Homer Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Hello there fellow Neowinians. After being in the market for a nice new TFT screen for a few months now, after lots of searching I set eyes upon the ViewSonic VP171s. A fellow Neowinian (DJ Prem) owns the black version of this, and upon seeing his review of it also here at Neowin it was all that was needed to sway myself into getting it. Now enough of the blabbering on, let's get the the bit you all want, THE REVIEW! :D (I will use a couple of things from DJ Prem's review, I will give credit where credit is due) 1. THE TECHNICAL SPECS As you can see, the monitor comes equipped well, with a low response time and a good contrast ratio & brightness to boot. This is perfect for gamers, graphic designers and office users alike. Pic Courtesy of DJ Prems Review 2. THE MONITOR ITSELF After a delivery mess up, it came one day late, but my luck for changed for once and it came un damaged and in perfect working order. When it was delivered it came in a sleek little box, within which was a well packed monitor as you will see. Pic 1: The box Pic 2: Packaging Pic 3: Packing exposed Pic 4: All of the kit Now as you can see the monitor came pretty well packed and protected. With it comes: 1 x ViewSonic VP171s Monitor (Well Aren't we Captain Obvious :p ) 1 x Analogue Video Cable 1 x DVI Video Cable 1 x UK Plug 1 x US Plug 1 x Europe Plug And then the Instructions and pivot software CD. Pic 5: Around the back As you can see there are two, yes two Analogue inputs and one DVI input. This enables you to plug two machines into this monitor at once, presumably both via Analogue but I don't know as none of my comps have DVI. You will also see some cable holders which are useful to hide the jumble of wires that can and will occur pretty fast. The base is weighted quite nicely, to stop it from toppling over and also so it can't be knocked around easily. 3. POWERED UP As you will see in the following line up of pictures, the image quality is very good, although my camera cannot do it justice, take my word for it that you will see a very large improvement from CRT the second you turn it on. Pic 6: Clouds Pic 7: Closeup Clouds (please note the screen does not bend like that, my camera just tends to make it out like that) Pic 8: In game Pic 9: Neowin! Pic 10: Buttons Pic 11: Portrait - Courtesy of DJ Prem 4. WINDOWS, SOFTWARE AND THINGIES As you will also see in the following pictures the monitor is designed to run at a 1280*1024 resolution at a 60Hz refresh rate (even though mine is at 75Hz :p ). The monitor includes some pivot software to change the angle of your monitor when you put it into portrait mode. (pic above, courtesy of DJ Prems review) Resolution and Colour Refresh rate Pivot Pro The pivot software seems to mess around with me and my comp, thus I had to show you the pic of DJ Prems in portrait mode. 5. CONCLUSION, PRICING, CONS AND PROS Conclusion My conclusion and views on this monitor are good ones. The image quality is fantastic, the colours are sharp and there is no glare. It was fast and easy to set up, consumes little electricity and puts out a lot less heat than my old CRT. A little expensive it was, but it was worth it as this screen is one of the best ever imo and it will also last me for awhile yet. Cons and Pros Pros: Very good image quality Low power usage Low heat output Space saving Low response time No dead, stuck or faulty pixels You get the little birdies :p Cons: A little expensive As you can see the Pros outweigh the cons, and I love this monitor to bits. Pricing and Where to buy Well I bought mine from Overclockers UK, they dispatched the order nice and fast, but then it went half way across the country because some fool at Amtrak sent it out to the wrong depot. Oh well. Below is a list of places to buy (courtesy once again of DJ Prems review) Dabs UK - ?393.62 OC UK - ?388.22 Savastore - ?381.88 All in all, a very good monitor. In this case you get what you pay for, quality. If anybody has any questions about the screen please pm and I'll try to help you. -Homer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyout Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Fantastic homer.... its sexy....does it have a date? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 Used the NVRotate thing in the end (in the nVidia drivers) to get it to go portrait: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Man Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 lol very nice homer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spIdeZ Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Holy crap $700 USD :wacko: Here you can buy a 20" LCD from Dell at that price when it is on sell :woot: And the viewsonic only costs $525 at newegg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 dude you rock, didn't know you used Avant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpugeniusmv Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Holy crap $700 USD :wacko: Here you can buy a 20" LCD from Dell at that price when it is on sell :woot:And the viewsonic only costs $525 at newegg! i got it for $545 (the black one) :huh: i love this monitor too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premgenius Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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