Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1957 in Personal Computers
- Size: 22-Inch
- Color: Black
- Brand: ViewSonic
- Model: VX2253MH-LED
- Original language:
English - Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 15.70" h x
20.75" w x
7.72" l,
7.54 pounds
- Display size: 21.5
Features
- 22" (21.5" Vis) Widescreen LED monitor
- 1920x1080p Full HD resolution
- Up to 40% energy saving with LED backlight, 30,000,000:1 MEGA Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- 2xHDMI and VGA inputs, Ultra-Thin Design
- External Power Supply, SRS Premium Sound
Viewsonic VX2253MH-LED 22-Inch Widescreen LED Monitor (Black)
Product Description
ViewSonic's VX2253mh-LED features an LED backlight 22" (21.5" Vis) ultra-thin widescreen monitor with up to 40% energy savings compared to a regular 22" monitor. Mercury free VX2253mh-LED offers Full HD 1920x1080 resolution, two HDMI inputs, external power supply, 2ms response time, 30,000,000:1 MEGA Dynamic Contrast Ratio, book stand option and SRS Premium Sound. Ideal for both home and office with a glossy black finish. The aspect ratio adjustment feature automatically senses the input single and will not stretch a 4:3 signal but instead will position the image in the middle of the screen with side bars. A 3 year warranty, the industry's best pixel performance policy, energy saving Eco mode and Windows 7 certification make VX2253mh-LED a great long term investment
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
241 of 248 people found the following review helpful.
Great Monitor
By James Kebinger
I've had this monitor for a few days. My first impressions are very good. Screen is great with no dead pixels and even lighting.Pros:Great pictureLooks goodCons (and these I expected):Stand isn't adjustable verticallySpeakers sound terrible. (tinny, which is to be expected on a monitor this skinny)There's a gotcha I experienced hooking up my Macbook Pro via a Display Port to HDMI adapter. At first, choosing the 1080p resolution produces an image that's too large for the screen - that is the edges are chopped off. Adjusting the under/overscan slider makes it fit, but at the expense of being fuzzy. The solution is in the monitor's setting, under input select, each HDMI input has an AV/PC setting. Mine were set to AV by default. Switching that to PC made the image fit perfectly with no fuzzies.
106 of 107 people found the following review helpful.All in All a Great Monitor
By Jamm
Having upgraded to a 24" VA2431 (non-LED) ViewSonic at the office, was enough to embark on a 27"-monitor-for-home-quest that would better its performance. After enough research, the final contenders were narrowed down to the Samsung S27A550H (LED) and the ViewSonic VX2753mh-LED; however the Samsung was nixed due to reported light bleed and stand issues, the lack of forward tilt, as well as enough users citing poorly rendered text. Not having seen it in the flesh, the latter may be attributed to among other things: user inability to select Samsung's PC Mode. Nonetheless after receiving the ViewSonic, I:A. Hooked it up to a desktop system (E4500 Core 2 CPU, XP Sp3, XFX ATI Radeon HD6670 1 GB DDR5 VGA/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express Video Card HD667XZAF3) via D-Sub.B. Installed the software.C. Used the interface buttons on the monitor to access the monitor's setup menu and changed it to "PC Mode".D. Accessed ATI's Catalyst Control Center to change the overscan to 0% - to better fill the viewable space.E. Went back into the monitor's setup menu and changed the: * Horizontal Size until the image went corner-to-corner. * Operation of the front bezel LED to turn off when the panel was in use (a nice feature). * Brightness and contrast settings to yield a more pleasing image. * LCD response time to Advanced.F. Switched to the included HDMI Cable.The results were well delineated text (without adjusting Microsoft's ClearType text), smooth motion, good contrast, very nice detail and an overall image that popped when source material was up to it (and I haven't adjusted Fine Tune and Sharpness yet)!Though I have the front bezel LED turned off when the panel is in use, it does glow a brighter than needed amber when the monitor is in standby. So with a reasonable disdain for needless light pollution from equipment in my environment, I used a Sharpie along the bottom surface of the LED fascia which dimmed output by roughly 50%. That notwithstanding, a design team more on the ball would have made it dimmable in user-selectable steps.It's interesting to note that when a Dell XPS15 Laptop was connected to the ViewSonic, the image was somewhat faded compared to the XPS' 1080P panel (or the XFX desktop video card for that matter); however a few adjustments took care of that in short order. Speaking of laptops and ViewSonic monitors: the home and the work laptops (both I7-2620M CPU Win7 64 machines from different manufacturers) use Intel's HD 3000 integrated video hardware and kick over to an Nvidia adapter when needed. On the work PC/VA2431 monitor combination I needed to make adjustments to ClearType text so characters appeared as anomaly free as possible. The VX2753' on the other hand needed no such adjustment from either the home desktop or laptop with text looking so far the best I've seen.Also noteworthy is when I tested for video judder at home (desktop) and work (laptop) using VLC Media Player and The Incredibles, the number of occurrences was unfortunately way too high; and with the VLC too unstable in both locations: I uninstalled it. In both locations I installed the Essentials Codec Pack (free @ mediacodec.org) and (with that came) Media Player Classic - Home Cinema Player; and though judder through MPC-HC or Windows Media Player (which couldn't play a movie until I installed the codec pack) was greatly reduced, it still happened on the home desktop. Using either player on the work PC after the ECP install and the problem was gone almost entirely. It wasn't until I switched to an old standby of PowerDVD 7 at home that the movie looked as good (lack of judder-wise) as the work PC running either MPC-HC or WMP. Though I haven't tried testing movies on the Dell Laptop, I realized the judder problems were not attributable to the monitor at a 60Hz refresh rate.What I'm getting at is this: any display problems attributed to a correctly operating VX2753' will boil down to: user error and/or upstream hardware/software issues - not the monitor.Dislikes1. If installed, the included software seems nothing more than wasted drive space as the "drivers" appear to be useless and a monitor configuration utility is not included.2. Because of the above, one relies on the menu buttons which are harder to press than needed and provides little in the way of tactile differentiation.3. Unfortunately those buttons are on the right side bezel, so those wanting two or more of the monitors side-by-side, will find menu access more inconvenient; therefore, they should've been placed on the bottom bezel.4. Certain features (Horizontal Size, Fine Tune, etc.) are only available when using a D-Sub Cable.5. From what little I saw of it, the dynamic contrast is detrimental...6. The front LED is a bit bright though it's easily fixed.7. The large and unnecessary HDMI lettering on the front bezel (fortunately becomes mostly innocuous when using the monitor).8. The speakers are somewhere just above two cans and a string.9. As a discerning product designer and user, it's easy to see that the lettering, LED, software, button placement and functionality are hits an otherwise outstanding product takes when less than talented product team members spill their lack of ability on it. Therefore there's a corresponding hit on pride of ownership.Likes1. Due to the screen size, it's easy to read two documents side-by-side.2. No dead pixels.3. Panel can be supported via stand or "kickstand".4. The base connects securely to the "kickstand" via wing nut.5. The stand is very supportive and stable.6. No back-light bleed.7. Evenly lit across the panel.8. Imparts a great deal of graphics detail.9. Text is extremely crisp and evenly rendered.10. Selectable LCD Response Time (VS quotes the time it takes a pixel to go from black to white to black [in milliseconds], which is more stringent than the common G2G [gray-to-gray in milliseconds]).11. At the "Advanced" (2ms?) LCD response setting, motion is very linear without artifacts that I can detect.12. Front bezel LED can be configured to turn off when the panel is in use.13. Due to LED backlighting and associated circuitry driving the panel, this model (according to the website) typically consumes 20 watts (presumably when in use as opposed to an average of in-use and standby times); however, the manual states 36 watts.14. Uses less than 1 watt in Standby.15. The panel can tilt forward 5 degrees (helpful in my setup).16. 1200:1 contrast ratio is the best spec. I've seen for 27" panels.17. One of the brighter panels at 300 cd/m2.18. Very good color saturation.19. Relatively light weight.20. HDMI and D-Sub cables come with it.21. Surprisingly the HDMI Cable fits snuggly at both ends.22. Very good viewing angles for a TN panel.23. 3 year warranty.24. Generates very little heat.25. Mac compatible.26. Considering all of the above, it may be one of the best 27" 1080P monitors under $1,000.00. It is so good at rendering text, graphics and motion, that those considering spending much more may think twice about their prospective purchase after reading this and/or seeing one setup to their liking.With the quest over and the novelty of having upgraded from a 19" Samsung to the 27" ViewSonic still intact, some very cool free software was put into service. First the desktop was cleared of any icons, and RocketDock was installed (RocketDock.Com) along with icons I chose from their site. Next I downloaded Wallpaper Cycler Lite (Download.CNET.Com), made a few categories, then sourced some excellent (and also free) HD wallpaper from HDwallpapers.In and Desktopnexus.Com. With RocketDock and the XP Taskbar set to auto-hide, the rest is unfettered HD eye candy - once a minute - until the PC is needed or put in standby.Enjoy your monitor.
123 of 129 people found the following review helpful.
Great Display
By Emily Wind
This monitor has taken some flack for the way it sounds, so I will review this first. As far as sound goes, the built-in speakers are not very nice sounding from what I tried of them, although this was without the included software which is intended to improve their sound output. However, fitting amazing speakers in such a tight place as this really thin monitor is not possible due to the reality of sound production requiring a certain speaker size to produce various frequencies due to simple physics of vibration creation. If you want good sound though, all you have to do is buy a nice, inexpensive pair of computer speakers such as Logitech S220 2.1 Speaker System with Subwoofer and plug them into the sound output on the back of the monitor and it will route all of the sound input from the HDMI into them, which is quite nice.That said, keep in mind that first and foremost you are purchasing an LCD monitor. Its true purpose is to display your desktop, images, videos and etc from your computer (or your Xbox 360, PS3, Blu-Ray player and etc), not to play sound. In that realm, as far as 24" monitors go from what I have seen and used, this is simply the best I have seen when compared to displays from vendors such as ASUS and Apple. The colours are extremely vivid and the viewing angles are very nice (can see movies/games from the extreme sides). The back-lighting is perfectly balanced, non-bleeding and it is great for watching HD movies as well as playing games or doing standard web browsing. It is also extremely thin and light despite being 24".In short, if you are considering buying this monitor; do.
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