ViewSonic VP171B 17" LCD Monitor

Average customer rating: 4.0

Please Make The Beeping Stop!
Love it want to buy a second one.
You can count on bad pixels
5 months and it breaks..
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ViewSonic VP171B 17" LCD Monitor

Manufacturer: ViewSonic
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000096QNW

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Whether you're a graphics professional, corporate executive or power gamer, the 17" VP171b LCD display will enhance your productivity and enjoyment. Its thin edge ultra-slim bezel design enables multiple-display configurations in immaculate digital HDTV clarity for powerful multi-tasking and mixed media data analysis. XtremeView wide viewing angles and ClearMotiv 8ms broadcast-quality video response ensure intense visual performance. Class-leading features include comprehensive height, pivot, tilt and swivel adjustments and multiple digital/analog inputs. Step up to the 17" LCD display that sets the price/performance benchmark, the ViewSonic VP171b.

Customer Reviews:

Please Make The Beeping Stop!.......2005-08-17

Well, I purchased this monitor based on rave reviews for gaming purposes. Truly the monitor has been great with one exception: The bloody thing beeps whenever it on standby or turned off but plugged into an outlet.

I have sent the unit in for repair twice and have been without the monitor for over 2 months and still the unit is broken. The Viewsonic service team is just plain non-communicative and apparently incapable of fixing an easy unterminated signal issue. When I ask them how they repaired the unit they have no information as the repair site is in California and the customer service office is overseas.

So...roll the dice if you like. The monitor is good if you don't mind crawling under your workspace everyday to plug/unplug the unit.

Hex/Curse/Call to Demons: May the Viewsonic company go under.

Love it want to buy a second one........2004-07-18

Picture is very nice, clear, smooth, and bright. I certainly don't miss my old CRT. The stand it comes with is the best I've come across yet. It adjusts for hight, pan (left/right), and tilt(forward/back) without much effort and nothing to tighten/loosen to get it to stay put. It'll rotate 90 degrees as well but haven't found a use for that yet. I use mine for gaming, movies/tv, photo work, and regular BS. Much easier on the eyes and doesn't ghost when the action moves fast. While I would love it even more if it had a higher resolution that 1280x1040, I'll never go back to CRT's to get it.

No dead pixals yet (X fingers) but then again all LCD get them sooner or later. It's been in operation since Feb 2004.

You can count on bad pixels.......2004-06-06

Since the beginning of the year, all monitors at the place where I work are being gradually replaced by Viewsonic VE710 units. It was my first experience using an LCD monitor on a daily basis, and after few weeks, I wanted to purchase one for myself. I decided on the model VP171B mostly for the DVI connector. After receiving it, I noticed bad pixels on the screen. I contacted Amazon and asked for a replacement. The new one arrived in three days (thank you Amazon, you rule!), and guess what? Bad pixels again.
I may not be the luckiest person but, what are the odds of getting two bad monitors in a row? The only explanation I can find is poor quality control. Even though I liked the design and functionality of the monitor, I cannot recommend it.

5 months and it breaks.........2004-05-22

I loved this monitor, it had beautiful color and resolution every thing that I need for working on video editing. That is until it just went black in the middle of my project due in three days! How could something held in such high respect be so lacking of quality. I took every step to ensure this monitor wouldn't burn out any time soon. It never sat on, never was left to burn the image, and always dusted and kept clean.

Honestly, just to be fair I am sure I got one out of 500 that break. However I have to pay shipping to get it to Viewsonic for warranty repair/replacement; that is not good service. Then after three seperate emails I am not told how long it will take to get it back and that if I want an express exchange to get one immediately, I am told they will have to put an authorization on my card for the retail amount of the monitor.

Still no word from them on return time estimate. I would have to fear what the other person says about warranty service and hope that the $3000 computer I used this with doesn't sit and waste in the time that it will take to be back at work again.

We shall see, however I would not recommend this monitor nor would I buy another after my initial experience with it and the company.

Best 17" LCD Monitor On The Market.......2004-05-12

This is the best monitor out there, the features packed into it such as 2 analog inputs, 1 dvi input, portrait and landscape screen rotation, sliding telescopic stand (not like Dell's which only "pops" from low to high) and the clarity and crispness of the images could not be beat. I shopped around for months before making the leap to LCD, and after bringing home (and then returning) monitors from Dell, Sharp and Samsung - on every level, Viewsonic's VP171B is the best.

When the price dropped to $519 on Amazon, I decided to replace all my CRTs, I BOUGHT 3 OF THEM!

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