ViewSonic VA2715-2K-MHD 27 Inch 1440p LED Monitor with Adaptive Sync, Ultra-Thin Bezels, HDMI and DisplayPort Inputs for Home and Office, Black

It ought to say a lot that the *very* first thing I’m doing with these newly-installed monitors is hopping on Amazon to give them a crap review. The monitors themselves are nice and, so far, the display is decent. However, my ire comes from the fact that the power cables are a perfect trifecta of cheap garbage.

First, they’re ~5′ long. So, unless you have a very large (more on this in a sec) power strip on your desk, good luck getting power to them. Even better luck trying to do cable management. I wanted to route my cables through the monitor stand to keep everything nice and tidy, but with the 5′ cables, that’s a pipe dream. I now have ugly cables dangling in space because the cords aren’t long enough to route through cable management. Bravo, ViewSonic. Bra*vo.*

Why am I complaining about the power cord, you may ask, when I could just swap it out for a longer one?
This brings me to my second point in the trifecta of garbage. The power cables are proprietary; you simply can’t replace them with longer ones. Period. PC and peripherals have run the C13/C14 power cable since the beginning of time. In fact, they’re so common, they’re literally called the “Universal Power Cord.” So, one would assume they’d be used on these monitors, right? Wrong.

Then, as the cherry on top of this putrefied pile of power trash, the proprietary power cable terminates into a proprietary and *ENORMOUS* wall wart transformer. You will *not* plug 2 of these into a regular wall outlet. You *will* require some creative thinking and/or an equally enormous power strip.

Super super frustrating. ViewSonic cheaped out on a very minor thing, boned the customer, and probably saved a half a cent per unit.

I will not be returning these, but I would not buy them again and would not recommend them to you.

It’s fine, functional, does what it’s supposed to, but it is a sub-$200 1440p monitor for a reason: it’s not a spectacular display. Colors seem ok. Sharpness is visibly sub-par even for basic office tasks. Usable but not particularly impressive.

My company has an office and we have some team members who need something that is better on their neck rather than just working off of a laptop. This has been a great monitor to not only help with neck issues, but to easily use two screens at the same time which has improved our productivity. Overall, this has been a really good product and we haven’t had any issues. It’s not too big and not too small. It’s just a good medium sized monitor.

I purchased a ViewSonic 27″ monitor similar to this 5 years ago. The base was flimsy and always awkward to adjust. Then I bumped it from the back and tipped it over, breaking the screen as it fell flat on my desk. This new monitor has a much more sturdy base. It was easy to put together and I can tip the angle of the monitor more easily than the old one. It is brand new to me…but my first impression is very favorable.

Great monitor at a very fair price, on sale. My eyesight isn’t what it used to be, and this 27 inch monitor was a needed replacement for my 22 inch Viewsonic monitor (VA2212) that I’ve had for the last 10 years or so. Simple HDMI connection and setup with acceptible, built-in audio speakers (I still prefer my set of cheap Logitech speakers). And the monitor is only about 1″ higher and 4″ wider than the one it replaces, due to its very thin bezel.