Been using PC monitor by VS for 7 years, satisfied.
Reviewed on 2021-01-25T21:29:33
Been using PC monitor by VS for 7 years, satisfied.
--- Review of ViewSonic M2 projector…
Reviewed on 2020-12-05T12:43:35
With working from home being likely for the next few years, I wanted to replace my two 24" monitors with two portable projectors.The idea was to save desk space, to make it easier to work from hotels/AirBnBs (without having to carry around 2 big monitors), and to have a half decent projector to watch movies for entertainment. After discussion with Pre-Sales staff at ViewSonic and JustProjectors, they assured me the M2 would be suitable. Unfortunately, this projector fails for several reasons, and so I have returned them.
The first problem is that the M2 has a 125ms delay. This means that when you move the mouse pointer across the screen, on the projector image it lags behind quite noticibly by 3 or 4 inches. This makes it particularly hard to position the mouse pointer precisely onto things you want to select or click. For example, when trying to position the pointer onto folders (the plus + sign) to expland/collapse in Windows Explorer, you have to constantly wait for the mouse to catch up. As part of my normal work, I am constantly moving the mouse and selecting things, so this is a major disruption to my normal flow of working. This alone is a deal-breaker. The 125ms delay of course is noticable when switching between applications and loading up pages - quite disconcerting. I am annoyed that the Pre-sales support people at neither ViewSonic nor JustProjectors advised me about this (I had explained to them exactly what I intended to use the M2s for). This was not a fault with the units - the same occurred with both, and Support could not suggest any setting or configuration that might resolve it.
Another significant issue is the constand noise the M2 makes. While this is indeed one of the queitest projectors around (I think under 30dB), when you are working in a quiet room, the M2 sounds like the constanst whirring of an old-fashioned noisy physical disk drive. To have this noise constantly there for 8 hours would be too much of a distraction. This issue alone is a deal-breaker for me.
A third major problem is that when using the M2 to watch a movie, the M2 could not keep up with the frame rate of the DVD. In any scenes where there is movement faster than someone walking, the image quite noticably jumps and skips frames. After 15 minutes of watching, this jumpyness started to make me feel a bit dizzy. I simply could not watch an entire movie on this projector. For any action movies with fast scenes - forget it. This is a real shame because the M2 produces quite rich and full colours, and with very good brightness. Unfortunately, any projector that cannot handle a standard DVD (not even a blu-ray) is a deal-breaker for me. This was not a fault with the units - the same occurred with both, and Support could not suggest any setting or configuration that might resolve it.
There were also some minor issues that are not deal-breakers, but worth knowing about.
The projector does not have a fully automatic keystone correction. This means that you need to set the "4 corner" correction manually each time you move the projector by an inch or two. With me needing to set up in a different location every few days, this would become tedious.
The projector has a quite noticable background/residual illumination, even when displaying no image or in movie scenes that are dark. While one may learn to ignore this after a while, I was disappointed that it was so much worse than my 15-year old Sanyo PLV-Z3000.
The projector has no zoom control. To make the image the desired size, you must position the projector at the correct distance from the surface. Make sure you calculate where you intend to place the projector before you buy. You can actually change the image size by a small amount (about +/-10%) by using the 4 corner keystone adjustment, but not by much. For my situation, the M2s were positioned at 75cm from the wall yeilding an image of 24", which is a good size/distance combination - the M2s were positioned to the left and right of my keyboard on the desk.
The projector has no buttons - you must use the remote control for everything. If you lose or misplace the remote, you will be very limited. To be fair, I believe you can connect the projector via WiFi/bluetooth to a smart phone, so perhaps this is good enough for most people.read more
Monitor died after just 4 months
Reviewed on 2020-10-02T10:24:52
Monitor died after just 4 months. Ebuyer said I had to contact Viewsonic (manufacturer).They just moved me from pillar to post until they won and I chucked the monitor. Purchased a Samsung branded one from Amazon.
Never ever again Viewsonicread more
Excellent customer service.
Reviewed on 2020-09-23T16:10:48
I emailed ViewSonic customer service looking for a stockist of a specific style of stand for an out of production monitor.Whilst the stand is no longer in production, the customer service team were able to track one down and have it shipped to me, for free, within half a day. Incredibly impressed with the level of service, truly above and beyond.read more
Modem yet affordable monitor
Reviewed on 2020-06-23T19:47:36
I use ViewSonic monitor VA2216. It works just fine for every dollar spent.
Dont buy their smart boards
Reviewed on 2020-02-07T10:54:57
Dont buy their smart boards , they have one of the worst customer service ever, tried logging an issue on a telephone ,they asked us to send in a email, after the email was sent took them 3 days to respond, no solution offered , said they will call back , now been a week no call what so ever.read more
Reviewed on 2020-02-06T10:18:26
Excellent monitor, I ve used for very long time
Worst Projector Never trust ViewSonic
Reviewed on 2020-01-23T12:00:31
I ordered ViewSonic M1 plus projector from amazon Uk and quite excited about the portability and experince but within a month or two of rarely usage,it suddently went off and I was not able to reboot it. Raised a request with Amazon, they suggest to raise the same with ViewSonic. And ViewSonic picked up the projector and send it back without doing anything. I was still facing the same issue, raised a compalint again and asked for a replacement since this one was faulty. To my surprise they sent me a old projector instead of new one. I felt frustated and cheated with the same. Never go with ViewSonic.read more