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| Brand: Samsung Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 22.2 x 17.6 inchs ; 18.7 pounds ASIN: B0012TZJZ4 Item model number: 2493HM Average Customer Review:  (25 customer reviews)Sales Rank: #1009 in Electronics |
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Great monitor for its price and overall, 2008-03-18  Reviewed by: DD (Chicago, IL) I bought this item from BB on sale for $450 (also managed to get them to give me 10% off with a coupon that didn't specify monitors). I love amazon and bought my Samsung TV from them (no one could touch their price) but with monitors and hearing about so many dead pixel issues, I like buying from the store (have had 2 LCDs and never had a dead pixel though). This monitor blows away my old Sony 19 inch LCD, which only had a 500-1 contrast but the same brightness (and it cost $550 when I bought it). If you are looking to upgrade from a 19 inch non 16-10 ration screen, a 22 inch just isn't that big of an upgrade, go with a 24 inch, you will not regret it. This monitor is super bright which is great for games, but a little too bright for regular activities (just needs to be tuned down). No ghosting in any of the games I have played and no blurred text issues, great out of the box. Software doesn't really work with Vista 64 though (monitor still works fine). any adjustment you can think of and all connectivity ports, I almost bought the Dell 248 on sell from their website for $380, but for $45 more I was able to get this one that has HDMI and a better stand (plus I hate Dell). I am amazed with this monitor, but I am also not an expert, all I care about is that it makes everything look better than my old one and works great with the new computer I just built. Just remember if you use it for gaming you need graphics cards that can handle the 1900X1200 resolution, I have 2 8800GT overclocked cards SLI in my system with a Q6600 overclocked at 3.2 GHz and Crysis only is giving me 20-28 fps with high detail on 1900X1200, any other game is easily over 100 fps though (not a monitor issue, just computer limitations). Also if you are going from a 19 inch non wide screen (my sony was 14X12, so semi widescreen) it takes time getting used to the huge screen for normal applications, eyes are wondering all around the screen and some web pages only use half the screen for some reason). Great 3 year manu. warranty with Samsung, but I don't like touch panel controls, my old samsung TV had them and the panel malfunctioned, would have cost $150 to fix if outside of the warranty, and even in warranty you have to pay to ship it). Great!, 2008-03-31  Reviewed by: Chandos This display is excellent! Not only can I hook up my Macbook Pro, but I can also have my 360 plugged in at the same time for 1080p gaming glory! Color and contrast are great in my opinion, and I love the fact that I can adjust it however I need to, so when I slouch I can still see the screen. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because of the touch controls that everyone else mentions. They are impossible to see without direct light, however, once you get the settings right, it's easy to memorize where the power and volume buttons are. Great display at a great price! Absolutely Amazing., 2008-07-14 Reviewed by: Redemptionsong (Short Hills, New Jersey USA) There is a TON you could write about this monitor...but for the sake of endless paragraphs I will sum it up like this: this monitor is absolutely dollar for dollar the best monitor on the market right now (remember...technology changes quickly), and it's built for the future with HDMI & D-Sub. The picture simply can't be put into words - it's absolutely beautiful. Bright (but doesn't burn your cornea's), clear & rich. Motion, even during the fastest scenes of a movie or game (again remember....some of this has to do with your own pc & it's video card and processor) is FLAWLESS. Net net is that you get a monitor that delivers the performance, looks & reliability of a super high end monitor for a mid range price. Stand is flexible in multiple ways, including the ability to be raised and lowered (do NOT underestimate that, most monitors don't allow for that). If you're in the market for a top end monitor from the leader in LCD's (Viewsonic / Nokia etc would be in the CRT realm), get this monitor. Peace out, happy 420 Simply horrible!! STAY AWAY OF CHEAP MONITORS LIKE THIS!!!!, 2008-10-08  Reviewed by: Pablo Guglielmetti (Houston, Texas) When I was looking for a 24 inch monitor to work with my laptop and expand my desktop working area, I decided to purchase a Samsung 2493HM. I was basically attracted by the low prices and Samsung's stellar reputation on LCDs (I own two Samsung LCD TVs and I was extremely satisfied with both). What I did not know was the nightmare that it would come after this purchase. First of all, the monitor has all the menu buttons and color problems that have been well documented in other reviews. But as I will explain shortly, this was the least of my concerns. I give this monitor zero stars!! The moment I set up this thing and turned it on, my eyes started getting red and my head started to hurt as if I had someone drilling a hole in it. After only 5 minutes, not only I was in deep pain, but I also started feeling nausea, like I was about to throw up. I then started to do some research online to see if I could find the reason behind this problem. Meanwhile, I returned this monitor and tried other monitors as in the list below. After a while I returned all of them because they all had the same issue (as I will explain later). In summary I tried: - Samsung SyncMaster 2493HM - Samsung T240 - Dell S2409W In short, the issue I found with all these monitors is that they are all based on a cheap technology called TN (twisted nematic) which uses 6 bits per color instead of the 8 bits per color found in the more expensive monitors. This creates an inherent limitation in the number of colors that the monitor is capable of showing (approximately 260,000 colors for the TN technology vs. 16.8 million for the 8 bit per color monitors). Now in order to be able to overcome this limitation, manufacturers of TN monitors are using a method called "dithering" to create the illusion that the monitor is displaying 16.8 million colors. This technique is also called Frame Rate Control (FRC) and basically consist in alternating colors in a pixel at high speeds to create the illusion of the desired color. For example, an this is an over simplification just for the purposes of illustrating the idea, say you want to display orange in a pixel but due to the limitations on the number of colors in the display technology you can only effectively display yellow and red. Then what you would do is to first turn the pixel yellow and then red and then yellow again and keep switching between the two colors at high speed. To the human eye, this creates the illusion that you are looking at orange, but in reality this is absolutely not the case. Please see the following article for more details on how this works: [...] The result of this technique is that at the end of the day, the flashing of colors in the screen take a toll on the eyes causing pain, horrible headaches, and even nausea depending on each individual (every case is different). You can also read this nice article about this issue: [...] In summary this product should not be allowed for use by humans. They have severe health issues, and who knows what the long term effects of being exposed to these screens are. In my personal opinion, there should be a deep investigation to find out whether the people manufacturing and selling these things should be prosecuted as criminals and put in jail. See how Apple has had similar issues: [...] My final advice if you are reading this is STAY AWAY of cheap monitors!. After trying all the models above described without any luck, I finally got a NEC LCD2490WUXI which is based on an H-IPS technology using 8 bit per color channel instead of 6. This monitor was double the price of the Samsungs, but it displays true 16.8 million colors and I can work for hours in front of it without any symptoms. I set the colors in my graphic card to 16.8 million instead of 32 million to prevent the monitor from doing any dithering (just in case, you never know) and voila. No headaches, no strained eyes, and no nausea. And of course, because this is a higher end product, it has many more features, including a much better stand, better menu buttons, customizable colors, etc. This is just the way all monitors were meant to be... Good buy for a good money, 2008-06-17 Reviewed by: Lazer I have bought this monitor from another seller (amazon cannot send electronics to my country), but I have decided to review this monitor to make others a little bt more information about this device. In the shop I have tested this monitor and compared it to another 22-24" monitors. And I have seen (for my view) that th coors are... hmm... more acceptable than in other tested monitors, and average lag (the post-effect after quick move objects on the screen) is the least on that monitor. Of course, the Samsung 245T monitor's colors and angles are much better - because 245T has S-IPS matrix, and this monitor - TN+film. But (!) it is MUCH quicker matrix than S-IPS one, so this monitor is better for games and movies. Hat is for the angles - I do not pay uch attention to it - the current ones are comfortable for me. I think, for this price it is the best monitor, maybe except for Dell 2408, but that one monitor costs about 100$ more... And much more rare in my country :) See all 25 customer reviews customer reviews... |
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