ViewSonic's VG2230wm posted admirable scores on our text and graphics tests. Our panel of testers particularly praised the monitor for its excellent balancing of color and for its accurate rendering of text documents.
ViewSonic VG2230wm

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- Screen Specs
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Included Hardware
| HDTV Tuner | 0 |
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| Microphone | 0 |
| TV Tuner | 0 |
| USB Hub | 0 |
| Webcam | 0 |
Interface Connection
| Audio Digital Optical | 0 |
| Component | 0 |
| Composite | 0 |
| Downstream USB ports | 0 |
| DVI | 1 |
| DVI-D | 0 |
| DVI-I | 0 |
| HDMI | 0 |
| Headphone Jack | 0 |
| S-Video | 0 |
| Upstream USB ports | 0 |
| USB | 0 |
| VGA | 1 |
- Lab Tested
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Pros
Fully swiveling base
Height adjustment
Cons
Wire bolt to lock monitor stand
So-so speakers
Bottom Line
This 22-inch display is thoughtfully designed and its reproductions of graphics and text documents are easy on the eyes.
ViewSonic VG2230wm
VG2230wm Review, by Roy Santos October 23, 2007
Images of fruit slices looked sumptuous, thanks to the screen's brightness and natural-looking colors. Text on Web pages showed no signs of edge blur, so the VG2230wm should be good for people who spend hours reading Word documents or scanning long spreadsheets. Icons on these Office applications were well defined, and text (as on Web pages) was razor sharp.
ViewSonic's monitor lets you adjust its tilt, swivel, and height. The true swiveling base can rotate 360 degrees, and the height-adjustable stand extends the monitor across an unusually large range, making it ideal for a setup with multiple users. A small steel wire clip inserts on the side of the stand to secure the monitor to its minimum height; I would have preferred a built-in button to lock down the stand, so I wouldn't have to worry about losing the wire.
Integrated speakers are another of the monitor's extras. Not surprisingly, they seemed underpowered, producing muddled dialogue in our test DVD movies, though they handled the soundtrack and general background music better. The monitor's circular base is decorated with a raised wave pattern--a pattern that recurs on the sides of the black panel in the form of simple silver lines that slope at the bottom.
Four pill-size buttons and a small round button--aligned vertically on the right side of the monitor--provide access to the monitor's on-screen display (OSD) and its power, respectively. Unhelpfully labeled '1' and '2', the OSD buttons don't aid you in navigating the OSD menu, so you may want to fire up the CD manual if you plan to adjust to the monitor's settings significantly.
In displaying Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the monitor tended to render scenes a bit the light side, infusing many backgrounds and foregrounds with a washed-out sheen. Colors in general were nicely saturated, though reds were on the pink side. Lighter skin tones also seemed too pink or too light, while the pirate Jack Sparrow's skin didn't have a dark enough tone.
Nonetheless, this monitor is a serious contender for a workplace or home setup. It's reasonably priced ($319 as of October 9, 2007), has a thoughtfully designed cabinet, and provides eye-pleasing performance.
Roy Santos
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Performance
| DisplayMate Motion Test Result | Very Good |
| DVD Motion Test Result | Very Good |
| Gaming Motion Test Result | Very Good |
| Graphics Score | 79.8 |
| Horizontal Viewing Angle Test Result | 180 |
| Interface Tested | Digital |
| Refresh Rate Tested | 60 |
| Text Score | 79.5 |
Review Now! Already own it? Tell us What You Think
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Reviewed by:
Strengths: Bright and vivid colors, great size, good resolution. excellent rotational / positional adjustment of the actual monitor.
Weaknesses: none, i guess it could be bigger.. :)
Overall: Bought this monitor to play games on (playing top games with the best graphics equip on vista) and this screen is perfect. although its no 28" this thing deff. is worth the price. bright as can be, sharp images, fast response time (no blurry imaging when playing fast FPS games. This screen also swivels 360 degrees and has a great height adjustment! Viewsonic is almost the only brand i trust and they have never disappointed me.
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Reviewed by: gremlinchief
Strengths: DVI/VGA support, Height and Rotation both changeable, Customizable Tilt, Vivid Colors
Weaknesses: Has a little light bleeding through the bottom edge of the monitor, no usb, controls kinda hard to get used to.
Overall: So far, looks like this monitor will be a keeper. A nice 1680x1050 resolution on a 22 inch panel that can be turned and twisted in many directions (no sideways tilt, however, which I don't use anyhow). The only problems I saw with it were the stock colors were bright and changing them was a bit of a hassle with the buttons located in an interesting order, but after the learning curve it went and customized nicely. The blue LED on the front is not too bright, making it great for late night programming.
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Reviewed by: barry1955
Strengths: Hugh monitor, beautiful colors, sharp text even with my old Dell computer, no dead pixels, easy to install, great stand. This baby has it all !!
Weaknesses: None
Overall: I looked at every monitor on the market, searched every electronics store and read every review before deciding on this monitor. This monitor looks much bigger on my desk than it did in the store, I love it. I am convinced I made the right choice buying it!!
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Reviewed by:
Strengths: Plenty of Real Estate, clear, great color, excellent design, good price, great company. I come from a 19 inch Viewsonic P95f+, I would say this monitor is definately worth the move.
Weaknesses: You might have to upgrade your video card. To some people, there might be a little adjustment. It is definately bright at stock settings. But adjustment is easy enough.
Overall: I do a lot of work on a computer and I find that this monitor has clear type, sharp contrast, excellent color rendition, a fast refresh rate and anything you could ask a monitor to be.Your video card has to handle the preferred resolution Viewsonic suggests. I would have absolutely no problem recommending this monitor to anyone.
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Reviewed by: CalMu
Strengths: bright colours, nice design, complete with built-in speakers, easy to install and adjust, possible to tilt, swivel and adjust in height.
Weaknesses: none i can think of.
Overall: really nice monitor, well designed and quite light weight and slim. speakers are adequate for what one can expect from monitor speakers. nothing to moan about. cannot say about gaming but watched videos and that was fine too.
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