A terrible choice.

i thought viewsonic makes great monitors? why would it be a terrible choice? + the rebate is not from tigerdirect

This is a pretty good unit. I saw it at American the other day. It is a great choice if you have a well lit room.

nice tv its result good but price is ok

shipping kill the deal

I find the Viewsonic's in general have relatively low contrast ratios compared to others (including other cheap brands). Of course, the Viewsonic name itself carries some weight as far as reliability is concerned....

I have the 37" model, and it has a great picture - even when the room is very sunny.

#6, im not an lcd guru, but are you saying that 1000:1 contrast is LOW??

Does anyone know why the vertical resolution is only ever 768 for these things? Are there any tv's that have higher definition?

alot of 42+ inchers have 1920 resolution

#9, you don't know the first thing about HDTV. HDTV's have multiples of 24 in vertical resolution. If you have a 32" (like this one), multiply 24 x 32 and you get 768 vertical lines. Buy a 37" TV and you get 888 lines. Goddamn noob.

#11 & #9 would make a good married couple.

#11, resolution does not depend on screen size.

#10, alot of 42+ inch tv's do have 1920, but that is horiz. vertical is 1080

#6, when you say "I find that..." do you mean through observation you have found that... or do you mean you have compared the contrast ratio of the average Viewsonic LCD vs. the average of others? I would say 1000:1 is about average (when comparing actual numbers); weather that is Static or Dynamic...that is a different story.

Education Time:

As far as contrast ratio goes, you have to consider what measurement of contrast ratio they are using. There are two types:

Static Contrast Ratio: the ratio of the luminosity of the brightest pixel and the darkest pixel the system is capable of displaying simultaneously (in the same frame, at the exact same time).

Dynamic Contrast Ratio: the ratio of the luminosity of the brightest pixel and the darkest pixel the system is capable of displaying - not necessarily at the same time. The reason it would be different is because recent TV's are able to change the intensity of the back light depending on the average luminosity of the frame. To further clarify, if the scene is dark anyway, they can skimp on the back lighting and have darker blacks.

You thought is was just strait numbers, and then I make it complicated; yet, still, it doesn't stop at Static or Dynamic. The contrast ratio can be greatly be affected depending on the input signal strength (weather or not it contains the full range of brightnesses from 0 to 100% simultaneously, or an average). Also, how much room light can be reflected off the surface of the display, which, in turn, depends on the luminance of the display. You will almost never get what is posted by the manufacturer anyway because they are measured in a completely bl... [Truncated]

No deal is a good deal from tigerdirect.

Darn! Price has been changed...

#15, this is not a suprise from tigerdirect! if they feel like to, they would cancel your order...changing the price is just a little thing for them!

Viewsonic monitors are nice but my only complaint is how the backlight tends to show through. I have a nice 19" widescreen for my PC but the backlight is my only major gripe.

That's sucks!!! How are we going to trust TigerDirect... Any one who knows where to find that deal again? Looking for one before this XMas, thanks.

Keep in mind the rebate is not from Tiger Direct.

crap...price changed?