Bad viewing angles, bad color accuracy, bad defaults.
I bought this to replace a 20-year-old Acer LCD, because I thought it was about time to go 16:9.
When I started checking out the VP228, the most glaring problem is the viewing angle. There is *no angle* that this monitor was designed to be viewed at. No matter where you sit, how high the monitor is placed, or how you tilt the display, one half of the screen will be darker or lighter than the other half.
Colors will never appear correct because of this. Also, there is no black, unless you look at the monitor at an oblique angle, where everything turns black.
The VP228 also features a variety of useless "enhancements" that I had to disable to get some semblance of use out of this thing. "Trace Free" was enabled by default, which adds some disorienting contrast when motion is displayed (think the opposite of motion blur). "VividPixel" was another similar one, but for static scenes. Both of these looked absolutely terrible while playing games, and basically made them unplayable until I turned them off.
There were a whole bunch of other defaults that I had to mess with to get a neutral temperature, constrast, and anything close to color accuracy. And I'm still unhappy.
This is the worst monitor I think I have ever used and I'll probably switch back to my trusty Acer soon.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned