My desktop runs 1280×1024 on a 17-inch screen. It’s not that I love fine print, it’s just that I crave information. I want everything right now—without shuffling, scrolling, and clicking.
For people like me, 21-inch monitors such as the ViewSonic P810, are a blessing. With so much screenage, 1280×1024 at 88Hz is a joy and text isn’t tiny any more. But the P810 goes a step beyond. With ultrafine .25mm dot pitch and 200MHz of input bandwidth, it can run 1600×1200 at a rock solid 76Hz. Zoom in on the details in your 3D models or edit individual pixels in your scanned photos… and you can still see the rest of the image. Sure, text is tiny again, but once you’ve experienced this vastness, anything less feels claustrophobic.
The high-contrast P810‘s flat/square Advanced Invar shadow mask tube provides a remarkably sharp picture, with consistent colors; no noticeable distortion at the corners; and indiscernible glare or reflections. Front-mounted controls and on-screen menus allow you to adjust not only screen brightness, contrast, position, and size; but also modify the pincushion, trapezoid, parallelogram, rotation, moire reduction, degaussing, and color levels (for use with third-party color
calibration setups).
The ViewSonic P810 gives you 21 glorious inches to play with.
Thirteen user settings are automatically saved in memory. Power management features are supported with a standby mode and automatic shutdown, as are the strict Swedish TCO’92 standards for reduced electromagnetic emissions.
Plug-and-Play setup is a breeze,
but you’ll really need a powerful graphics card capable of high resolutions to do this monitor
justice. For our tests we used Number Nine’s Imagine 128 Series 2 card, and the duo worked beautifully together. You’ll also need a strong back
to hoist this 60-pound monster onto your desk.
Once you’ve experienced a big, bright, and beautiful screen like the P810; everything else seems lacking.
— Chris Dunphy
