Viewsonic offers affordable 26-inch display
Birds, flowers, and geometric shapes. Oh, my!
(Credit: Viewsonic)Twnety-six-inch displays are not the most common size of monitor out there, but Viewsonic is doing their part in changing that. Today they announced the Viewsonic VA2626mw for a price of $530. This price makes it cheaper than Dell's 24-inch model, but still more expensive than some of the others we've reviewed. I mean you are getting two extra inches here, though...
You're also getting a DVI, VGA, and HDMI input for your video connection needs and two built-in 2.5-watt stereo speakers.
Viewsonic claims a native resolution of 1920x1200 and a dynamic contrast ratio of 6,000:1, which is a very high number. However there are reasons why you should not put too much stock into it. If I can get one in for testing, however, we'll see how close our contrast ratio test can come to that.
The display releases in July for $530.
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Man, who cares what size the physical screen size is if it's only 900 pixels tall??
I'd expect a screen that large to be 1900x1200-ish, but then again, the lack of a number is very suspicious and makes this post totally useless without outside research.
Thanks, Crave, once again giving us *almost* the whole story... :-(
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- by dmarie50 July 5, 2008 10:37 AM PDT
- I have a ViewSonic VX2255wm monitor that has a nice picture, but the sound leaves much to be desired. The volume is set to low and you cannot adjust it higher. I have my music on my pc and it is so disappointing not to be able to hear it any where else but right at the computer. A real disappointment. Make sure you try it out before you buy!
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