ViewSonic VLED221wm

Great colours, sharp picture, minimal ghosting, no noise

Poor viewing angle, extremely expensive, minor contrast issues at bright end

Viewsonic's VLED221wm would be a fairly good choice if it cost a few hundred dollars less, but with a price tag almost triple its competitors it is difficult to recommend despite having brilliant colours and fairly good overall image quality.

Vibrant pictures ; Power-efficient

Expensive ; Sluggish pixel response

Going on pictures alone, this is a great monitor. But factor in the high price and this becomes a less appealing screen

Glossy black design Displays brilliant colors

Poor built-in speakers Hefty price tag.

Though ViewSonic packed a lot of high-end features into the VLED221wm, the impressive specs did not produce a huge image-quality boost in our testing. This monitor is best suited for a movie buff, for a multimedia/graphic designer who needs to see a...

Great colours, sharp picture, minimal ghosting, no noise

Poor viewing angle, extremely expensive, minor contrast issues at bright end

Mercury-free LED backlight118% OptiColor NTSC TechnologySuper-HD 1680x1050 resolution deliver precise color rendition16:10 widescreen panel allows users to work in two documents or applications side-by-side5 ms pixel response

The Viewsonic VLED221wm widescreen LCD monitor has many exciting...

Good performance in movies and games; built-in speakers; sturdy footstand; thin panel.

No HDMI; lacks ergonomic options; uninspired OSD with limited options.

The ViewSonic VLED221wm is a well-performing monitor, but it's too expensive to recommend.

Pleasant enough design ; Good blacks

Oversaturated colours ; Pricey for what it is ; Over-active DCR ; Hidden option for turning off DCR ; Poor speakers ; No numerical values on RGB controls

The VLED221wm is not a good monitor, and worse, it's expensive. There's cheaper and much better options out there, or if you can stretch the budget a little bit further (or even want to save money if you're going off the retail price!), bigger and...

It does have an 118% color gamut. And the blacks are indeed very black

Too dark, with garish colors

Given its spendy price point compared to fellow 22-inch monitors, ViewSonic’s VLED221wm just isn’t a wise choice. The concept of “true black” is a strong selling point, but not when it results in perceptible quality loss.