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ViewSonic ushers in 23in V3D231

by Navin Maini on 2 November 2011, 14:44

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ViewSonic has debuted its 23in V3D231 LED polarised monitor, priced at a RRP of £239.

 

 

With a rated dynamic contrast ratio of 20,000,000:1 and a 2ms (GTG) response time, the V3D231 comes with a native resolution of 1920x1080, and is billed as delivering unsurpassed 3D image quality. Connectivity options consist of  VGA, DVI-D and HDMI 1.4a inputs.

ViewSonic tells us that the V3D231 includes a TriDef 3D software suite, giving users the ability to convert and view 2D images in 3D, and play - in excess of 500 PC games - in 3D quality.

The V3D231 is not only bundled with a pair of polarised 3D glasses, but a pair of clip-on polarised lenses too.

Speaking of the new offering, James Coulson - European Marketing Manager at ViewSonic - said: "The V3D231 with its Frame Patterned Retarder technology opens up 3D to everyone. Ultra light glasses and extensive  3D support across multiple input sources all at a great price point, will make this monitor appear on many people's Christmas wish lists."

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Posted by Platinum - Wed 02 Nov 2011 15:53
Ughh TN
Posted by crossy - Wed 02 Nov 2011 16:41
I like the spec of this quite a lot (anyone want to buy an Argos-special LG 23"?) but I'm not convinced that the amount of 3D games supposedly available is that high. Don't you need special gfx driver and game support for 3D so - for example - I'm not going to be playing BF3 in glorious 3D? I'm sure I also saw something that 3D was HDMI only - which would be a pain because my gfx card doesn't have that.

Nice to see also that Viewsonic have gone for passive glasses and realised that some of us are “speckies”. :geek:

Very, very tempted - especially if we start seeing some Kinect-less 3D titles for XBox - I remember my old Viewsonic VX924 with a lot of affection - was a darned good piece of kit.
Posted by shaithis - Wed 02 Nov 2011 16:58
They say it comes with the software needed (TriDef 3D). Most games will play in 3D to some extent or another fine with it but GPU performance gets hammered.

HDMI and DVI are the same interface with a different physical connector……and some 3D formats (side-by-side) work fine over VGA or component anyway.
Posted by Hicks12 - Wed 02 Nov 2011 18:01
What makes it any better than http://www.scan.co.uk/products/23-lg-d2342p-pn-passive-flickerfree-3d-cinema-led-full-hd-hdmi-dvi-vga-1920x1080-250cd-m2-50000001-5 ?
LG pioneer the passive 3d so i suspect lg versions would be better… its cheaper too!
Posted by crossy - Thu 03 Nov 2011 08:40
Hicks12
What makes it any better than http://www.scan.co.uk/products/23-lg-d2342p-pn-passive-flickerfree-3d-cinema-led-full-hd-hdmi-dvi-vga-1920x1080-250cd-m2-50000001-5 ?
LG pioneer the passive 3d so i suspect lg versions would be better… its cheaper too!
The Viewsonic has a claimed 4x better contrast ratio, and the response time is halved. The information given on the respective websites are better and, based on the experience with my current LG screen, the support information given by Viewsonic will be far better than LGE's.

I'm so annoyed by the LG monitor I bought (http://www.lg.com/uk/it-products/monitors/LG-lcd-monitor-W2361V.jsp) that I doubt I'll give them any future business, (in video products at least - got an LG DD washing machine and it's brilliant).

Not wholly convinced by the TriDef3D - I thought all the folks “in the know” were going for something that worked with NVidia Vision? (And yes, I do know that uses active glasses).