Review on ViewSonic VX3276-MHD Frameless Widescreen Display with DisplayPort, Backlit, 1920X1080P at 60Hz by Bob Solorzano

This is a review of a 32-inch 4K monitor with an "MVA" panel. It's a good monitor considering how little it costs (for a 32-inch 4K monitor). It has no obvious quality control issues that I could identify. If you can get something for such a low price and it works exactly as intended, consider yourself lucky that you got a good deal. Before I bought this monitor I imagined that a 32 inch 4K monitor would make my computing life so much better. But now I feel like 32 inches is just too big for typical desktop use. A 27-inch 1440p monitor (aka QHD) is the best solution for a desktop monitor. Most people who buy this monitor will benefit and save some money or get a monitor with better features and possibly better quality and color accuracy for the same price. However, I don't think it's the monitor, it's what you buy. Just a tip for those reading this. As an MVA panel I had high hopes that blacks would be pitch black and not have the "glow" of IPS monitors. I was wrong, this panel definitely has the MVA glow I think you would call it. Is the black a bit darker than a typical IPS panel? I don't know exactly, I just have another monitor to review, a Samsung "PLS" monitor that I bought 8 years ago for $800. This much more expensive monitor bugged me for 8 years with its angular glow that ruined the experience of watching movies or videos in full screen. I am happy to report that this Viewsonic monitor has no corner glow and is much better for watching movies. Hooray! But still not pitch black. The downside of this MVA panel monitor is the loss of contrast when viewing the corners or edges of the monitor. I wouldn't recommend it as an office monitor (where IPS glow doesn't matter) or for color-critical photo/video editing. But for a home monitor where you're going to use it in a dimly lit room and use it a lot to watch movies/TV/YouTube/Netflix etc, I think a VA panel makes sense. The viewing angle issue is barely noticeable most of the time, and this monitor certainly has a much better viewing angle than a TN monitor, but the issue persists. There's nothing bad about the panel, but the colors seem to lack definition. Also, the monitor has a really weird gamma curve that I don't like. It seems to work better with a Mac, but when I connect a PC to it, everything looks wrong. Tip: There is a Black Stabilization option in the menu system, which is set to 50 by default. Lowering this setting can improve the appearance on PC, making dark tones appear darker and less washed out. Aside from this "black stabilizer" setting, I don't see any other way to adjust gamma in the monitor's menu system. two HDMIs and two DisplayPorts (but I have no idea why one of the DP inputs is MDP; if you have an old MacBook with an MDP port you can just buy an MDP-DP cable which you probably already have) , it has an output for sound, it even has built-in speakers, but the built-in speakers are pretty bad, so most of the time they're useless. The monitor also looks very nice. It's very thin and has virtually no bezel. Okay, let's get to the worst part. The monitor has no height adjustment and this monitor definitely needs a height adjustment because it's so huge; The default height is too high, I want to reduce it as much as possible so I don't have to strain my neck to see the monitor at the top. The control system for this monitor is terrible. The control buttons are on the back, and even basic tasks like changing the brightness or changing input require fiddling with a bunch of different buttons. I will definitely prefer any monitor with a remote control or at least a D-Pad on the front in the future. There is very little documentation on what all the features do and how to use them. I downloaded the user manual from the internet in PDF format, but it doesn't tell you much about what all the mysterious functions do. What you can't do in the menu is change the gamma, or set the exact color temperature you specify with the K value, or change the color saturation. and it cost quite a bit of money. You can easily spend three times the money for a 32-inch 4K monitor that's still just a big high-resolution monitor. UPDATED SOME MONTHS LATER The picture quality on this monitor is very good. Now I understand it. that when I wrote the original review I had washed out colors on the PC due to incorrect settings in the Nvida Controls app. It was set to "RGB Limited" when it should have been "RGB Full". Maybe it was because I used an HDMI cable to connect the monitor instead of a DisplayPort cable? I hate the rear/right monitor controls. Even something as simple as adjusting the brightness takes forever and is a real pain. I also don't like a cheap stand that doesn't adjust vertically. I also agree that 32 inches is too big, but that's not ViewSonic's fault, it's what I bought. Everything else about this monitor is great for the price. . Especially suitable for watching movies or TV when you move the chair about 3 feet away from the monitor.