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Product Description
24" Widescreen Glossy Black LCD Monitor. Contrast ratio 1000:1 Response time 5ms. Pixel pitch .270mm Brightness 300 nits. Resolution 1920x1200. Special features: MagicBright3, off timer, Image Size, color effect, customized key, Magic Wizard and Magic Tune with assetManagement, Windows Vista Premium, DVI with HDCP, MagicRotation S/W(Pivot), MultiScreen S/W.
Product Description24" Widescreen Glossy Black LCD Monitor. Contrast ratio 1000:1 Response time 5ms. Pixel pitch .270mm Brightness 300 nits. Resolution 1920x1200. Special features: MagicBright3, off timer, Image Size, color effect, customized key, Magic Wizard and Magic Tune with assetManagement, Windows Vista Premium, DVI with HDCP, MagicRotation S/W(Pivot), MultiScreen S/W. |
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Average Caustomer Review
 (52 customer reviews) |
Great Big Monitor, 2009-06-07 
Reviewed by: S. Law (West Point, UT USA)
This will be very short because I just bought it yesterday and set it up last night. Samsung must have heard the complaints on the stand because connecting the stand consisted of lining up three little pins and tightening a wingnut type screw. Very simple. We'll watch and see how it holds up, though I have no reason to think it won't be fine. On my computer (Windows XP Pro) the screen opened up when I first turned it on and a small window opened in the middle and told me I was not set to the optimum resolution (1920 X 1200) and after about a half minute the screen went blank. I finally read the quick set up guide after doing this twice and it says you have to fix that -reset your resolution- before it goes blank the third time or it's too late. I don't know what happens if you don't - does it go blank permanently and you have to return it or what? Anyway, I reset my resolution and boy is it gorgeous. For the past 3 or 4 years I've had a 19" monitor that I thought was okay. When I pulled up some photos in Photoshop on this screen and filled up that HUGE screen I was blown away. It was razor sharp and the color was perfect. I am a serious photographer and bought this mostly for editing in Photoshop and doing video work. I am very very happy with the clarity and vibrance of this monitor. For the price I almost expected to be dissapointed. Not so, just the opposite. I didn't intentionally view it from different angles, but as I recall, after reading some other reviews, When I stood up and walked in and out of the room and happened to look at it from side and high angles I did not notice any appreciable degradation. I'll take a closer look later as I'm not at that computer as I write this. Like some previous reviewers said I had to crank down the brightness a little, which I see as a good thing, because that means you've got more room for adjustment to your preferences. Well, this started off to be real short, but once I got going it didn't end that way. You should see my long ones. LOL
Addendum: I promised I would look at the screen at different angles when I got home and I have. I can see almost no degradation as I walk around the room and as I stand up and as I get down low and tilt the screen. There is a slight darkening at some near extreme angles. I can't imagine the kind of angle a person would be operating at to find any real problems with viewing this. In other words: "No problem man".
good monitor horrible stand install, 2008-12-13 
Reviewed by: Tell Draper (Illinois, USA)
Like others have said, installation of the stand is a joke. The instructions consists of a drawing showing the two stand pieces fitting together and then snapping into the monitor base. What they don't show is a 250 lb man struggling and putting all his weight on the stand to snap it in. The Samsung engineering dept really blew it! With that said, once I got on line and searched out some tips, I was able to get it together. Basically, you'll need to lubricate both the stand and the rubber gasket on the monitor. Armor All, or some other PLASTIC SAFE (not Vaseline) lubricant will work. You need to put the monitor topside down on the carpeting and use your feet and knees or another set of hands to support it. Then tilt the stand a bit forward and use your weight to exert pressure (lots of it) while rotating it back up. I had to try it a few times, each time adding more weight. I was afraid I was going to crack the monitor, or lose grip of it and fall on the darn thing.
Once the stand is together, the monitor install is a breeze. The manual says the DVI cable is optional, but my package came with both VGA and DVI. I haven't calibrated yet, or even installed the Samsung software, but right out of the box, as a plug and play monitor, the colors are beautiful, and more importantly true. I did a test print on my Epson 7600 from Photoshop and the print was dead on.
It's a TFT monitor, so viewing suffers from low and high angles. Side angles look pretty decent. If you're using the monitor as a workstation monitor, don't get hung up on viewing angles. You'll end up spending an extra $300 for what? So you can sit on the floor and look up at your monitor? If you want to use it as a gaming monitor where you'll be sitting below it in a gaming chair, well that's a different story.
I purchased this monitor for my father's Photo-shop workstation. I personally have a Samsung 245T that I paid $600 for. It has a portrait rotating stand, and all sorts of different input options, and great viewing angles, BUT straight on viewing is no better than the 2433BW. Good luck.
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Bad batch of monitors - horrible customer service, 2009-07-14 
Reviewed by: M. S. Clark (Portland, OR USA)
BUYER BEWARE!!! SAMSUNG HAS THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE IN THE INDUSTRY. I purchased this monitor in August 2008 and within 3 months it had a bright pink line going down the middle of it. I was 4 days past the 3 month warranty so Samsung would only give me a refurbished monitor. The replacement arrived and the on/off and menu buttons only worked intermittently. Within in another month the same pink line had developed down the middle of the second monitor. I called Samsung again and was told they couldn't replace it for a month because they were out of replacements and wouldn't give me a new monitor as a replacement. I requested a refund. It took them 3 weeks to send me the paper work to return the faulty monitor. I sent it back and after hearing nothing about my refund for another month I called them. They acknowledged that they had received the monitor three weeks prior. It turns out they don't automatically issue the refund as they said they would. The customer has to call to set the process in motion to get the receiving operation to connect with the refund operation. I still don't have my check. I will never buy another Samsung product.
Update: It is now mid-August and I still have no refund. Samsung has had the monitor since June 18. After I called them on July 13 I was told they would now "approve" the refund and I should have it 7-21 days. After 28 days and still no refund I called and was told that now the refund would be "submitted" and that I should receive a check within another 7-21 days. This has been the worst run around I have ever gotten from any company.
Excellent Monitor; Problems Have Been Fixed, 2009-05-29
Reviewed by: S. Kim
The picture quality is great. I'm using the DVI input, but even when I hooked it up to an analog signal, the screen looked fine - slightly less sharp, but very acceptable.
After reading all the reviews, I was prepared for the difficult task of installing the base. But apparently, they totally redesigned the base. It was incredibly easy to install. It took me 30 seconds to figure out the pictogram instructions, and about 7 seconds to securely attach the base to the monitor. It's actually a very clever design. There's a tiny flip-up handle on a single screw that secures the base.
And someone else complained about the difficulty of remembering the functions of each button. Well, now when you use the buttons, little icons appear on the screen next to each button. So that problem is solved.
My biggest concern about buying a monitor this large was the possibility of dead pixels. But the screen is perfect.
My only complaint is that the ports for the cables are awkwardly positioned - so it's a little difficult attaching the video cable. But it takes a minute, and I only have to do that once.
Overall, I'm very happy with this monitor.
Great LCD Monitor, 2008-11-23
Reviewed by: Codger (La Verne, California United States)
Since my cheap Hann LCD 19" died in 9 mos. I decided to buy a quality widescreen LCD. After looking around and knowing Samsung produces some of the best HDTV LCD TVs I bought this model and so far it's been a great choice. Bright, vibrant colors and sharp detail in both images and test.
Highly recommended.
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