Is this monitor good for reading/writing text?
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This is the very best that I have had. It is great for viewing as well as close up work.
1014101
I purchased my 27 inch ViewSonic several months ago and it works great, I've had no problems, good picture quality.
1014102
I've had it since May of last year and love it. I had cataract surgery and can see distance great; near lousy. This monitor works well without any form of reading glasses.
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All my veiwsonics work well (about 4 of them up to 9 yerars old)- never had one die - all are good for reading/writing text - check for HDMI port - some cheaper models may have vga only. I'm pretty confident of viewsonic as a quality brand.
1812959
It's monitor only. To see what you're drawing, you would want to get a Cintique.
417901
Chances are good that the better your video card the happier you will be with this 4K monitor. Just because your current card has compatible ports doesn't mean it can effectively drive such a high resolution display. For day to day ordinary use (web browsing, etc) it's overkill; however, when working in Photoshop, After Effects, or most any other raster graphics program... having those extra pixels is nothing short of amazing! Just remember for general use (reading/browsing/etc.) to resize your fonts or you will be squinting at the display ;)
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If you're looking for a professional editing monitor look now further it has amazing color and has been calibrated for true color. I personally use it for gaming and have little issues the text ghosting that has been mentioned in the other responses does happen though looks like words are wiggling around every once in a while. Made the purchase and am not disappointed
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Text reproduces as brilliantly as your GPU or CPU/RAM can draw. The monitor itself is bright and adjusts nicely. The only problems I had were with color matching for graphic work - a pinkish/purple hue.
424466
I really can't remember... I do know I wished I had spend a little bit more for a better monitor... some of the letter fonts are difficult to read.
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I have a related question. My primary use for it would be to read technical PDF files (with equations and color figures). The screen size at 10.1 " and 1000x600 resolution seems quite good, but I would like to know if anyone has compared it to the HP Mini-Note which has a 1280x768 resolution, but at a 8.9" screen size.
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Hello Dave, I'm not sure. When I get home later I will check for you and respond. I do know that it is not a monitor and will not show any text very well like a computer monitor. Ali
799573
Yes, I returned Dell S2415H because the text is not black, gray, gives me a headache because I use it reading news, stock quote. I use the multimedia screen on this monitor and doesn't give me a headache. Compared with my Qnix2710 which is 1440p, I prefer this benq for reading and multimedia use. I returned hp 25xi because of flicker, gives me a headache too.
1045247
I do not recommend buying it. Mine is already not working and all I was using it for was a backup monitor. If you go with it good luck!
1343197
Yes! It makes a great monitor, I have my computer hooked up via HDMI cable. Thats all you'll need.
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It preforms well when plugged into anything with an hdmi output. Making text and icons match on both screens just requires a match up of resolutions. That's more of the software side. It'll do what you want it to do, however if you just want an external monitor this one's a bit on the expensive side. Only buy it if you REALLY want the 1440p resolution touch screen, otherwise you can get a much cheaper 1080p touch screen that has better latency.
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I do a fair amount of XLS, PPT, Word, Access...as well as dev work (VisualStudio, JDeveloper, etc..) I have 2 of these side-by-side driven by an old ATI Radeon 4800 and they work great. Color/bright/consistency is good & love the thin(-ish) bezels.
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You can still read text, but not recommended for use as a monitor-replacement, cause your eyes will getting tired after 2, 3 hours of usage.
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You can indeed. It has a DVD player on the right-hand side of the monitor. I haven't played with it too much, but I think it reads & writes most DVD formats.
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It is good for video editing. You can connect up to 3 monitors sung vga, hdmi and dvi ports
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AmazonAddict is right, this monitor is a TFT display- I was looking at a different model with my earlier answer. We should all be glad for his tact and ever-so-helpful advice when he spots an error here. :-)