ViewSonic VX3276-MHD 32 Inch 1080p Widescreen IPS Monitor with Ultra-Thin Bezels, Screen Split Capability HDMI and DisplayPort

I got the 4k model. I bought it used from Amazon for $240. It was like new with no issues. It came in a plain box.For business or programming applications the 4k monitor is the best. Don't get a curved screen. With 4k your screen can fit four 1080 p screens.Mine has the power & settings buttons on the lower front corner of the display instead of behind the display as pictured. I like it much better with the buttons on the front where it is easy to access. My model was exactly the same as the one pictured. So, I don't know why my buttons were on the front.The manual is useless. I had to figure out the settings buttons by experimenting. It wasn't too difficult if you are technically inclined.I had a 2 yr old LG 32 in 4k monitor that fell over during the CA earthquake and broke the screen. The Viewsonic has a more stable base and I like the picture better than the LG.The LG had a thinner monitor screen than the Viewsonic, but it is not bulky. Unless you look at it from the side all the time you wouldn't notice it. They seemed to weigh about the same.I had a Viewsonic around 30 years ago and loved the screen quality back then. So, I bought one now and the quality is still great for business or photo editing applications. I probably wouldn't recommend it for gaming because there are faster monitors available at a much higher cost.

This is a review of the 1440p (2k) VersionThere are basically 4 options for a 32-inch screen (non-ultrawide):1. 1080p - too pixelated, and buttons are too big.2. 1440p - good non-scaling/non-retina density ~93 ppi.3. 4k - requires fractional scaling, costs more.4. 6k - Apple's Pro Display, only problem: $5000+.I deliberately went with 1440p here to avoid scaling settings and I am enjoying using this monitor so far. My use cases are is studying (Mac) and work (Win 10).- Out-of-the-box settings need a little work: I use standard mode with 100% brightness and 100% sharpness.- Not the brightest, but adequate for indoors.- Settings navigation is a bit tough, but at least there are physical buttons.- Not a gaming monitor (75Hz only, no FreeSync).+ 3-year warranty.+ Good color (SDR) and uniformity.+ Competitive price at 32 inches.+ Amazing build quality with metal along all edges and on the stand.Bottom Line:Good productivity monitor if you want to avoid scaling issues in macOS and Windows. The 1440p resolution at 32 inches is about the same density as a 24" 1080p screen, meaning at 100% scaling, text is large enough in virtually every case. I like that I rarely need to use the zoom feature on apps.

So happy with it! It’s large and really looks great in my office. Use the HDMI cord and not the mini to get the full screen. I have had no issues with it and bout it in August.I get a ton of compliments on it!

This unit was a big upgrade from my old monitor running off of an older levnovo laptop.Much easier to see spread sheets etc.Easy to set up and color and crispness of images very good.

This is a review of the 32” 4K monitor with an “MVA” panel.This is a good monitor considering how little it costs (for a 32” 4K monitor that is). It has no obvious quality control issues I’ve been able to discern. If you get something for a low price like this, and it works exactly the way it’s intended to work, then you should consider yourself lucky that you got a good deal.Before I bought this monitor, I imagined that a 32” 4K monitor would make my computer life so much better. But I now feel that 32” is just TOO BIG for typical desktop usage. A 27” 1440p (aka QHD) monitor is the sweet spot for a desktop monitor. Most people buying this monitor would be better off with that and you’d save yourself some money or, for the same price, get a monitor that has better features and maybe better color quality and accuracy. However, I am not holding its size against the monitor, it is what you’re buying. Just advice for anyone reading this.As an MVA panel, I had high hopes that the blacks would be jet black and not have the “glow” of IPS monitors. I was wrong about that, this panel definitely has an MVA glow, I guess you would call it. Are the blacks a little bit darker than a typical IPS panel? I don’t know for sure, I only have one other monitor to judge it against, a Samsung “PLS” monitor that I bought 8 years ago for $800. That much more expensive monitor annoyed me for 8 years with its corner glow that ruined the experience of watching fullscreen movies or videos. I am happy to say that this Viewsonic monitor does not have any corner glow and it’s much better for watching movies. Yay! But still not jet-black blacks.The downside of this monitor having an MVA panel is that there’s a loss of contrast when viewing the corners or edges of the monitor. I would not recommend this as an office monitor (where IPS glow doesn't matter), or for color-critical photo/video editing. But for a home monitor where you would use it in a dimly lit room and use it a lot for watching movies/TV/YouTube/Netflix etc., I think a VA type of 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 is there.There’s nothing horribly wrong with the panel, but the colors seem to lack punch. 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 hook a PC up to it, it looks all wrong. Hint: there’s a setting in the menu system called “black stabilization” that’s by default set to 50. Lowering it may improve the look on a PC and give you darker darks and less of a washed-out look. Other than this “black stabilization” setting, I don’t see any other way to adjust the gamma in the monitor’s menu system.Before I bash the monitor, let me tell you what’s good about it: It has a lot of input ports, two HDMI and two DisplayPort (but I have no idea why one of the DP inputs is MDP; if you happen to have an old MacBook with an MDP port, you can just buy an MDP to DP cable which you probably already have anyway), it has an output for sound, it even has built in speakers, but the built-in speakers are pretty bad so they are mostly useless. The monitor also looks really nice. It’s very slim and has hardly any bezel at all.OK, let’s get to the bad. 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 wish I could lower it as much as possible so I don’t have to strain my neck to see the topmost part of the monitor.The control system for this monitor is awful. The control buttons are on the back, and even basic tasks like changing the brightness or changing the input requires fumbling with a bunch of different buttons. In the future, I will definitely favor any monitor that has a remote control, or at least a d-pad on the front.There’s very little documentation about what all the functions do or how to use them. I downloaded the user manual from the web in PDF format, but it doesn’t tell you that much about what all of the mysterious functions do. What you can’t do in the menus is change the gamma or set an exact color temperature that you specify with a K value or change the color saturation.But the bottom line is that, despite the bad and the mediocre, there are no defects and it cost very little money. You can easily spend three times as much money for a 4K 32" monitor that, at the end of the day, is still just a big high resolution monitor.UPDATE A FEW MONTHS LATERThe image quality on this monitor is very good.I realize now that when I wrote the original review, I was getting washed out colors with PC because the settings were wrong in Nvida control app. It was set to "RGB Limited" when it should have been "RGB Full". Maybe this happened because I was using an HDMI cable instead of a DisplayPort cable to connect the monitor?I stand by in hating the controls for the monitor on the back/right. It takes forever and is a real pain in the ass to adjust even something simple like the brightness.I also stand by not liking the cheap stand that can't be vertically adjusted.I also stand by 32" being too big, but that's not the fault of ViewSonic, it's what I bought.Everything else about this monitor is great for the price. Especially great for watching movies or TV if you push your chair back about 3 feet form the monitor.