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| Brand: Samsung Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 23.5 x 18.0 inchs ; 21.3 pounds ASIN: B0012TVEOO Item model number: 2693HM Average Customer Review:  (37 customer reviews)Sales Rank: #1193 in Electronics |
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Believe those who actually own and have tested this product!, 2008-04-22  Reviewed by: Joel Bullock (USA) To address the previous "reviewer's" comments on this monitor. I, within the last few days, purchased the Samsung 2693HM 25.5 in. monitor, and can attest to the fact that not only are Blu-ray movies allowed to play on this monitor, they look great! Using an HDMI chord I was able to play "I Am Legend"(Blu-ray disc), through my Playstation 3, with no problem at all. Pausing the movie on Will Smith I was able to see every detail of his face, something only an HD equipped display can do with such clarity. I know also that with a little tweaking of the factory settings, I can customize it to suit my needs. The one real gripe that I have is one that I do share with the other reviewers, concerning the menu buttons in the lower right corner of the frame. Although I do appreciate the esthetic quality of the all black frame, trying to operate, much less see the menu "buttons" is pretty frustrating. I suppose like anything though, given time one can get the hang of their operation. I just wish they were illuminated, at least while I was operating them. The good far outweighs the bad here, and I feel I made a good choice. Aside from the ability to play Blu-ray Movies, and Playstation 3 games, I was thrilled to have this great monitor for my creative endeavors. being an artist, and a Mac person, I can really appreciate the real estate that I have to work with, with this size monitor (especially when working in Photshop, or iMovie). I originally was looking at the Apple cinema displays, but was encouraged to look into the Samsung's for getting more bang for your buck. With HDMI, and more flexibility in making adjustments to suit your needs, it seemed the clear choice. Not to mention the price. Do yourself a favor and always trust reviews of people who have actually tried the product out or ran it through its paces. Research is key, as are more than one, or a few reviewers opinions. Hope this helps! Samsung Syncmaster 2693hm, 2008-04-12 Reviewed by: Damon N. Paoli (Wake Forest, NC) I have to say that I whole-heartedly disagree with the past few reviews of this product. I own it and have been very satisfied with both the build quality, color reproduction, and screen resolution of this monitor. A higher resolution than 1920 x 1200 on a monitor this size would display text that is borderline unreadable. I am not old, either. I am in my 20s and I work in front of a computer for over 40 hours a week as a graphic designer. My eyes are very well trained and well adjusted to reading text on a computer display. The resolution is perfect for a display this size. I actually upgraded from a 24 inch display (same make and model with the exact same resolution) because the text was very small in many applications at the display's native resolution. That is, unless you sit 2 feet away from your monitor. When viewing a display this size, though, it is best to sit around 4 feet away. This display is an excellent product, and I have very few gripes. Yes, the touch-sensitive method that Samsung chose for the buttons is nearly impossible to see without a flashlight...but damn is it sexy! I do wish that they had included a backlit remote with the display so that I wouldn't have to strain my eyes and trigger the wrong menus all the time because I can't see what option I'm touching. Also, when a PS3 or Xbox 360 is connected via HDMI (and YES, you can connect a console to this display! The other reviewer is wrong), there are no options on the display to tinker with the screen size. With my PS3 set to output 1080p, the image is stretched to fill the screen, and I would prefer to view the image unstretched. I have not been able to find an option that will allow this. Other than those two small gripes, the display is fantastic. Oh, and don't be put off by the fact that this is a TN panel. The technology has improved greatly and the viewing angles on this display are more than adequate for a computer monitor. Finally, Wide Display with decent dot pitch 0.2865mm, 2008-05-11  Reviewed by: Victor (Philadelphia, PA) I did not have a good luck with 20",22",24" monitors, mostly due to the very small pixel size 0.25 - 0.27mm. I only feel comfortable with 4:3 19" monitors with pixel size 0.291mm. Anything smaller would usually put more stress on my/your eyes. It could be improved a little with enabling "Clear View" option in windows, but it makes small fonts excessively fuzzy. Also, some monitors luck a deep black level. This one is as close as it gets to be perfect and very easy on eyes. I dropped brightness to 50%. This was the only adjustment I had to make to get my test color charts to provide very good color gradation and rendition. No stuck or dead pixels. It is almost impossible to find inexpensive monitors with angels of view more than 160 degrees this days and even with 160 you may get big color variation even with in specs. I did not experience any color inconsistency with-in normal working position angles of view or across the screen. At extreme angles colors will either wash out (looking from the top) or darken (looking from the bottom) as expected. Of course, the display controls are hard to manage and even to see. You will need a flash light during adjustment process, so you would touch correct touch sensitive spots on the bezel. I never change settings once it is done, so it is not an issue for me. About HDCP: This monitor does support HDCP, but on DVI input only. HDMI input does not have this feature. If you are in desperate need to connect HDMI equipment required HDCP, you can always use HDMI-to-DVI cable or converter. There will be no loss of quality. I do not use built-in speakers, so I could not comment. If you want reasonably priced monitor, easy on your eyes and 97% of color gamut (makes it acceptable for pro: photo/video editing)- this monitor is a bargain. Took a bit of adjusting, 2008-07-06 Reviewed by: Shari (Atlanta, GA USA) I did a lot of research on monitors, learning the lingo which had changed since my last monitor purchase. I upgraded from a 21" Sony Trinitron Multiscan 500PS which I was very happy with, but Sony no longer makes monitors so I was back to square one. After reading many reviews on various brands I decided on a Samsung. Overall the reviews were very good, and Samsung had the best warranty (3 years). Some brands I researched folks said crapped out the minute the 1 year warranty expired. After creating a chart of specifications and plugging about 15 Samsung models into it, and reading reviews on Amazon and several other websites, I decided on the Samsung 2693HM. First thing most folks wouldn't know is that Samsung has a BUNCH of different models, most aren't available in stores so go to their website and you can see a very detailed PDF file of the specs for each model. I found a really good price here on Amazon but was afraid to buy online because of the few bad reviews. What if I hated the quality or it had bad pixels? Virtually all the manufacturers allow some bad pixels and won't take it back for that. I couldn't get a clear answer on how easy returns would be so I figured I'd go to a local store and look at it in person. That didn't help. The picture clarity in the store was AWFUL. But my tech fella who went with me told me that the way they hook up monitors in stores to display them isn't going to show you the best it can offer. He said I could not trust what we were looking at. Long story short I bought it locally, in the store with a really good return policy in case I hated it, their return policy allowed even for bad pixels, got it home and hooked it up to my MacPro1,1 (the original MacPro that came out in 2006). I paid $120 more for buying it locally to have the return policy peace of mind. I do not have any addons to the MacPro, no extra graphics or game cards, just how it came off the shelf. It took a LOT of diddling to get it to my happy place, both in it's calibrations and using the Mac preferences. But once I got it to the happy place, the picture is excellent. No problems with the viewing angles or colors fading at the edges. No bad pixels that I can find. The picture is very clear. I had to change the fonts for everything, finally settling on Verdana 14 for most things. And turned font smoothing off for 9 and smaller. Originally the text was awful and hard to read until I made the changes. I had to make the text much bigger for this monitor and go with a heavier font. Would I recommend this monitor? Yes, absolutely. Picture quality is excellent, this model has a lot of features including built in speakers, height adjustment, swivel, tilt, pivot, fast 5 ms response time. Downside: Yup, as everybody said the buttons are awful. Not only do you need a flashlight, but the menu keeps turning itself off before you've finished making your changes so you have to bring it back up again. Of course once you've gotten to your happy place the buttons won't matter anymore so it's a minor downside. Also, don't make a bad judgement until you've done everything possible to maximize the picture quality and font quality. I spent hours getting it to its happy place. Especially the font (which you'll need to change the default in all your programs) because it initally looked awful, fuzzy and hard to read. If you have it too small some of the letters turn green. If you increase the size and choose heavier fonts the green goes away and the text becomes very clear. What do I use it for? I create graphics for t-shirts and computer games, so image quality is important to me. Not that great, 2008-05-26  Reviewed by: S. Quinn (Chicago) I recently purchased this based on some good reviews, but now that I have one I regret the purchase. Bigger is not better here. The monitor uses a TN panel which means it does not maintain solid color top to bottom, left to right. When viewing normally the top is slightly darker than the bottom. So looking at a gray strip in photoshop, the gray will be noticeably darker at the top than at the bottom, creating a gradient effect. Even when viewing left and right, there is a slight red shift on the edges. When the monitor is turned vertically, the viewing angle is really bad and if viewed from the side a bit the image will invert. If you care about color quality and a stable image (read graphic designer or photo person) stay away from this thing. You will be very disappointed. I learned my lesson the hard way about what is happening in the LCD market with less quality TN screens becoming popular with larger screen sizes. If you are a gamer or just a casual computer user you may not really care about this stuff, but if you care about image stability on an LCD, move along to something else. Oh, and another thing. The touch monitor controls are awful. I had to use a flashlight to see the labeling since it is printed with a dark gray on black. Really ridiculous...very poor usability. See all 37 customer reviews customer reviews... |
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