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Title: Viewsonic VX2245wm ViewDock
Pros: Relatively attractive design; iPod dock for charging your iPod and playing music through iTunes; four USB ports and an eight-in-one media card reader; built-in speakers; decent performance; headphone jack, volume knob, and mic on stand.
Cons: Can't play music and movies from iPod without using a computer; front-panel controls are hard to use; two AC cables, two audio cables, and one USB cable needed to connect the iPod dock.
Verdict: The iPod dock doesn't fully deliver on its potential, and the design is a little clunky, but the Viewsonic VX2245wm ViewDock still delivers some attractive features with decent performance for those willing to pay extra.
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60/100 |
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Title: ViewSonic Viewdock VX1945wm
Pros: Elegant design; decent picture quality; USB hub and memory card reader
Cons: Rubbish speakers
Verdict: The ViewDock benefits from above-average image quality, but it's far from perfect: its 'piano-black' finish is highly prone to picking up grimy fingerprints, its audio quality is atrocious and it requires two power cables. Apart from this, it's well-worth
Summary: ViewSonic's ViewDock VX1945wm is an attractive monitor that comes with an integrated iPod dock. The display is pretty good -- its 5ms response time ensure there's no ghosting -- but you may be disappointed by the sound quality
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82/100 |
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Title: Viewsonic ViewDock VX2245wm Review - Monitors
Pros: Integrated iPod dock, Card reader and USB hub, Decent quality screen, Stylish looks
Cons: Jungle of cable connections, Poor onboard sound, Hard to position correctly
Verdict: The ViewDock is one of the most fully featured monitors ever, and available for a rock-bottom price. If you need a large-screen and the convenience of an iPod dock, and can look past its shortfalls, this is one to consider.
Summary: The ViewDock is one of the most fully featured monitors ever, and available for a rock-bottom price. If you need a large-screen and the convenience of an iPod dock, this is one to consider.
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70/100 |
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Title: Viewsonic ViewDock VX1945wm
Pros: Excellent screen quality, color and contrast levels, 8-in-1 card-reader, 4 USB ports, iPod dock.
Cons: Slight mismatch in the HCR test, Poor sound quality, Requires extra power for the base, Lot of wires going in and out of the monitor making it messy.
Summary: The iDock friendly monitor from Viewsonic.
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70/100 |
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Title: ViewSonic VX1945wm
Verdict: Other than pivot facilities, which will be missed by work users more than entertainment junkies, we can't think of many features missing from the ViewSonic VX1945wm. And best of all, everything works flawlessly. It's not the cheapest screen available, but
Summary: The VX1945wm comes with a feature set that marks it out as the best all-round entertainment flat-panel on the market.
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80/100 |
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Title: ViewSonic VX2245wm ViewDock (3mice)
Pros: Integrated iPod dock and speakers; built-in camera card reader.
Cons: Limited viewing angle; tinny sound; confusing controls; can't watch video from a video-capable iPod directly on the display.
Verdict: Setting up the display took a little time. Because it aims to eliminate several individual peripherals from cluttering your desk, quite a few cables must be connected between your Mac and the back and base of the display. For instance, you can plug in the
Summary: The idea of an affordable, multifunction display that includes built-in speakers, an iPod dock, a camera card reader, and a USB hub is very appealing. Unfortunately, the ViewSonic VX2245wm's method of integrating these devices is clumsy, and the display s
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60/100 |
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Title: Review: Viewsonic VX-1945wm View Dock
Pros: Display quality is good; iPod junkies can keep one less gadget on their desks
Cons: iPod dock feels a lot like a gimmick; sound quality is poor; no support for other models
Verdict: At £260 it's a touch more expensive than the equivalent 19in monitor - in fact, you can pick up a combined TV/monitor for not much more, which would probably be more useful.
Summary: This, Viewsonic tells us, is the world's first monitor to come with its own iPod dock. What's the point of that, you...
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60/100 |
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Title: Viewsonic VX2245wm (22-inch)
Verdict: Not yet reviewed.
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Title: Product Reviews: Viewsonic VX2245WM
Verdict: The VX2245wm performs very well as a standalone LCD and at $600, is reasonably priced.
Summary: Compared to the Dell LCD however, the VX2245 isn't as adept in terms of displaying digital photos. In particular, the skin tones in our test picture looked more natural and real on the Dell whereas the Viewdock seemed to add a slight artificial tan.
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80/100 |
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Title: ViewSonic VX1945wm
Verdict: A price of $345 is a reasonable amount to pay for a 19in LCD, despite the wealth of useful ports it offers. If you need a new LCD and were already considering buying an iPod dock, by all means go for this one, but for everyone else the ViewDock remains an
Summary: A decent LCD in its own right, but the speakers are poor and the dock isnt much more than an expensive gimmick.
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67/100 |
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Title: PC Pro: Product Reviews: ViewSonic VX1945wm
Verdict: A decent TFT in its own right, but the speakers are poor and the dock isn't much more than an expensive gimmick
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67/100 |
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Title: Viewsonic VX2245WM
Pros: A fabulous PC monitor
Cons: Forget iPod video playback integration
Verdict: If it's an excellent PC monitor you're after, here it is - but forget about the iPod dock
Summary: We've seen iPod alarm clocks, armbands and hi-fis with docks, but this is the first LCD product that boasts integration with the Apple player's video capabilities. Promises, promises
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40/100 |
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Title: Viewsonic VX2245WM
Pros: Makes managing your iPod easier
Cons: Light bleed, Ordinary viewing angles, Cheesy design
Verdict: This is a pricey toy that really doesn't do more than just help you mange your music
Summary: It's one thing paying a premium price for an Apple product. But are you ready to take it one step further and pay extra for a monitor with integrated iPod support? That's what Viewsonic is betting on with this
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60/100 |
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Title: ViewSonic VX2245wm ViewDock
Pros: Relatively attractive design; iPod dock for charging your iPod and playing music through iTunes; four USB ports and an eight-in-one media card reader; built-in speakers; decent performance; headphone jack, volume knob, and mic on stand.
Cons: Can't play music and movies from iPod without using a computer; front-panel controls are hard to use; two AC cables, two audio cables, and one USB cable needed to connect the iPod dock.
Verdict: The iPod dock doesn't fully deliver on its potential, and the design is a little clunky, but the Viewsonic VX2245wm ViewDock still delivers some attractive features with decent performance for those willing to pay extra.
Summary: We knew it had to happen sooner or later. With the release of the Viewsonic VX2245wm ViewDock ($455) monitor, LCD displays are the latest product category to become "iPod-ified". The 22-inch widescreen display boasts an iPod dock built right into the base
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60/100 |
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Title: Viewsonic VX2245wm ViewDock
Pros: Excellent image quality, Built-in iPod dock, Dual PC support, Attractive design
Cons: Poor speakers
Verdict: The Viewsonic VX2245wm is an excellent 22 inch widescreen monitor at a very decent price, but is let down by its poor integrated speakers.
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80/100 |
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Title: ViewSonic VX1945wm ViewDock
Pros: Dock for iPod; built-in speakers, sub-woofer; memory-card reader; four USB ports
Cons: Poor small-text readability; messy wiring; base unit requires its own power supply
Verdict: Although its gray-scale performance was weak, the VX1945wm has loads of convenient features, such as an iPod dock, speakers, USB ports, and memory-card slots.
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78/100 |
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Title: Viewsonic VX2245wm
Summary: This feature-rich 22-inch display could do with a better design.
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79/100 |
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Title: Product Reviews: Viewsonic VX1945WM
Verdict: This Viewsonic VX1945VM is very impressive as a LCD monitor by itself, however throw in its added functionality and it's a real knock out.
Summary: Our only issue with this fantastic panel was that its attractive black finish retains fingerprints rather easily.
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100/100 |
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Title: ViewSonic 19-inch ViewDock LCD
Pros: Sharp resolution, Fast pixel speeds, Warm colours, Base with many connection options
Cons: No remote, Weak speakers
Verdict: Two other downsides are power supply and positioning. The display came with a two-pin power cable for the dock, so you need an adaptor. Secondly, the monitor doesn't detach or have an adjustable height setting; it just pivots up and down. Despite that, th
Summary: It has a decent screen, built-in iPod dock and a very competitive price
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80/100 |
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Title: Viewsonic VX2245WM
Pros: A fabulous PC monitor
Cons: Forget iPod video playback integration
Verdict: But the mess of cables and weedy sound make this one to ignore
Summary: Despite its bold claims, the Viewsonic is at its best when used as a plain old computer monitor
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40/100 |
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Title: Review: Viewsonic VX-1945wm View Dock
Verdict: This, Viewsonic tells us, is the world's first monitor to come with its own iPod dock. What's the point of that, you might ask.
Summary: A snazzy new LCD panel with it's very own iPod dock
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60/100 |
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Title: ViewSonic VX2245wm ViewDock
Pros: Built-in iPod dock. Lots of multimedia features. Good image quality.
Cons: So-so audio quality. Requires iTunes to play music and video. Noticeable backlight bleeding.
Verdict: The folks at ViewSonic designed the VX2245 ViewDock display with multimedia mavens in mind. Featuring a built-in iPod dock, a media card reader, and a fast pixel response, this 22-inch monitor is ready for work or play. Still, it suffers from a few design
Summary: The ViewSonic VX2245wm ViewDock ($350 street) delivers some cool multimedia features and looks good doing it. The high-resolution (1,680-by-1,050) 22-inch LCD panel does a nice job of displaying video, and there are connections galore, but I had expected
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60/100 |
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Title: Viewsonic VX2245wm LCD Review
Verdict: The iPOD feature is a tad redundant as its not very useful unless your PC is powered on and a lot of extra cables are required to make the speakers and USB hub work. However we found the picture quality to be good for general Windows use and playing gam
Summary: Viewsonics 22" Widescreen monitor boasts an iPOD docking station and a series of other additional features to complement the screen, but does it do the job?
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74/100 |