I currently work as Sales Consultant and Technical Support for the local computer retailer and manuf...
I currently work as Sales Consultant and Technical Support for the local computer retailer and manufacturer located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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For years Viewsonic has been known to produce the top quality monitors that looked great but worked even greater. However, with such quality and reliability, also came a hefty price tag. Thus an average home or small business user that was on a tight budget had to look elsewhere if he or she was to be able to afford a 19" monitor.
Furthermore, Viewsonic monitors were also known to be able to hold quite stunning resolution and DPI (higher resolution and lower DPI numbers meant greater quality), so they were a preferred choice of graphic designers, avid gamers and other professionals and individuals who depended greatly on high end features of their monitor.
However, many home users and small business users cried for the name Viewsonic for a different reason. Ever since Panasonic went out of business of making a regular screen (CRT) monitors, Viewsonic has been known and often referred as a Cadillac of monitor screens. Thus many people wanted to own one from a simple point that they were great workhorse monitors which rarely if ever broke or malfunctioned. However, many of such users were not ready to pay the high price tags associated with the name Viewsonic and have long asked for somewhat more entry level monitor screen that still bore the quality and reliability commonly associated with the name Viewsonic.
Viewsonic has finally answered to such cries with the introduction of several entry line monitors, one of which is E90 series. With somewhat lowered resolution and DPI comparing to other Viewsonic models, this might not be a heavy duty graphical or gaming monitor, but it still performs for everyday home and business tasks where the cutting edge performance and features and not mission critical.
With a display of up to 1280x1024 at 80 Hz and a DPI of 0.23 horizontal and 0.27 vertical, this monitor will still give you a performance for word processing, internet use, light duty graphics, etc, which is what an average home and small business user is looking now at. For those wanting to know more of how monitors are rated (e.g. DPI and resolution) you can find more in-depth explanation at my last article rating the Viewsonic G series monitors (G790).
As far as reliability, this monitor has proven to still hold the fame and reputation widely associated with the name Viewsonic. They do come with standard three years parts and labor warranty but if it was to judge by the feedback I have received now (ratio of failures per number of monitors sold) they hold to be tough as any other higher priced Viewsonic monitor. Thus you can expect to use this monitor worry free much longer than it is covered by the warranty, which is not that true for some other well known 19" monitors from the Viewsonic's competitors.
If this article has captured a grain of your attention (which I hope it was), I recommend that you also read the spec sheet and review article written by Viewsonic (thus learning more about in-depth features, ease of use and intended use of this Viewsonic's model). You can read the entire article and view detailed specs of this monitor by visiting this link provided to you by Viewsonic.
http://www.viewsonic.com/pdf/products/e90-2.pdf
I hope you have enjoyed reading this review just as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Best wishes.
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