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I too purchased this at a club store for a discounted price ($219 with a coupon) and it is truly a beauty. I use it at work for documents mostly. Do not be put off by the earlier review's comment about text--it is perfectly fine and the text is actually sharp and easy to read. Took five minutes to set up, and I'm back to work right away. Excellent product, and ViewSonic's reliability is well known.

This was the best monitor I ever bought. The picture is crisp, colors vivid, etc. The only minor gripes are:

a) The blue power LED on the front is too bright. I had to cover it with something for viewing the screen in a dim room.

b) The 1920x1080 resolution is fine for movies but is vertically challenged for normal computer use. For example, my 1600x1200 20" LCD monitor can fit more text on the screen (and is vertically taller despite the lower diagonal measurement) and is thus better suited for business work such as reading annual reports, etc.

This was all very minor. The monitor quality is just excellent. I, like the others here, bought this at a warehouse retailer at an extremely attractive price. They sold like hot cakes! When I went to return mine, there were none left for sale.

Why did I return it? XP Professional could produce this resolution fine. However, Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 8.10 both had troubles. I ended up having to drive it at a lower resolution in Ubuntu, which resulted in annoyingly fuzzy text. Later, I discovered that Ubuntu 8.10 is quite happy with 1920x1200 but cannot seem to do 1920x1080--at least with my hardware. Fedora 10 also only worked properly with 1920x1200 and had to drive the monitor at a lower-than-native resolution. Since I need to use Linux (Fedora or Ubuntu) for scientific work, the monitor had to go back. It was emotionally difficult to return it: so much screen real estate; so much quality! Viewsonic has produced an excellent monitor.

If you're using Windows, it'll work just dandy. But for business use (reading vertically oriented documents) consider a 1920x1200 also before selecting.

I purchased the ViewSonic VX2433WM from a warehouse retailer for an extraordinarily low price, which made it irresistable!

This monitor has vivid, crisp colors and is excellent at displaying graphics and video! By default, it is exceptionally bright, so I adjusted both the contrast and brightness to about 50%. This is a very responsive monitor with no ghosting present. It also came with zero stuck or defective pixels, which made me very happy.

The one area where this monitor could be improved is related to text display. At times, text can be a bit fuzzy on screen, but this is something I've noticed on other 24 inch displays before (notably Samsung). It's not a show-stopper, but text is not as clear as on my 19" monitor at home or at work.

The built-in speakers are awful, with a really cheap sound. Fortunately, I don't plan to use them much. I think it has to do with function following form where, for beauty's sake, the speakers are on the back and downside of the monitor, creating an indirect sound. The sound is much worse than on my old 19" ViewSonic monitor.

For the price, this is a pretty good monitor. However, by spending just a bit more, you can get one that is much better. By better, I mean with a true 1920x1200 resolution. This monitor has the standard resolution of an HD tv set (1920x1080) which means the frame is shorter by about 100 pixels. That doesn't seem like a lot, but when it comes to reading text, it is an issue that is worth mentioning.

PROS:

1) Price is very inexpensive for a 24" monitor.

2) Color accuracy is relatively good, especially if you adjust it using CCC (Catalyst Control Center) or a HUEY.

3) Response time is very fast, and I've not seen any ghosting even when watching fast paced DVDs.

4) The aesthetics of the monitor are pleasing if not phenomenal like Samsung's "touch of color" series.

CONS:

1) The speakers are terrible. I wouldn't bother with them.

2) Contrast ratio is only 1000/1. The description states the DYNAMIC contrast is 20,000/1 which is true, but that is a hypothetical number and isn't nearly as important as actual contrast ratio when describing picture quality. This really comes into play when watching movies where static contrast ratio is much more important.

3) Only one HDMI input. If you're planning to use this as a TV, keep that in mind if you have more than one output that can use HDMI.

4) Resolution is only 1920x1080 and not full 1920x1200.

Conclusions:

With the steep drop in LCD technology, its pretty amazing how much real estate you get for a sub $200 monitor. That said, for just a few dollars more you can get a superior product to this one with better resolution and image quality. Asus, Samsung, and even Acer make monitors that are similarly priced and have better features. That said, this is still a pretty nice monitor that serves very well as as small television, provided you don't want to connect more than one HDMI device, and you plan to use your own speakers.

I purchased my ViewSonic VX2433WM from a warehouse retailer for an exceptionally low price!

Graphics and video display are excellent. Text at the native resolution is finer than my old eyes can see. Had to reduce to 1360x768 to be clearly readable.

The built-in speakers are a joke . . . utterly useless.

Energy efficient and effective otherwise.