ViewSonic 20" Monitor

This is a great monitor, which outperforms its contrast spec. I have three of this screen; two of them I purchased from Amazon Warehouse. They’re now all calibrated, using DisplayCAL with a ColorMunki Photo and an i1DisplayPro. My settings included: 2.2 Gamma Tone Curve, XYZ LUT + Matrix, and I used 11,140 test patches. Results: sRGB Gamut Coverage: 94.5 --- 95.9 --- 93.2 (%) Average ΔE: 0.34 --- 0.45 --- 0.48 Maximum ΔE: 1.41 --- 1.84 --- 1.78 Static Contrast: 3,223 --- 4,778 --- 5,081 (:1) Black Level: 0.0144 --- 0.0093 --- 0.0088 (cd/m2) White Level at 0% brightness: 46.4 --- 44.4 --- 44.7 (cd/m2) ---------------------------- The manufacturer advertises the static contrast as only 3,000:1, so as you can see: this monitor delivers more than it promises. Out of my three monitors, even the quasi-dud at only 3,223 is above the spec. However, the other two outperform my expectation and far outperform their specification. Another unexpected surprise is the anti-glare coating. The coating is light, perhaps almost semi-gloss, and so text is very clear and the image very pure compared to (for example) many old Dell monitors. And given the small size (19.5”), it offers 113 pixels per inch (PPI). For comparison, you’ve probably seen a 23” 1080 monitor; their PPI is 95.8. And 27” monitors at 2560x1440 offer only 108.8 PPI, thus: the image is sharper with this viewsonic than with those examples. I wish it provided better sRGB gamut coverage, but it's not bad. I also wish the minimum brightness could go just a little lower. Despite those small dislikes, I'm very happy with this screen; I have three of them below my three 4k IPS monitors, and their size is almost perfect for this application. This monitor’s primary flaw, in my opinion, is the counter-intuitive button layout. The same button that opens the menu is the one that goes back in the OSD, but my expectation is to go forward. Similarly confusing, the back button is next to the up button (the one that increases rather than decreases a setting). Again, this is the inverse of an intuitive design. A little about me: I'm a portrait photographer, a computer science student, and perhaps a display aficionado.