ViewSonic VG2021m

96% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Inexpensive; sleek design; full-sounding built-in speakers with amplifier; extended warranty options; unmarred grayscale performance; vivid colors.

Low resolution for a 20-inch monitor; limited flexibility; poorly labeled control panel buttons; lacks headphone jack; volume controls buried in OSM; ghosting and blurring evident in DVD video playback and games.

The ViewSonic VG2021m is a great basic LCD for everyday use, but be warned that it offers fewer pixels than its 20-inch competitors.

This is a great monitor for the money.

The only con that I can report is that the screen controls are a little cumbersome, but not a major issue due to the price / performance of this LCD screen.

nice image quality, no bad pixels.

stand could be hight-adjustable.

The size is perfect for my parents.

If you run a resolution other than 1.

Great Picture, good colors and contrast.

Whenever I go out of screensaver mode, the monitor goes blank for about three seconds then displays an annoying blue box in the center of the screen every time stating that a digital input is detected.

Large ; Built in speakers ; Doesn't need an external power transformer

Has a goofy native resolution that makes the pixels very tall and rectangular. The result is jagged looking fonts even with ClearType ; Back lighting is so-so. This isn't a very bright monitor ; The buttons are in a weird place and have a very poor...

The 900x1400 19" wide screen monitors are 10"x16".

They don't come with a base that lets you rotate them 90 degrees.

I wanted to supplement a 19" Sony Trinitron monitor with an LCD display. The CRT has a great picture, of course. Not being a gamer, my criteria is text display. After looking over a number of LCDs at a brick-n-mortar store I bought this one because ;...

May not be as good for games and video as other monitors