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I'm fortunate enough to be able to compare this monitor next to my sony 19" crt, at the same time. I run a g4 ti4600 with twin view. I must say this monitor is impressive for an LCD. It will run neck and neck with the trinitron in sharpness and color reproduction. It's only problem is in gaming. It just can't respond fast enough in action games. I fly combat sims and the ghosting is noticable. In first person shooters it's less noticable. With that said I still give it a 5 for it's outstanding sharpness and good looks. One of the best LCD's I've used.
I will also add that viewsonics tech support is verygood. When I contacted them about a driver update question, they were quick to respond and very helpfull.

I have been using only Viewsonic monitor for the last 6 years: PT770, and PT775. I was happy about the image quality so I bought a Viewsonic again.

Most people seem to know the advantage of the monitor pretty well. I agree, the image is great. But, it is not close from prefect.

Let's concentrate on the weakness of the monitor. So, fellow shopper can get the whole story.

The "Auto image adjust" is terribly slow. Using analog input, it takes anywhere between 5-10 sec for a image to display if you change the resolution. During the 5-10 sec, the screen is totally dark.

When you're trying to change the screen resolution in Windows, you must press "OK" within 15 sec. It is not unusal that miss the reminding 5 sec before windows fall-back to your old setting. It is extremely anonying if you use a KVM, if you reboot a lot, and if you often try to get into BIOS setup from time to time. (I tried it on at least 4 video cards, all take long time. The problem is definitely not with my video singal.)

Sometimes, you need to do "auto image adjust" twice to get the a shape picture.

With digital mode (DVI), it still take 3 to 5 sec.

My friend samsug 19" LCD, bought recently, pop up immediately when the resolution is changed. (both analogy and DVI mode)

My brother's NEC 15" (NEC 1545M) which is bought 3 years ago doesn't have anonying delay either. It takes about a second for a resolution change.

My sister's got no-brand 15" LCD, the same, it takes about a second. You can manually trigger the auto adjust.

So funny that Viewsonic is the only one who market the "auto image adjust" feature. It either mean their marketing department become totally shameless lately. Or, their other model is even worse about resolution change, so they want people know they have improved on that.

On the other hand, the image on VX900 is in fact over saturated. It is hard to do photo editing. I tried the e-color software that come with the LCD, it didn't help the over saturted situation. The blood red, and skin tone is not reproduced very convincingly.

NEC 1545M has the best color reproduction I ever saw on any LCD monitor. Picture is well saturated and very accurate without overly done. Certainly, it is harder to make a 19" than a 15".

While VX900 have the best spec but image and feature definitely have plenty of room for improvement.

I bought this monitor for the many features it has. The quality is quite evident in this monitor. Amazing digital picture. If you want a great monitor this is the one for you. I did months of research and this is the best deal for the money!!

I am obviously very pleased with my purchase of the Viewsonic vx900 lcd monitor. It is very clear and sharp, and I was blown away when I watched dvd movies on it. It is cinema quality, with no dead pixels. The controls are awesome and implicit.
I play online games and this is one area that concerned me. When first installed, movement was blurred because of the slower refresh rate as compared to the crt that this replaced. I installed a new g force 4 128 meg digital video card, and virtually eliminated the blur problem. Analog connection was not the way to go. Easy to set up, and no glare to contend with. Again, very happy.

Just abslutely outstanding LCD display. Large screen. Extremely high contrast ratio of 600:1. 170 degree viewing angle. DVI digital input takes full advantage of the capabilities of this display monitor. And best of all Amazon offers the best price on the market (even better than on eBay). The only weak point is the built-in speakers, which have just an average sound quality.