VX2476-SMHD 24 Inch 1080p IPS Monitor with FreeSync, Ultra-Thin Bezels, HDMI and DisplayPort

The monitor arrived without damage or flaws. It worked at the right resolution and refresh rate on the first try with Windows 10. The default settings were painfully bright. Setting brightness and contrast for comfort was intuitive. All colors and tones looked fine with sunny day action camera video. The metal stand was heavy and easy to put together. Tilting the screen back went well, with just the right amount of friction. I am very impressed with this monitor. It had a sharpness option, so I set it from 50 down to 0. Text looked clear and pleasing. Everything appeared to be high quality. The power LED was white and tiny. The input ports looked and worked well. The power adapter had two cords like a notebook PC (presumably for sending different plugs to different countries). Its power brick was 105 x 46 x 29 millimeters, or the size of a large phone charging battery. Viewing angles were excellent. I'm glad ViewSonic offered IPS panels. I can move my head around a lot and still see a stable, evenly backlit image. Awesome monitor. It worked with SVGA output from an Nvidia card. There were subtle diagonal bands descending when the entire screen was light blue. I presume the GPU, my unbranded video cable, and the monitor couldn't get two megapixels perfectly in sync sixty times per second. Still images looked fine. So did normal screens of text. I had to use Nvidia control panel settings to control highlights, since the monitor's brightness and contrast controls didn't get rid of clipping from the raw signal. I'm happy that 1080p SVGA works and can be reasonably well calibrated. The computer has HDMI output, so perfection and stability are easy to achieve. SVGA input is a good feature if a graphics card fails and I have to fall back to integrated graphics. The review will be updated if any problems arise. I have only been using the product for half a day. ViewSonic made a great first impression!

Ever since the pandemic started I had been working with just my 13” laptop monitor screen. I realized that it was time to invest in a monitor to have a better display instead of struggling with a small screen, so I started looking up 22” monitors initially. I found this ViewSonic very attractive and decided to go in for it based on the positive reviews. While purchasing the 22” monitor I found the 24” in the same ViewSonic model for only an extra 10 bucks, so ordered the 24” instead. I couldn’t be more happier with it. I no longer have to squint into my 13” laptop screen since I now have this beautiful monitor with a crisp, sharp display that beats all the monitors I’ve used in the past. I only wish the height was adjustable, but otherwise everything is just perfect. Assembly and installation is super easy and quick. I would strongly recommend the 24” monitor from a price and performance perspective. Go for it!!

I've been using this screen for about a month and I'm loving it. I've used it primarily for work - spreadsheets, Word documents, photo editing, and video creation all look great. I've also watched a few movies on it and was also impressed with how clear it is. The sound is pretty good, too, considering most monitors don't even come with sound. I wouldn't use the sound for movies but for work purposes it's good. Setup was a breeze - it was recognized right away. Making adjustments is also easy to do. I've played around with the settings and it provides ample options to find the one that's best for your eyes. I've found no flicker at all. I also love not having the large frame around the screen as many monitors have. Overall, ViewSonic remains the best option for quality monitors at the best prices.

I've been hunting for old LCDs that could go down to 15khz for retro computing but wasn't having much luck. The ones that are confirmed to do this are well known in the community and run on the expensive side when sold used. 15khz is needed to use what we'd consider very low resolution screen modes today, like 320x200, 640x256, etc. If you have an 80s or 90s computer, you probably need this if you want to avoid pushing video through a middle device like a retrotink or an OSSC to essentially double the size of the video to make it compatible with modern monitors. They can be expensive devices, and prone to problems especially around switching screen modes. Debugging a broken computer when you're not even sure if it's broken or if it's your video feed box that's acting up is a layer of confusion you don't need. I then thought, maybe I can modify an older LCD in some way - but that's not getting very far. Maybe a future project I don't have time for right now. Plan C. Maybe there's some esoteric monitor used by some bespoke industrial platform that's still modern enough to be on sale but can handle 15khz. I expected to need to spend a lot but at least it would be on something new and generally available. I did spend a lot of time searching and digging through specs of dozens of candidate monitors, and found a bunch of false leads until I came across this monitor, which does indeed claim to go all the way down to 15khz screen modes in it's specs. Being fairly new (2016) and still readily available, and at a pretty cheap price ($139+tax in August 2023), I was skeptical. But hey, this is Amazon, if it didn't work I could just return it anyway. So while I've only had this a few days, I can absolutely confirm that the monitor I received does indeed handle 15hkz modes. I've attached pictures of using it at 720x240 (15.7khz at 60Hz, NTSC) and 720x288 (15.8khz at 50Hz PAL), and I've pushed it down to 320x200 and taken it up to interlaced modes, where it does work, but it still flickers too badly to be comfortable to use normally - this monitor will NOT act as a flicker fixer. I've used workbench, and I've played games. The built in speaker will pass to tell you audio is working, but you're not going to want to use it beyond that, it's pretty terrible, but audio quality is not why you'll buy this monitor. I plan to try it with 8 bit TTL systems next (like the BBC Micro), and I'll come back and edit this comment with success or failure. I got the 24 inch version (VX2476-SMHD), there are larger and smaller but I don't know if they'd work. I do know that the 15khz mode on this monitor ONLY works on the VGA port. I tried using multiple VGA to HDMI adapters to get my Amiga 1200 to talk to the monitor over HDMI and it never saw a signal. Maybe I was doing something wrong, but I wouldn't buy one of the larger versions of this that doesn't have a dedicated VGA port on it without being prepared to immediately return it after initial testing. This monitor also has HDMI and DisplayPort connections for 1080p display, so you can share it with other more modern systems and not feel like you bought a whole monitor just for a few hours of usage every few months, if your retro usage is light. (I think you can ignore the horizontal lines in my pictures, I'm pretty sure that's my A1200 and not the monitor. They don't show up on HDMI inputs from other systems, nor do they affect the on screen displays.) EDIT: I'm back to report that I was able to cable this monitor up to my BBC Master 128 and it works perfectly, I get a stable crystal clear image across all screen modes, and it holds the correct aspect ratio too. This monitor gives you a display that I consider to be BETTER than what RGBtoHDMI or the RetroTink 5 returns, and it just works. The cable was a simple RGB DIN to VGA, I made this by taking an RGB DIN to SCART cable and changing the SCART end to VGA female. I have the 27" version of this monitor on order now, I will write a separate review over there once I've verified it also performs similarly. Edit: 2024-11-20: It's been 14 months and I still love this monitor. I did indeed purchase the 27" version and it too handles 15Khz just the same. I came back to also add that this monitor was featured on a video on the Chris Edwards Restoration youtube channel, search for 'A 2024 Amiga Monitor' to see him put it through it's paces. The price is even $5 less now than I paid. I'm about to order another one :)

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I have the 24" 1080p version. I've had it a couple of weeks now and although at first I did not like the image quality, I've changed my mind. Either my eyes got used to it or I suppose there's a slim chance it needed some burn-in time. At first, text looked very blurry to me but I'm ok with its text rendering now. I did need to change the "Sharpness" setting: "main menu" > "manual image adjust" > "sharpness". It was set at 50%, setting it to 75 or 100% (there are 5 level options) improves the text rendering. The stand is a bit wobbly, but that seems to be the case with many monitors these days. It is very slim and sleek looking. I ended up buying another one. I've found it excellent for my uses. Works great, nice and clear, light, easy to move around, no issues at all. I find the hdmi & displayport inputs on the back very useful as they're easy to access compared to ports that are pointed down on other monitors.

Excelente la nitidez, brillo, tamaño, calidad de materiales, accesorios incluidos (cables), y opciones del monitor. Las bocinas no suenan fuerte, pero son claras con el audio. La pantalla con la protección anti reflejante es ideal para los que trabajan en ambientes luminosos. Una excelente marca, un excelente producto.

Ottima qualità di immagine e risoluzione, nessun problema con il refresh e nessun affaticamento della vista anche con uso prolungato. Collegati due pc uno in HDMI e uno in VGA. Casse integrate poco potenti.

4年使ってますが、壊れることもなく使えてます。薄くて軽いし、色も綺麗なので満足です。