The ToyBox

Ricardo Bilton & Gloria Sin
Home / News & Blogs / The ToyBox

ViewSonic rolls out 'world's first' 27-inch full HD monitor with 1ms response

By | May 6, 2010, 8:50am PDT

Summary: ViewSonic has just unveiled a new creation, the uniquely-named VX2739wm display. Dubbed as the “world’s first” 27-inch HD monitor with a 1ms response time, it should surely be a suitable choice for movie-watching and gaming.

ViewSonic has just unveiled a new creation, the uniquely-named VX2739wm display. Dubbed as the “world’s first” 27-inch HD monitor with a 1ms response time, it should surely be a suitable choice for movie-watching and gaming.

The VX2739wm hosts a 1080p full HD panel with a 100,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. Connectivity shouldn’t be an issue, with HDMI, DVI, VGA and USB ports at one’s disposal.  To complete the entertainment experience, ViewSonic has packed in speakers featuring SRS Premium Sound technology.

And as everyone likes to boast eco-friendly products these days, the VX2739wm comes with an “ECO mode” function to reduce energy up to 35%.

The slim and sleek ViewSonic VX2739wm display is available now, with the introductory retail price set at $349.

Kick off your day with ZDNet's daily e-mail newsletter. It's the freshest tech news and opinion, served hot. Get it.

More from “The ToyBox”

Topics

Monitor, ViewSonic Corp., Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Rachel King

Rachel King is a staff writer for ZDNet based in San Francisco.

Disclosure

Rachel King

Rachel King has no business relationships, affiliations, investments, or other potential conflicts of interest relating to the content posted in this blog.

Biography

Rachel King

Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN's San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.

Related Discussions on TechRepublic

Did you know you can take part in these discussions with your ZDNet membership?
Ask a Question Start a Discussion
12
Comments
Add Your Opinion

Join the conversation!

Just In

RE: ViewSonic rolls out 'world's first' 27-inch full HD monitor with 1ms response
thekrajisnik 13th Feb 2011
@maro6613@... Excellent explanation. Thank you!
View in thread
0 Votes
+ -
added to my Christmas wish-list
kaninelupus 7th May 2010
Seven months to sweet talk the wife... should be enough time happy
0 Votes
+ -
RE: ViewSonic rolls out 'world's first' 27-inch full HD monitor with 1ms re
emiliosic 7th May 2010
Interestingly, a monitor that's supposed to be the fastest out there is marketed as displaying a portrait picture.
A Race-car or other fast sport image would be more appropriate, but it seems the portrait of a female with makeup on and under soft-light sells more.
Interesting marketing strategy happy
0 Votes
+ -
RE: ViewSonic rolls out 'world's first' 27-inch full HD monitor with 1ms response
jonrkc 7th May 2010
@emiliosic At least they didn't portray an iPad.
0 Votes
+ -
I like the lady.
GuntherGump 7th May 2010
She's cute.
0 Votes
+ -
RE: ViewSonic rolls out 'world's first' 27-inch full HD monitor with 1ms response
info@... 7th May 2010
Unfortunately, it only has HD resolution 1920 x 1080 so it is simply a HDTV and does not really qualify as Monitor. A Monitor in the 27inch size should at least do 2560x1600 pixel.
0 Votes
+ -
RE: ViewSonic rolls out 'world's first' 27-inch full HD monitor with 1ms response
MarkWestbroek 8th May 2010
Would showing HD on 2560 x 1600 not have problems with (how's that called) dithering or so?
Does 3840 x 2160 not exist? Exactly twice HD size, so 4 monitor pixels for every HD pixel = surely no probs.

I would like a big monitor that can perfectly show HD too.
0 Votes
+ -
RE: ViewSonic rolls out 'world's first' 27-inch full HD monitor with 1ms response
BurMag 8th May 2010
Yes - a pretty face helps sales happy But I suspect that most of 'us' are more interested in its performance. The 1 ms rate has been contentious thus far. I would try this as a new product, just based on the spec.s. Cheers, BurnMag 08MAY2010
0 Votes
+ -
RE: ViewSonic rolls out 'world's first' 27-inch full HD monitor with 1ms response
seaniepie 9th May 2010
Why 1ms? Ok. US TV runs at 60Hz, which is 16ms. Double it and all we need is a response time of 8ms! 10ms if in the UK! So, what have I missed to see the need for an 8 times speed increase. surely a 4ms response is enough. Seems to be selling us something we don't need. Gfx card speed maximums are around 120Hz so even that would only require a 4ms response time! Or am I missing something?
0 Votes
+ -
RE: Pixels vs. DPI
maro6613@... Updated - 10th May 2010
1080p really isn't that great at all for a 27" computer monitor - a more relevant measure to use would be DPI, which incorporates both how large a monitor is and how many pixels it displays.
A monitor this size at 1080p (1920x1080 pixels) corresponds to 71.1 DPI (assuming that 27" is the actual viewable dimension in the 1920 pixel direction, which is wildly optimistic).
By contrast, my 20" CRT from 1995 is capable of 2048x1536 resolution, coming to 102.4 DPI - a much higher number. This is the same reason that a 40" 1080p television will look much more crisp than an 80" 1080p one - they both have the exact same number of pixels, but the larger TV spreads the same data out over a larger area (each of the pixels are larger).
Advertising this monitor as being 1080p is simply a marketing gimmick, due to the somewhat unfounded impression that 1080p (or HD in general) guarantees a beautiful picture. The fact is, 1080p may offer a spectacular picture on a small monitor. However, if you have a TV screen the size of a large wall, 1080p will look absolutely horrid, each pixel will be the size of a pushpin.
0 Votes
+ -
RE: ViewSonic rolls out 'world's first' 27-inch full HD monitor with 1ms response
FtWrth 25th Jun 2010
@maro6613@... Thank you. Finally someone explained all this in a way I could understand!
0 Votes
+ -
RE: ViewSonic rolls out 'world's first' 27-inch full HD monitor with 1ms response
thekrajisnik 13th Feb 2011
@maro6613@... Excellent explanation. Thank you!

Join the conversation!

Formatting +
BB Codes - Note: HTML is not supported in forums
  • [b] Bold [/b]
  • [i] Italic [/i]
  • [u] Underline [/u]
  • [s] Strikethrough [/s]
  • [q] "Quote" [/q]
  • [ol][*] 1. Ordered List [/ol]
  • [ul][*] · Unordered List [/ul]
  • [pre] Preformat [/pre]
  • [quote] "Blockquote" [/quote]
ie8 fix

The best of ZDNet, delivered

ZDNet Newsletters

Get the best of ZDNet delivered straight to your inbox

Facebook Activity

Blog Roll

Blog Archive

White Papers, Webcasts, & Resources
ie8 fix