ViewSonic VA912b vs Samsung SyncMaster 731BF lcd monitor comparison

Screen size at ViewSonic VA912b is quite larger with its 19" than Samsung SyncMaster 731BF with its 17". Both tft monitors have maximum declared screen resolution 1280x1024.

Both monitors aren't wide, the aspect ratio on both is standard 4:3. Both monitors have good response times of their pixels (Samsung SyncMaster 731BF has 2ms and ViewSonic VA912b has 8ms pixel response time).

Samsung SyncMaster 731BF can produce very bright picture (300 cd/m2), but ViewSonic VA912b cannot since its brightness is 250 cd/m2. Only Samsung SyncMaster 731BF has good contrast ratio (2000:1). ViewSonic VA912b has contrast ratio of 500:1.

These tft monitors have VGA input for connection to older video cards. Both monitors have DVI input which allows you to connect them to modern graphic cards.