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http://www.viewsonic.com/us/monitors/25-and-up/vx2770smh-led.html
first thing i'll say is: viewsonic is selling this for over $400 on their site. at that price, it's a ripoff. buy.com and newegg (limited time only, until 11/26) are selling it for $249. at this price, IT'S A STEAL.
unlike some of the other 27" 1080p ips monitors like the aoc i2757fh and the acer s275hl bmii, the viewsonic has a dvi input in addition to hdmi and vga.
i measured a maximum brightness of 290 cd/m2, minimum of 65 cd/m2, and in user color mode with 100/100/100 rgb defaults, a white point of 6560k, 2.2 gamma, and 1300:1 contrast. colors are very good out of the box in user mode, average Δe of 2.3 and a max of 4.
it will do 1920x1080 at 82hz vertical refresh over hdmi (with a very very subtle horizontal scan line effect like the aoc i2757fh). most likely over dvi too, except that when i tried it, it showed the screen all wonky, probably because i was using a single link dvi cable (don't have any duals on hand).
while overdrive isn't adjustable in the osd or service menu, there's no rtc overshoot.
input lag is very low like pretty much all of the other 27" 1080p ips monitors.
service menu shows the panel as lm270wf6-sap1. it uses pwm for backlight control.
3 year warranty which covers the backlight and the panel. unlike aoc's '3 year warranty' which only covers the panel for 1 year.
some niggles:
the person who designed the osd controls should be shot. the buttons are touch sensitive, not physically separated, unlit, and are located below and several inches behind the panel, on the base. so to make adjustments, switch inputs, or even turn the monitor on/off, you first have to channel indiana jones. there are five buttons and the power button is the middle one, so it's easy to power the monitor off when you're going through the menus.
the ag coating seems just a tad grainier than on the aoc i2757fh, but still lighter than on the previous generation of ips panels. the coating can be peeled off with a bit of patience.
tl;dr version: great colors, good response time, low input lag, 82hz capable, pwm, shitty controls, awesome buy at $249.
first thing i'll say is: viewsonic is selling this for over $400 on their site. at that price, it's a ripoff. buy.com and newegg (limited time only, until 11/26) are selling it for $249. at this price, IT'S A STEAL.
unlike some of the other 27" 1080p ips monitors like the aoc i2757fh and the acer s275hl bmii, the viewsonic has a dvi input in addition to hdmi and vga.
i measured a maximum brightness of 290 cd/m2, minimum of 65 cd/m2, and in user color mode with 100/100/100 rgb defaults, a white point of 6560k, 2.2 gamma, and 1300:1 contrast. colors are very good out of the box in user mode, average Δe of 2.3 and a max of 4.
it will do 1920x1080 at 82hz vertical refresh over hdmi (with a very very subtle horizontal scan line effect like the aoc i2757fh). most likely over dvi too, except that when i tried it, it showed the screen all wonky, probably because i was using a single link dvi cable (don't have any duals on hand).
while overdrive isn't adjustable in the osd or service menu, there's no rtc overshoot.
input lag is very low like pretty much all of the other 27" 1080p ips monitors.
service menu shows the panel as lm270wf6-sap1. it uses pwm for backlight control.
3 year warranty which covers the backlight and the panel. unlike aoc's '3 year warranty' which only covers the panel for 1 year.
some niggles:
the person who designed the osd controls should be shot. the buttons are touch sensitive, not physically separated, unlit, and are located below and several inches behind the panel, on the base. so to make adjustments, switch inputs, or even turn the monitor on/off, you first have to channel indiana jones. there are five buttons and the power button is the middle one, so it's easy to power the monitor off when you're going through the menus.
the ag coating seems just a tad grainier than on the aoc i2757fh, but still lighter than on the previous generation of ips panels. the coating can be peeled off with a bit of patience.
tl;dr version: great colors, good response time, low input lag, 82hz capable, pwm, shitty controls, awesome buy at $249.
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