Strengths:Bright, vivid colors, fast response time (no ghosting)
Weaknesses:Very slight light bleed-through near edges, not quite 4:3, some color bunching
Posted Jan 27, 2006 - Being my first foray into LCD monitors (other than on laptops), I really didn't know what to expect. My previous monitor was a CTX 17" tube, which has served me well, and in my opinion, has a great picture. But, the VX924 blows it out of the water! The colors are incredibly bright and vibrant (to the point where I had to turn down the brightness from the factory settings....although I've read that this monitor isn't nearly as obnoxiously bright as some LCDs). I am not much of a gamer, but I do watch the occasional DVD on the computer (sort of....it's usually while I'm doing something else in the room), and I have seen no ghosting during fast moving scenes. Other reviewers have said the same thing when testing fast moving games on this monitor, so if that's a concern, I wouldn't be overly worried! Also, the LCD came with no defunct pixels, which I was quite glad to see.
Of course, nothing is perfect, and the monitor does have a few "flaws" (depends on your viewpoint, I suppose). 1. The screen does pivot, but the height is fixed, so some users may have a problem there. Of course, this could easily be rectified by using a third-party mount (I'm pretty sure the screen supports the VESA standard) or some
creativity. This has not been an issue for me, however (I'm 5'8"). 2. Also, for whatever reason, Viewonic does not use a traditional 4:3 screen format. Instead, the LCD is a bit more square, coming in at around 1.26:1. This took a little getting use to, especially while watching a 2.35:1 movie, since the black bars at the top and bottom are even wider, but honestly it's not that bad. 3. Like others have reported, I too have noticed color bunching on occasion, but this appeared to be mostly on flesh tones. In normal use, I don't think you'd ever see this effect unless you're extremely picky! Had I not been specifically looking for it, I don't think I would have ever seen it.
Over all, I think the monitor is very nice. Again, I don't have much of a basis for comparison, but I would certainly give it 4 out of 5 stars easily. Not exactly cheap at $370, but well worth it to me.
Postscript, 12/07/2005: One thing that I am not too fond of, but which probably won't affect most users is the lack of an easy way to switch between the digital and analog inputs. Primarily, this affects me since I use the monitor for two computers, one connected via the dvi and one via the analog d-sub. Switching to the analog input is easy (push of a button), but switching back requires cycling through menu options. It also appears the analog input is the default, so the monitor switches back to that every time it loses a signal on the dvi port (like, for instance, I reboot the computer). As the analog port is used by my secondary computer, this becomes annoying when both machines are on. Of course, this may be common to all LCD panels (at least, it's common to Viewsonic panels per my experience as my N2750W does the same thing).
Postscript #2, 01/27/06: I'm not sure how I missed this previously, but I just discovered that it is possible to switch back and forth between analog and digital inputs with the press of a single button. The analog as the default input is still annoying, however...
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Rated 
The VX924 is an Attractive LCD
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problem with black screens
Very bad
