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ViewSonic VG930m 19" LCD Monitor
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Package Contents - LCD display, VGA cable, power cable, audio cable, Quick Start Guide and ViewSonic Wizard CD. Innovative liquid crystal composition and pixel matrix accelerate video response for seamless video and intense graphics. Multi-mode input technology supports both digital (DVI) and analog (VGA) signals for ultimate compatibility and configuration flexibility. Ultimate ergonomic flexibility comes built-in with the convenient 3.2-inch height adjustment and 360 degrees swivel. Save workspace and enjoy rich, stereo sound with two built-in stereo speakers.
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Customer Reviews
for ViewSonic VG930m 19" LCD Monitor --- ViewSonic
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Looking at this monitor's output this very moment
Sniff. The trusty CRT monitor died. But, that's okay. The dern' thing weighed pert-near as much as my lard-laden old lady and was a bear to tote around every time the landlord kicked us out for not paying the rent. The monitor, the old lady can move herself.
I ain't getting any younger and feared spinal damage every time I moved that HUGE CRT-type monitor.
Needing a new monitor I, your humble writer, opted for a much lighter flat panel LCD-type to avoid permanent bodily injury when toting time comes around. I can lift this monitor with just one paw. Heck, the critter weighs only 10 or 11 pounds or so, about as much as the old lady eats at one sitting. I could carry this monitor all day long!!!
And, its diminutive size (golly, I've wanted to use that word 'diminutive' for a long time), its small "foot print" atop the desk, frees up a lot of room for udder things.
What a thrill it was to remove the monitor from bondage. Yanking it out of its carton was easy!!! So unlike the CRT behemoths of the past. I was liking this critter already. Then, after plopping it atop the desk, it was plug-in-the-cables time and poke a couple buttons to allow those electrons to roam, through the electronic brain the monitor was intimately coupled to and the monitor.
Lo!!!! Lights blinked, fans whirred (in the electronic brain) and the monitor displayed what a monitor displays!!! Right from the start the monitor performed as a monitor should. No need to poke or prod or download this or adjust that or access drivers or smack the electronic brain to compel it to feed the monitor; nope.
Plug n' Play, my brethren.
The brain uses the XP O/S and the brain and monitor mated wondrously.
I didn't need to download the software from the CD-ROM that came with the monitor. Maybe I am missing a function or two that would arise IF I accessed the CD-ROM but I am a simple man with simple wants and some proclaim me to be simple-minded but I prefer simple. That's why I hitched my wagon to the old lady. She's pretty simple, too.
Anyway, if it ain't broke don't fix it is my mantra.
From the get-go the monitor functioned properly.
I had to make a couple adjustments to lower the brightness level and change the display size, typical stuff I have done with every monitor used.
And, as with every monitor that has resided within the shanty atop the barren blizzard-swept tornado-ridden plains of the cultural backwater of Nebraska, I found the controls to not be the most intuitive or user-friendly. I could have read the manual but..... what can I say. Poke and prod and eventually I had the setting controls on the monitor's side figgered' out.
Sitting here, feeling the below-zero outside air wrapping its frigid fingers around the shanty, finding every minute and not-so-minute opening to enter and attack my dainty body, the non-forced-air floor heater valiantly attempting to keep the shanty's interior at a life-sustaining warmth level, and barely doing so, with a re-run of the X-Files upon the TV, I marvel at the clear and crisp monitor's visual output.
Text is very easy to read, large and small. Pictures are clear and sharp. The electronic brain has an Intel MoBoard with on-board video to provide the output for the monitor. No fancy video card for me. Some may consider that a limitation but if it is, that says a lot for this monitor'' output.
If the visual aspect of this monitor is so mighty fine with the so-so input it seems reasonable that a higher-quality input would result in even better performance. I guess. Seems logical to me. Asked the old lady her opinion but she just gave me her typical blank look. Ask her about food, though, and she could talk for hours.
No high-falutin' technical-type "talk" from me buckaroos and buckarettes. You can find that stuff elsewhere.
In a nutshell. By golly, I like what I see on this monitor's screen. Best dern' monitor that's ever been in the shanty. Light, portable, great rendering of text and pictures. I am so gosh dern' tickled with this monitor I almost wet myself. And that's saying a lot.
Time will tell if this was a good buy. No way to determine product longevity until longevity occurs. Hey!!! The old lady just muttered something....she says it takes time for longevity to occur. She's a bright one!!!!
You can see and download info from the ViewSonic Web site, including the owner's manual. Those folks have a decent warranty:
"ViewSonic LCD displays are warranted for 3 years for all parts including the light source and 3 years for all labor from the date of the first consumer purchase."
You have to be the original buyer, the warranty is not transferable.
With time and continued proper functioning, my 5-star rating will continue in full-force. As for now, the rating is for ease of set-up, connectibility, light weight and a darn fine rendering of text and pics.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it, unless sumpthin' changes my opinion.
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