Review ViewSonic VP2468: Professional Monitor with hardware calibration support

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The front surface ViewSonic VP2468 looks like a monolithic black matte surface (the specularity is poorly expressed), bounded around the perimeter by a narrow edging made of plastic. Having displayed the image on the screen, you can see that in fact between the outer boundaries of the screen and the actual display area there are fields from above and from the sides with a width of about 5-6 mm and 9.5 mm from the bottom. We liked the design of ViewSonic VP2468, it seems to be nothing special, but the screen without the frame and the elegant laconic lines of the stand and the screen unit together make a very good impression. The plastic covers of the screen unit and the supports are made of plastic, mostly uncoated with a black matte surface. Exceptions two – a mirror-smooth wedge on top on the base, and the casing on the back of the rack has a dark gray silver coating.

The mechanical buttons are located behind the right hand.

The icon on the power button is a status indicator. At the top on the rear panel is a ventilation grille. The power connector and interface connectors are located on the thickening section at the rear and are oriented downwards. Traditionally, there is also a connector for the Kensington lock. The monitor ViewSonic VP2468has a built-in power supply. The stand is fixed on a metal turntable, which has a pattern of concentric grooves on top and is covered with black enamel. The rack has a fixed height, but a spring-supported mechanism with a steel rail ball bearing provides a vertical movement of the hinge on which the screen unit is mounted. Rubber stub-stub on the back of the rack covers a few holes in the frame of the rack.

In the lower one, you can insert a wire check that comes in the kit, and thus lock the hinge in the lower position. In one of the four others with M4 thread, you can screw the screw so that it enters the hole on the hinge, this will lock the hinge in one of the four positions in height. Correctly chosen length of the screw and its cap will then allow to install the plug into place. The cutout at the top of the rack forms a convenient handle for carrying the monitor assembly. The standard stand allows the screen unit to tilt slightly forward, tilt back, raise, turn left and right and turn to portrait orientation both clockwise and counterclockwise.

This turn in both directions allows to connect the two monitors in portrait orientation by narrow upper borders to each other. The base of the stand is relatively large in area, but it is mostly flat on the top, which increases the efficiency of using the working area of ​​the table. The monitor ViewSonic VP2468 stands on the stand stably.

The design of the stand is stiff and strong, as the supporting elements of the stand are made of thick stamped steel or cast from an aluminum alloy. Rubber pads on the bottom on the base of the stand protect the surface of the table from scratches and prevent the monitor from sliding on smooth surfaces.

Cables coming from the monitor connectors can be passed through the center of the stand split from the bottom. If necessary, the standard stand can be disconnected (or not connected), and threaded holes (at the corners of the square with a side of 100 mm) become available for attachment to the VESA-compatible bracket. The monitor ViewSonic VP2468 is packed in a box, on which are depicted three birds – a corporate logo (the species name of birds can be spied on Wikipedia ). The box has slotted handles on the sides and a plastic handle on top, which makes it easier to transport the purchased monitor.

ViewSonic VP2468: Switching

The monitor ViewSonic VP2468 is equipped with four digital inputs: DisplayPort in full-size and Mini-version, as well as two HDMI. The input is selected in the quick menu or in the full setup menu, there is also an automatic search for the active input. There is a full-sized DisplayPort output that allows other display devices to be connected in series if the video card and the intermediate links of this chain support DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Stream Transport (MST). Sequential connection was checked only in duplicate mode on the second monitor, because no suitable equipment was found. The inputs are capable of receiving digital audio signals that are output after conversion to an analog view through the 3.5 mm mini jack. You can connect an external active speaker system or headphones to this jack. The output power was enough to have a large headroom in 32-ohm headphones with a sensitivity of 112 dB. The quality of the sound in the headphones is very good – a wide range of frequencies is reproduced, noise is not audible in the pauses, the sound is clear, without pronounced distortion. The volume is adjusted in the menu, the sound output can also be turned off. ViewSonic VP2468has a built-in USB (3.0) -concentrator with one input and four outputs, too, 3.0, but all outputs are located so that online connection to them is difficult.