Best Monitors - Sharpness User Controls, 0.249 to 0.2835 mm Dot Pitch, 600:1 Contrast Ratio

'Imagine the advantages of going big without slowing down.'

'While its 1,680 by 1,050 pixels make it suitable for extra-wide spreadsheets, letterboxed DVD movies, and side-by-side application windows, the black-framed 205BW lacks one feature of its predecessor -- it can't pivot between landscape and portrait mode to show a whole word processing or Web page.'

'Imagine the advantages of going big without slowing down.'

'While its 1,680 by 1,050 pixels make it suitable for extra-wide spreadsheets, letterboxed DVD movies, and side-by-side application windows, the black-framed 205BW lacks one feature of its predecessor -- it can't pivot between landscape and portrait mode to show a whole word processing or Web page.'

'great color'

'The ViewSonic® 17" VA703b LCD delivers impressive front-of- screen performance thanks to fast 8MS Video Response, 280 nits of brightness (typ) and a 600:1 contrast ratio (typ).'