ViewSonic NextVision Video Processor
- ASIN: B00008PHFY
- List Price: $99.99
Product Description:
The ViewSonic NextVision N4 video processor turns your LCD, CRT or projector into a TV and multimedia center quickly and easily. Simply plug your display or projector into the N4 for TV and multiple video entertainment connections. Adding a DVD player, VCR or digital camera is as easy as plugging into the N4. The NextVision N4 comes with everything users need to get started, including cables and a remote control. The ViewSonic NextVision N4 video processor offers a convenient, cost-effective way to add TV and multimedia capability to your desktop. Sleep Timer Remote Control
Product Details
- Feature:
- 1,024 x 768 maximum resolution, 24-bit color depth
- Accepts RF, S-video, composite, and RGB pass-through signal inputs
- Processes input signal for output to your LCD, CRT, or video projector
- Mono, stereo, and SAP audio outputs
- Remote control; 1-year limited warranty
- Binding: Electronics
- Brand: View Sonic
- EAN: 0766907735017
- FormFactor: External
- HardwarePlatform: PC
- IsMemorabilia: 0
- Label: View Sonic
- Manufacturer: View Sonic
- Model: N4
- MPN: N4
- PackageQuantity: 1
- ProductGroup: CE
- ProductTypeName: CONSUMER_ELECTRONICS
- Publisher: View Sonic
- Studio: View Sonic
- UPC: 766907735017
- Warranty: 1 year warranty
Customer Reviews 

good but cheap
2008-05-14i just retired my 2nd or 3rd N4 (can't remember) and they've all failed after about 2 years of light use. It's a decent product when it works although it has limited resolution. VS has stopped making them which is probably just as well. Viewsonic has been a total _____ type of a company to deal with. I've purchased their monitors and LCD TV's and have found their CS to be about the worst in the industry. They clearly don't get it anymore. Too bad they were a decent company in the 90s.

You get what you pay for
2006-08-11This is a great investment if you want to turn a monitor into a tv and/or dvd/video game station. It does everything that it says it does. The remote is, however, very small and does not always function very well.

RF In went "OUT" after 2 yrs of use
2006-07-22Normally don't write reviews but I own to everyone cuz I read them before buying.
The N4 is a good unit, at least for two years it was. The biggest Con is the HEAT this box gets REAL HOT ... at least mine does needs a bigger case with internal fans.
I still get to see the source from the RF Coax In (Cox Cable), but the picture is distorted diagonal lines mixed up colors, etc
I'm actually looking at getting the Viewsonic N6, reason is it's a feature packed box, it has what I need. Will only buy if I can purchase an extended warranty thou .....
PS: Everything else still works

Seems like a good product
2006-02-22Does what it's suppose to do, with the caveat that it does not support more recent monitors, i.e. those having a native resolution higher than 1024X768.

Works as advertised
2005-08-08I simply needed a device to be able to connect an old flat screen monitor up to a cable feed from my TiVo. The product works perfectly.
Before setting everything up I hadn't even thought about sound, but I fortunately had some spare external computer speakers that plug right into the processor box. I was pleasently surprised to realize that the processor box's remote control could now give me control of the volume output going to my remote-less speakers.
My one complaint, like many others, is the operating temperature of the device. I added little "feet" to the bottom of mine to provide a little better airflow, but I don't know if it's really helping.
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