Posted 08/22/08 at 02:00:00 PM by David Murphy

ViewSonic’s VX2240w is unwatchable at its factory default setting—the screen’s brightness is cranked beyond the point of acceptable image quality. Fortunately, we were able to tweak the display’s settings to produce an image that was at least similar in quality to the Gateway HD2201’s. While the VX2240 matched the HD2201 tit for tat in its ability to produce lighter shades of gray on a solid white background, the former exhibited better color saturation in the lighter shade levels.

We control the horizontal; we control the vertical after the jump.

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Posted 04/11/08 at 01:02:51 PM by David Murphy

ViewSonic’s VLED221wm 22-inch LCD is the first LED-backlit display to grace our Lab, and we were anxious to put the technology to the test. LCD monitors typically sport cold cathode fluorescent backlighting, which can be less than uniform, and because it’s always on in the background, it can impair a screen’s ability to produce a true black. With LEDs, the screen is backlit with a grid of lights that can be turned on and off as needed. Sure enough, the 1680x1050 VLED221wm was capable of a black that exceeded that of any other LCD we’ve tested—but the result was actually overkill.

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Posted 11/16/07 at 12:58:34 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

Our consumer advocate investigates the definition of "HD", DriveCleaner drive-bys, and a NAS drive recall

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Posted 09/05/07 at 07:12:27 PM by Michael Brown

Got four HDMI video sources, but only one HDMI input on your TV? Here's a slick solution.

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Posted 06/19/07 at 02:05:02 PM by Katherine Stevenson

Money can't always buy you love, and ViewSonic's VG2230wm proves the theory.

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Posted 11/03/06 at 05:30:01 PM by Michael Brown

Crave the big-screen home-theater experience? Stuck with a small-screen budget? Take a long look at the Cine1000-this versatile DLP projector is street-priced at just $900.

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Posted 07/26/06 at 04:16:34 PM by Katherine Stevenson

Does bigger always mean better? We show you how Viewsonics humble 23' LCD stacks up with the larger 24' competition.

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