ViewSonic VX2739wm

Viewsonic VX2739WM review

Here we have the Viewsonic VX2739WM, a 27-inch monitor to claim the crown of 'World's First 1ms Monitor'. But can you have too much of a good thing? When it comes to LCD monitor pixel response, that's a definite affirmative. For starters, monitor manufacturers have been known to do some unspeakable things in order to achieve ultra-low claimed pixel response times. More to the point, the fastest panel type currently available is twisted nematic, or TN for short. It also happens to be the ugliest in terms of pretty much every other metric of image quality. Lump it altogether and you have plenty of reasons to be sceptical about any new screen claiming to deliver eye-catching response times. You might assume the shiny new Viewsonic VX2739wm, the world's first 1ms monitor, is guilty of all charges above. In many ways it is. But it's also a pretty good panel for the price. Let's get the bad news out of the way first. This is a TN panel to which Viewsonic has applied the usual technological kludges in order to achieve quick response times. We speak here of overdrive, a technique that pumps pixels full of excess voltage in order to make them change colour more rapidly.