Viewsonic VP2365-LED – Go LED, Go Green

Cheap IPS monitors are becoming popular, but this monitor is still special.

This ViewSonic’s monitor shows what it can when a technology is impetused strongly enough. With diagonal 24-inch screen and 1,920 x 1,080 pixel grid, VP2365-LED has 1080p full HD resolution similar to cheap TN monitors, but if looking at it more thoroughly, you will see the differences.

Quoted view angle is 178^o for both horizon and vertical. Maybe unlike a considerable increase compared to 170^o and 160^o usually claimed for TN monitors, but it creates big differences. Static contrast ratio of 1000:1 also implies a high-quality monitor.

Not very impressive is 6ms speed claimed for grey-to-grey pixel response. It is a measure that IPS monitors cannot compete with the TN technology. The 250cd/m2 brightness of VP2365-LED is not excellent, either, especially considering that it packs the LED backlight in stead of the old CCFL technology.

The monitor’s base and chassis are so boring that they are unknown, but they are firm and stable. They also provide full adjustability, including rotating, tilting, and compatibility to the VESA mount.

Nothing special

What you do not receive are most of the accessory technologies. Unlike many cheaper monitors, the menu on the ViewSonic VP2365-LED monitor is not packed with interesting image processing options, but offers the capabilities of full temperature, gamma, and color configurations. There is also a dynamic contrast function, but pixel response modes are changeable and interesting compatible color processing ability is absent.

Honestly, it is not a big loss. Limited connectivity (DVI and VGA) is not a disadvantage. Instead of that, ViewSonic creates an unfussy package focusing mainly on important things – monitor, backlight, and chassis quality. If ViewSonic can be outstanding at that, it will be the obvious winner.

VP2365-LED has impressive performance in the Lagom test image app. Black and white levels both provide many details. Color ratio is not bad, either, and the view angles do the routine IPS task, meaning they are wide enough to not become a problem. The effect often annoying of IPS monitors, red light, is also not clear.

However, it is not perfect – the 250cd/m2 backlight index shows that the brightness is a bit dry. This is not a problem in normal use, but it creates a not very flexible monitor.

Other obstacles include pixel response and scan speed. Honestly, both are relative. VP2365-LED is fast enough for game, video, and so on. However, it is not as fast as a TN monitor.

In general, this is an incredibly impressive monitor. It is not the Holly Grail of PC kingdom – a monitor combining the best attributes of all available monitors, removing the bad ones and produced with a price you can afford. The fact that ViewSonic VP2365-LED does not carry out that completely is not surprising. But it comes so near – nearer than any other monitor in the same price range.

Verdict

A cheap monitor packing high-quality images into a bad chassis. There are few stimulating things, but recreate wonderful images.

Important statistics Price: $305 Producer: ViewSonic Web: www.viewsonic.com Size: 23 inches Monitor type: e-IPS Natural resolution: 1,920 x 1,080 Pixel response: 6ms (GTG) View angle: 178/178Oh/V Input: VGA, DVI VESA mount: 100 x 100 mm

 

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