Question 1

How tall is this monitor? I have an enclosure on my desk that is about 17.25 inches high. My current ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED 24" fits but I think this one may be too tall.

Accepted Answer

Hi John, I currently have the VX2475Smhl-4K 24" PLS monitor setting on my desk. I just measured it and it is within fractions of 17 inches. I measured on both ends of the screen and I would call it 17 1/16 inches. It will fit nicely in your space. By the way, I love this monitor, I have had it almost 2 years and have had no problems and the graphics are phenomenal!

John D.

Question 2

Seen some back and forth with questions on a few sites. Can it run at 60hz in 4k if I buy a seperate HDMI 2.0 cable and use the right port? Never had a 4K anything so not sure if a review I read saying it took two connections to the GPU to work right was correct.

Accepted Answer

Not sure, but HDMI 2.0 (4K @ 60Hz) is VERY new. If the specs don't CLEARLY state HDMI 2.0 then you can assume it is not as this new technology is a feature the mfgr would certainly want to tout. Your graphics card, the cable, and the monitor will have to support HDMI 2.0 else you will not see 4K @ 60Hz.

Question 3

will it xbox one s run at 4k 60 hz on the montior ?

Accepted Answer

As long as the Xbox has HDMI 2.0 and supports 4k60fps output, which it won't with games.  Otherwise no.

Question 4

Is this monitor vesa compliant?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I believe so. The back has four mounting holes that look like they are VESA sized.

Question 5

How is this monitor for reading text in emails, browsing, and word processing? Is it small at the max resolution?

Accepted Answer

Overall it is a really great monitor. I will say however that you won't get much out of the 4K resolution unless you have a decent graphics card that can handle it at that resolution. For reading text and emails you have to increase the size of the text within your Windows display settings to comfortably read anything while in 4K.

A con to this monitor would have to be that you absolutely MUST purchase a displayport cable if you plan on staying in 4K. When I received mine I had a lot of issues with the screen flickering and things displaying incorrectly. Once I purchased the displayport cable and hooked it up that solved the issue.

To be honest, I ended up going back to regular 1080p resolution. There are just not enough applications and/or games that really handle 4K right now. If you're only using this for pictures, email, internet, etc. then you should be fine. For gaming, not so much. I will say that even at 1080p it is gorgeous! I've got it sitting next my high end ASUS monitor and this thing outshines even it. For as cheap as the ViewSonic is, I'd say it was completely worth it despite minimal issues and having to buy the cable.

Hope this helped!

Question 6

Is this panel split so you have to use both HDMI inputs to make 4K work like some of the older 4k monitors?

Accepted Answer

You only need one HDMI connection to support UHD/4K on this monitor. HDMI 2.0 spec has enough bandwidth. Very important to use high-speed HDMI cables. I had UHD failures and flickering - even at 30 Hz - until I bought high-speed cables.

Question 7

can this monitor be used in portrait mode?

Accepted Answer

All monitors can. But the stock stand doesn't support it. Its a snap stand. You would need to get another mount for it.

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