I had my Viewsonic monitor die inexplicably, and had to pay to ship it for repairs (luckily it was still under warranty, so I didn't have to pay for the repairs themself). Good thing I had a smaller KDS monitor that I had recently purchased, because it took Viewsonic one and a half months to get me a new monitor. After calling them several times, they finally told me they would just send me a better model, since they couldn't locate an equivalent replacement. I just called to see if it had shipped, and it had, but not the monitor they promised.

I took a look into KDS (www.kdsusa.com) because it had been working excellently, sharper and clearer than my Viewsonic, with good color at a much lower cost. I found out that, if it was my KDS monitor that failed, they would have sent me a replacement first, and then I would use the box to send back the malfunctioning one. Talk about ease and speed. I wouldn't of had to pay for the new box to ship it in, and I would have had my monitor in 5 days, not one and a half months.

A sharp colorful monitor with better price and service... I'm going with KDS for my next monitor. Viewsonic, nevermore.

KDS also has a nice brand of trinatron CRTs too.

[bluedog]

I was enamored by the Viewsonic monitors for their sharpness and brightness. But at work and the single viewsonic monitor I have at home are now experiencing 'burn' that I have not seen in color computer monitors since the days of Asteroids in the arcade.

Make SURE you are using a screensaver with your Viewsonic monitors. Several have burn in which is noticable in bright white areas and when the screen is turned off.

[tonymac]

I've seen several Viewsonic monitors die inexplicably in the past couple of years. 5 or 6 out of the 18 or so that I've worked with. I'll never buy one for myself.