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VIEWSONIC CORP Q171WB 17IN WIDE LCD ALOG 500:1 250NITS

VIEWSONIC CORP Q171WB 17IN WIDE LCD ALOG 500:1 250NITS

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Nov, 2024

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Widescreen is the suck

It's the only good monitor for watching anamorphic 16:9 DVDs, but that is the only thing that it's good for.

Well, if you absolutely insist on widescreen against all common sense, and you don't want to blow 3 grand on a four-foot-wide plasma TV or something, then this monitor is the one to get. It operates at a 1.77:1 aspect ratio, which is the only REAL...

Umm... it's still widescreen. Widescreen is useless for: (a) any program that is not designed to run in a window; (b) DVDs that are encoded at fullscreen (you'll get black bars at the sides); (c) DVDs that are encoded in non-anamorphic widescreen...

Apr, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

A bit small

Sony support told me Vista is the only supported OS for this laptop, unfortunately for school and work I NEED Windows XP. I don't mind losing some of the functionality and extras, as long as I can connect to my work's VPN and use the tools and apps my...

Nice and crisp. Used on my daughters computer

I think it distorts the image. It may be me, but it seems overly short and excessively long. That being said if I had to do it again, I'd rather have seen it in person b4 ordering it at newegg

Mar, 2008

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