FULLY LOADED: Viewsonic Color Pro VP2768a

A brilliant enthusiast-level photography and design monitor

- SUJITH GOPINATH

The market for monitors has become too crowded and busy that you can easily get lost in the confusing maze of specialties if you don't know exactly what you are looking for. Viewsonic is one of the few brands that offer a complete range of professional monitors catering to all segments in the ColorPro series. The new VP2768a is an affordable 27-inch 2K monitor for photographers and graphic designers.

The Viewsonic ColorPro VP2768a has a four-side frameless design. The monitor has a flat and sturdy base with a rugged stand with a spacious vertical slot for cable organisation. The stand comes attached with the panel, and the base offers tool-free installation. The device has six physical keys at the back including the power button. There is a handle on top of the stand to facilitate easy movement and placement.

The VP2768a uses an IPS panel with LED backlighting providing QHD (2560 x 1440) resolution. The panel surface has an anti-glare 3H hard coating, which provides a matte finish. It provides a static contrast ratio of 1,000:1 and dynamic contrast ratio of 20 Million:1. The panel offers 350 cd/m² of brightness and is capable of reproducing 16.7M colours. The monitor provides 100 percent sRGB and Rec.709 along with up to 78 percent Adobe RGB gamut coverage and comes with Pantone validation and Delta E < 2 for colour accuracy. It features two colour blindness modesSimulation and Colour Filter. The Simulation mode allows designers to create designs accessible to colour blind clients, while colour blind users can activate the colour filter feature to see onscreen details. The monitor is flicker-free and offers blue light filter mode to reduce eye fatigue.