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#822 - Viewsonic VX2435wm 24" LCD |
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Written by Rodney Reynolds
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Saturday, 05 May 2007 |
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A closer look:
One of the first things that caught my eye was the ultra
high gloss piano style plastic around the monitor and the stand. I found that
this shinny plastic is a dust and lint magnetic though. So be sure to keep your
dusting instruments close at hand. I personally
don't like this look, because I think it makes the display look a little on the
cheap side. It has bling-bling, but there
something about it that just didn't do it for me. The monitor is mostly black,
but has a silver trim. The stand also has the same color theme.
This styling is
nothing new, because it has
been used by ViewSonic for a while now. Oh, I almost forgot to mentioned the
speakers. There are so small it's hard to miss them.
While it's an added
feature, how many people with a 24" widescreen display is going to use these
3-watt speakers? I'm not! They are certainly not intended for gaming or any
serious audio playback.
 
The stand also has a grooved
area to put a few small items, like a flash drive, screws or diamonds ;) This stand
is way to filmy for the 6.7kg (14.7lbs) LCD though. Due
to this the monitor tends to wobble a lot. This is something you don't want your
monitor to be doing. It's not only hard of the eyes, but it's plain irritating.
On a positive note, the stand also has a cable management
system, which is quite nice. I which more companies would factor in cable
management when designing products.
The controls are located in
the center and they are easy to operate. I would have liked a larger,
more tactically pronounced power button though. I found myself going for the
power button but hitting the other buttons around it. The power button is in the center,
the two buttons to the left
(1 & 2) activate
the menus and the two to the right
(arrows) are used to
navigate through the menus. This layout works very well and it's easy to use.
Pressing button 2 will bring up the Input menu, which enables D-Sub, Video,
S-Video, Component or HDMI to be selected.
Pressing button 1 will activate the Main Menu, which includes;
Contrast/Brightness, Input Select, Audio Adjust, Color Adjust, Information
(Frequency, Resolution, Pixel Clock, Serial & Model #), Manual Image Adjust,
Setup Menu and Memory Recall (factory default setting). Note: The Aspect ratio
on this monitor can be manually changed from 1:1, 4:3 or 16:9, which will come
in handy depending on the video source.
  
  
Connecting cables on this
display is very different than other displays. Usually you simply connect the
cables into the appropriate places at the back of the display and that's it.
When I first unpacked this display I scratched my head and wondered where do I
connect the cables. That's because they have all the cables connections covered
with a curved plastic cover. This really cleans up the back of the display, but
it can be a little tricky to remove and install.
On the left side there's an HDMI, VGA, component and audio connection. On the
right side there an S-Video, audio, composite, and 3.5mm audio connection. A
separate DVI connection and a USB hub would have been nice.
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