Viewsonic VX2260WM - 22" Full HD monitor

Final Thoughts...

One further item of interest on the VX2260WM is the Response Time control found in the OSD menu. It's not the first time we've seen such an option, but it is unusual.

Three settings are available – Standard, Advanced and Ultra Fast. The first two appear to set the screen in a conventional pixel response mode. However, the Ultra Fast option clearly uses a rather aggressive from of pixel overdrive.

This is a technique that sends an excessive voltage through the liquid crystals in a given pixel, accelerating them more rapidly towards a new colour state.

Before the crystals can overshoot the target state, the voltage is reduced to the correct level, thereby giving the desired colour, only faster. In turn, the faster response gives a sharper, less blurry image when rendering motion video or your favourite 3D frag fest.

However, when used aggressively, overdrive can cause problems, one of which is known as inverse ghosting. This usually takes the form of a dark shadow trailing in the wake of a brightly coloured moving object and vice versa.


In truth, it's the sort of visual faux pas you usually have to try very hard to spot, but just occasionally it can throw up distracting artefacts along the edges of moving objects, particularly in games. Still the good news with the VX2260WM is that you have the option of turning Ultra Fast mode off if it is giving you gyp. The Advanced mode is still extremely rapid and suffers from no visual artefacts.

So, Viewsonic's first foray into the 1080p 22-inch segment is pretty solid. It's certainly one of the better TN panels we have seen, it just pips Iiyama's slightly cheaper model for image quality and physical desirability and adds a few useful features, including HDMI, to boot. More importantly, that 1080p native resolution looks fantastic on a 22-inch panel, delivering eye-popping detail along with generous desktop real estate. Is it worth the extra £20 over the Iiyama? In a word, yes.

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