, this is a serious oversight, as pretty much any graphics card you buy these days sports two DVI outputs, and VGA outputs are no longer supported.
This means that to connect this screen, you’ll need a DVI to VGA adapter (which should ship with your graphics card). This is not ideal, as LCD panels perform better when receiving a digital signal: LCDs use a digital output method rather than the analogue mechanism of a raster beam scanning the inside of a cathode-ray tube. Therefore, while the difference is slight, an LCD displaying an analogue signal yields a noticeably poorer image than one being fed a digital signal.
Interestingly enough, this monitor’s enclosure has a labelled area marked for a DVI input (which is absent), so it’s likely that a model featuring this connector is in the works (we recommend querying this if you plan on purchasing one of these units, and to insist on one with a DVI port).
And why would you consider buying a screen that might not have an up-todate interface? Because, in most other respects, this is a very good display. The panel itself is of a good quality, with a resolution of 1,680 x 1,050 (the standard for this size and aspect ratio) and excellent colours.
Furthermore, this panel boasts a better depiction of black than other units we compared it to.
The control menu is somewhat confusing until you get the hang of it, so some fiddling is required before you can adjust the set to your satisfaction.
Once accustomed to it though, you’ll find that the options are comprehensive.
The outward appearance of the unit is quite appealing: matte black with a matte panel (very important, especially if using it in a lit environment), and with an electric blue power indicator.
The metallic strip at the bottom of the screen is somewhat superfluous, and some will like it while others will not.
Widescreen aspect ratios have just about become the standard, with TVs rapidly abandoning the 4:3 aspect ratio, and computer monitors increasingly following this trend.
In the PC monitor space, the 22-inch range is the current ’sweet spot‘ in terms of value for money. Go up to 24 inches, and the price tag suddenly more than doubles. So, a 22-inch screen is affordable and more than adequate for an optimal viewing experience.
While setting up this monitor, we were unpleasantly surprised to find that it doesn’t have a DVI input. In this day and age, this is a serious oversight, as pretty much any graphics card you buy these days sports two DVI outputs, and VGA outputs are no longer supported.
This means that to connect this screen, you’ll need a DVI to VGA adapter (which should ship with your graphics card). This is not ideal, as LCD panels perform better when receiving a digital signal: LCDs use a digital output method rather than the analogue mechanism of a raster beam scanning the inside of a cathode-ray tube. Therefore, while the difference is slight, an LCD displaying an analogue signal yields a noticeably poorer image than one being fed a digital signal.
Interestingly enough, this monitor’s enclosure has a labelled area marked for a DVI input (which is absent), so it’s likely that a model featuring this connector is in the works (we recommend querying this if you plan on purchasing one of these units, and to insist on one with a DVI port).
And why would you consider buying a screen that might not have an up-todate interface? Because, in most other respects, this is a very good display. The panel itself is of a good quality, with a resolution of 1,680 x 1,050 (the standard for this size and aspect ratio) and excellent colours.
Furthermore, this panel boasts a better depiction of black than other units we compared it to.
The control menu is somewhat confusing until you get the hang of it, so some fiddling is required before you can adjust the set to your satisfaction.
Once accustomed to it though, you’ll find that the options are comprehensive.
The outward appearance of the unit is quite appealing: matte black with a matte panel (very important, especially if using it in a lit environment), and with an electric blue power indicator.
The metallic strip at the bottom of the screen is somewhat superfluous, and some will like it while others will not.