2/5The ViewSonic’s 1440 x 900 resolution picture is as sharp and clear as the NEC AccuSync but the speakers have no bass and low quality treble. A fast graphics processing time means it’s built for the high velocity of gaming if that’s one of your criteria. The only real letdown about this screen is cosmetic; the faux-metal plastic body panels that show up too many fingerprints and Blu-tack stains.
3/5Samsung positions this as a gamer’s monitor because it has similar fast processing times as the ViewSonic and a taller screen (although it’s still a 48cm panel) to give games maximum coverage. Unfortunately it costs about twice as much as others in its class and the taller aspect means the image is uncomfortably stretched. It also has the lowest maximum resolution (1280 x 1024 pixels), resulting in a slightly fuzzy picture.
3.5/5
This is the cheapest of the bunch and it shows, with noticeable ghosting and pixelating effects while trying to display fine detail. Decreasing the contrast didn’t help, it simply made the picture dull. Mac OS X fared worse than Vista, with icons and desktop elements displaying faint haloes. Combined with no onboard speakers and despite the good 1440 x 900 resolution, it’s best kept for the bargain-hunters.
4/5The most robust-looking unit - and also the best looking thanks to a cool matt-black finish - the AccuSync has great picture quality and a maximum resolution of 1440 x 900. The clarity on modern, graphics-heavy operating systems is displayed beautifully, with no artefacts such as ghosting or errant shapes or edges. However, despite having a DVI port, no DVI cable is included.
WSXGA and WXGA+ are non-standard terms referring to computer display resolutions. Usually, WSXGA refers to a resolution of 1680×1050, while WXGA+ refers to a resolution of 1440×900, but occasionally manufacturers use the terms to refer to other resolutions (for example, [1]). The Standards Panel Working Group refers to the 1440×900 resolution as WXGA(II)[2].
WSXGA and WXGA+ can be thought of as enhanced versions of WXGA with more pixels, or as widescreen variants of SXGA. The aspect ratios of each are approximately 16:10 (widescreen).
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