Nec is back! The design of their last LCD225WXM strikes a familiar chord because it was derived from the 20WGX² , a 20 inch that had its era of glory in the beginning of 2006.  By the way, this was one of the best 20 inch models on the market due to its combination of reactivity/viewing angles that are still up to standards.  Eighteen months later, here is its bigger brother, a 22 inch with a similar design but for a price 30% less.  Is this a technological miracle or did they cut costs somewhere along the line?

Nec did make some concessions.  From IPS (very expensive) the panel technology goes to TN (most economical).  Real reactivity (as opposed to what is announced in the characteristics) is less, and the inferior viewing angle darkens like on all TN screens.  Instead of a USB hub, the LCD225WXM now has two small speakers.  Another change is that the panel is a more classic mate and not glossy which, in our opinion, is preferable because there is less reflection.

Nec reaches out to the people...

In the end, we still have an elegant screen with a fixed base and modest characteristics – moreover, just like its price, which is very reasonable for a Nec model.  But we have to ask : what is the real interest of this screen? Unfortunately, besides its design, we aren’t too sure.  Nothing distinguishes its performance from the mass of 22 inch products also equipped  with a 5 ms TN panel.  Reactivity is classic, noticeably less than that of 2 ms monitors, and preset colors are imperfect (manually lower blue levels is a start).   And in movies, there is shimmering like other TNs.  All of this is entirely normal, however, for this price we prefer a ViewSonic or even the Iiyama ProLite E2201W.