ViewSonic outs 23-inch VP2365wb and 26-inch VP2655wb IPS LCD monitors

ViewSonic's last round of LCDs were nothing short of unforgettable, but these two might actually grab (and retain) your attention if you consider yourself a "professional." The 23-inch VP2365wb and 26-inch VP2655wb both fall into the firm's VP series of 1080p pro LCDs, and the both of 'em are blessed with IPS panels and 4-port USB hubs. You'll also find pivoting stands on the pair, and while the 23-incher gets a 1,920 x 1,080 native resolution, the big boy steps it up to 1,920 x 1,200 and offers a 118 percent NTSC wide color gamut for those discerning retinas of yours. Interested? The duo is available now if you look in the right places, and while the VP2365wb will cost you just $399, the larger sibling will ding you for $1,299.

[Plasmamonkey Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:15AM]

I can't remember the last time Viewsonic made a worthwhile monitor. Their product line is just overpriced and under-spec'd.

[glamajamma Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:16AM]

Shouldn't it be Viewsonic and not ViewSonic?

[make Posted Dec 2nd 2009 11:18AM]

@glamajamma
No, it is ViewSonic. Look at the bottom left corner of the monitor in the picture.

[glamajamma Posted Dec 2nd 2009 11:30AM]

@make
You can't throw capital letters in the middle of a word! That is ridiculous! Preposterous! Absurd!

[Why should I have all the fun Posted Dec 2nd 2009 12:01PM]

@glamajamma

I agree. Caps in the middle of a name are stupid.

(posted from iPhone)

[elefant Posted Dec 2nd 2009 3:32PM]

@make

I think he was referring to the engadget style guide

[kjb434 Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:18AM]

I'm still wanting touch enabled LCD screens to become more common place so that any Win7 computer can be a touchscreen computer.

Getting the HP or Sony touch centric PCs to me is a waste. Let me turn my own computer into a full fledge PC that also allows me to touch the screen.

[YpoCaramel Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:35AM]

@kjb434 As long as they make those IPS as well lol

[Joshs Red Pants Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:19AM]

I wish I didn't have to stop using firefox and open IE to log into Engadget.

[kjb434 Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:37AM]

@Joshs Red Pants

It works fine in Firefox for me!

[AlaskanHandyman Posted Dec 2nd 2009 7:12PM]

@Joshs Red Pants Get a mac they do not even make IE for it any more thank God...

[Dudeman Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:19AM]

Where are the 24" 1920x1200 IPS standard gamut monitors god dammit

[knight3d Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:35AM]

@Dudeman What's wrong with the Dell U2410?

[grumbles Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:51AM]

@knight3d

Dithering and input lag issues (due to image processing) in standard gamut mode.

[r3loaded Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:19AM]

The 23-inch model looks attractive, but the pricing of the 26-inch one is just odd.

[Dudeman Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:41AM]

@r3loaded
It's wide gamut, its sRGB mode adds 1-2 frames of proccessing lag and there's annoying graininess/dithering on dark colors if you use that mode

[Level 5 Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:19AM]

Ugh, why doesn't anyone do 16:10 monitors anymore? 16:9 might be more functional for movies, but I don't use my PC for that, I use it for work, and 16:10 is much better IMO for business use. Shame only the overpriced jammer comes in 16:10. When I've got toolbars in Photoshop and rack stands in Reason 4, 120px makes a difference, it really does.

[Alex Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:45AM]

@Level 5

I agree. I also find that 16:10 is better for watching movies as well, since the media controls will generally appear in the letterboxing areas, rather than covering part of the video.

[aughscreennames Posted Dec 2nd 2009 4:24PM]

16:10 doesnt mean youll gain more vertical pixels, it could just as easily mean that youll lose horizontal pixels.

The aspect ratio really doesnt matter.

[AlaskanHandyman Posted Dec 2nd 2009 7:15PM]

@(Unverified) 1920 X 1080 vs. 1920 x 1200 means you loose 120 vertical pixels and it really does make a difference.

[palehorse Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:26AM]

mmm, 23" IPS panel for $310 shipped (PCconnection)? that's good stuff... it's just too bad that it's Viewsonic.

[YpoCaramel Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:36AM]

Eh, I was kind of hoping the 26" would go higher than 1080p in resolution. No objective point to step up to the large size from any other 24" or 23" IPS monitor without an increase in resolution.

[knight3d Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:38AM]

The Dell 2709W, albeit a PVA, is a much better deal than this 26" IPS monitor. You can haggle a Dell rep to well below the $929 MSRP.

[evilspoons Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:39AM]

This has me interested - I'm looking to buy a Dell U2410 just for the quality of the panel (all the extra inputs don't hurt, but the price does).

On an unrelated note, what in the hell is going on with the sample picture on the monitor? I get the birds, that's Viewsonic's "thing', but wtf is up with the table not matching the perspective of the floor and wall and the city outside not matching either? Haha.

[grumbles Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:50AM]

ffffffffffff we do not want wide gamut, go away, stop pushing this crap on us

[Wwhat Posted Dec 2nd 2009 12:09PM]

@grumbles
Why don't we want that again?

[mikmik111 Posted Dec 2nd 2009 10:58AM]

it looks like it's from 1990's but in a alternate universe.

[reallynotnick Posted Dec 2nd 2009 11:06AM]

Too bad it is so fugly and 16:9. Gotta love IPS panels. Though for $1,300 you might as well go buy yourself a 27in iMac with a higher res IPS panel, sadly it's 16:9 though...

[Dale P Posted Dec 2nd 2009 11:51AM]

Lots of ViewSonic hate on here. I am a total monitor n00b, but I recently purchased a VX2433M and I am very happy with it. The picture is fantastic, and it has HDMI/HDCP, DVI *and* VGA... perfect for my array of devices.

[Wwhat Posted Dec 2nd 2009 12:08PM]

What people won't pay for 3" more.

[walsho Posted Dec 2nd 2009 12:21PM]

I manage a facility that recently upgraded systems - including about 40 Viewsonic 2235's. After about a year they started failing like crazy. Their replacement/repair policy is ridiculous (caused much downtime) and we had to fight to have them replace all of our 2235's with 2240's. I just hope I don't have to deal with this nonsense again in one more year. At least they give you a 3 year warranty.
I will never knowingly buy another Viewsonic monitor.

[k2001 Posted Dec 2nd 2009 4:48PM]

no led