Sitting right on top of the monitor bestseller list of Amazon, hang out two titans, VX2250WM-LED
Yes, and no. Let me walk you through the reasons.
VX2250WM-LED
Can’t argue with logic; Viewsonic has made exceptionally clear it’s after the first spot on any bestseller chart. The company has gone far beyond simply declaring it, or tagging their products with clever and even cleverer stickers. They made a monitor worth buying.
- 1920 x 1080 Full-HD
- DVI-D and VGA connectors
- LED-Backlight technology
- $149 price tag
If the top three haven’t made you all twitchy and excited, the last item must have. Half a hair under $150 it’s about the only monitor I can think of that has digital input, 1080P and LEDs. The other one is BenQ G2222HDL, with virtually the same feature set.
VX2450WM-LED
It was hard to poke holes in Viewsonic’s business plan, which consists of releasing killer products at cheeky low prices. It’s even harder to poke holes in it again. VX2450WM-LED is basically the same tech specs stretched over two more inches of diagonal measurement.
It even has the same design; acrylic arc along the bottom with rounded edges around the bezel, with the big power button in the optical middle. Hard to miss, that’s for sure.
Differences
There are hardly any. VX2450WM comes with the same resolution, array of connectors, design, manufacturer, warranty period and everything else you can come up with.
Here are some differences that you might want to note. VX2450WM has 23.6″ diagonal measurement, while 2250 has 21.5″ inches.
It results in some discrepancy between the assumed (10% bigger, right?) and the real diagonal benefit, which happens to be 9.76%. I’m nitpicking, yes.
What’s not nitpicking is how bigger area is. 18.93%. If prices were based upon this figure, the 24″ option should cost $178.4 (18.93% up from $149.99). In reality, the retail price is $1.5 higher than that, so it’s well within the ballpark. Spookily close would’ve been the other way I’d have put it.
Keep in mind that there are the same amount of pixels in both displays.
Power consumption figures are very similar, however, the 22″ monitory typically uses 26W power, 3 watts up from 2450WM’s 23 watts. The bigger model is 2.5 lbs heavier with stand, too.
Another minor thing I could note is that while 2250WM boasts a 10,000,000 to 1 dynamic contrast ratio, its contender lists 20,000,000 to 1. I don’t think it affects performance enough for you to put your finger on it during normal, every-day use.
24″ has a 3H hard coating to protect the screen surface, but since it’s very similar on both units, I’d say the lack of its mention in the 22-er’s documentation is an oversight.
Verdict
Both LCD monitors are very much recommended. They both retail at a very college-student friendly price point, but I would still buy VX2250WM
There are reasons to do the exact opposite. If you have $179 in your pockets and want to spend it all on a display, go get the VX2450WM