ViewSOnic VX924

Being the world’s first LCD monitor to hit a 4ms grey-to-grey response time, the competitive trend these days seems to be ‘ignore quality, go faster biatch!’.

Being the world’s first LCD monitor to hit a 4ms grey-to-grey response time, the competitive trend these days seems to be ‘ignore quality, go faster biatch!’. We were understandably hesitant to be excited. Going for a sleek and minimalist style, without the tinny speakers and the iPod-esque looks, it’s a sight for rice-pumped eyes. Unlike many other LCDs with supposed ‘anti reflective’ surfaces, the panel this display sports is definitely great at diffusing incoming light.
 
Overall it had an evenly distributed backlight, void of any halos or highlights which are infamous for cropping up around the edges. Colour reproduction is a strong point of this display, with no apparent dithering or noticeable shortcuts. Wonderful.
 
At last we’re seeing quality creep into play, obviously one of ViewSonic’s traits. Colour intensity was the best we’ve seen for a sub-16ms LCD display, albeit not quite up there with CRT.
 
Its pixel tracking couldn’t be better, scoring perfectly with no more interference issues. As a result, it did well in gaming, splurging out the pretty frames in feisty 4ms time.
 
An odd inclusion on this display is ‘Resolution Notice’ which brings up a notification if your display is set below its physical pixel resolution of 1280 x 1024. Handy for some perhaps, but this can be flicked off.
 
Usually one pays for quality like this. With 17in monitors now coming in at around $700, for a screen packing a 4ms response time, awesome colour reproduction and two inches larger, the additional 200 smackers are totally worth it.
 
Impressive, across the board, and would do any gamer proud.