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Samsung SyncMaster 245BW Black 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor
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$315.00 - $537.56

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3 Star Review

Reviewed by: johnwawrz

Updated:11-07-07

Duration of ownership:1 Months

Strengths: Bright image, great detail, lots of controls, attractive, height adjustment.

Weaknesses: Cannot be calibrated, over-saturated reds even after calibration, deep shadows block up, vertical viewing angle is zero.

Overall Evaluation: I have been working hard to find a reasonably priced large monitor for photographic work. This is my 3rd Samsung. I need accurate color and none of the three could be calibrated by any method (including fudging all the controls and using the best sensor based calibration systems). Reds always oversaturate. The worst problem is that there is NO vertical position where you can see the whole image accurately. 1/4" of vertical motion and the top gets darker and the bottom lighter or visa versa. If you are a graphic artists, stay away. For general purpose use it is a good deal.
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1 Star Review

Reviewed by: rafdo

Updated:08-29-07

Duration of ownership:2 Months

Strengths: great picture

Weaknesses: Can't be used as a second monitor with laptop even with AMD-ATI graphics card (256 MB) XP. Setup using DVI & analog cables w supplied drivers permanently blacks out notebook monitor by changing XP OS disabling brightness & other controls. This is a reported issue without a fix. Model doesn't swivel as advertised.

Overall Evaluation: As a notebook user I feel Samsung failed to notify consumers of irreversible changes in XP OS by using this monitor & drivers on notebooks as a primary or second monitor. Samsung doesn't offer online support for resolving problems with monitors. Returning the monitor doesn't solve being left with a blank screen on a high end graphics gamer notebook. Samsung's lack of probelms solving suppoprt with new products is very disappointing.
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5 Star Review

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Updated:01-18-08

Duration of ownership:1 Days

Strengths: HUGE, bright, beautiful LCD. No ghosting even during a very extended gaming session. 1920 x 1200 resolution really shows off this masterpiece's strength.

Weaknesses: Strenghts Continued:I can see no major issues with viewing angle; but I'm not using it for anything other than general and gaming. NO DEAD PIXELS ! WOOT ! Samsung rocks.

Overall Evaluation: Had to turn the brightness down to 40% because it was giving me a full frontal sunburn. I think my contacts were melted to my eyes before I realized what happened. ONSALE.com was awesome with delivery and price. $50 rebate from Samsung sealed the deal; now to see if I can actually get the rebate back from Samsung.
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4 Star Review

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Updated:01-16-08

Duration of ownership:2 Days

Strengths: Clean, adjustable, includes DVI and VGA cables and cleaning cloth, 24 inch, wall mountable

Weaknesses: Viewing angles are awful, but it doesn't matter because I sit in front of my monitor

Overall Evaluation: Overall, a great purchase if your on a budget. I only hope it continues to impress...Samsung is a name you can trust, and evidently this is no exception. I hooked it up to my iMac (which the screen has gotten worse over time) and it makes it look like garbage. I use my 20-inch iMac for windows I won't be looking at and I use this screen for games, movies, and websites.5MS response time is great, but I would have liked the 2MS response time that was included with the 22-inch version. But this is a higher resolution.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: bakerr818

Updated:10-31-07

Duration of ownership:3 Months

Strengths: Superb contrast and brightness, precise color, clean look, excellent response rate, easy to adjust (tilt and height)

Weaknesses: No easy way to turn monitor vertical or mount on a wall. (I do not use this feature)

Overall Evaluation: The primary use for my monitor is home. It has been a great asset for working at home on spreadsheets. The characters are sharp and contrast/brightness settings make it quick to change between preprogrammed and customs settings. Over the 3 months have been using the monitor I have been very pleased. I also do some gaming playing World of Warcraft BC. It is always a disappointment when I have to play on any other monitor. You wont find a better monitor that provides this much value.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: scottegos2

Updated:10-20-07

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Strengths: nice constructiongood resolutiongood speed

Weaknesses: not great on vertical viewing angleno USB or audio ports

Overall Evaluation: Nice "basic" 24" monitor. Picture is excellent with very good response time and wide horizontal viewing angle. Vertical viewing angle not as great -- colors get washed out more than 60 or 90 degrees out.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: marcusverkler

Updated:09-26-07

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Strengths: Large screen, high resolution, fast refresh rate, the specs on the stand alone, tilt, swivel base, invert and height adjustment, comes with DVi cable, this monitor sells itself

Weaknesses: None to my knowledge.

Overall Evaluation: I received this monitor with no dead pixels, what a plus. Quality product. This is the largest and most featured monitor I have ever bought. I found the best price at Sam's Club. An absolute 10! Enjoy!
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: xsylus_

Updated:09-25-07

Duration of ownership:3 Days

Strengths: Sharp image quality, easily adjustable contrast/color/etc. User friendly on-CD manual, digital or analog compatible. Passed 90% of black & white contrast tests. This baby is HUGE!

Weaknesses: Puts out more heat than expected; nothing major though.

Overall Evaluation: This is my first experience with a 24" widescreen LCD, the monitor this baby replaced was a 19" CRT so I've had to adjust to the, at first, overwhelming size of this monitor. It feels as though I could crawl right into this thing. Screen text has never been clearer even on my laptop lcd the text isn't as sharp and crisp as it is on this monitor. Widescreen movies show very minimal black-bars at top and bottom; truly your own personal movie theatre. 3D games have never looked better. The controls for contrast, color, etc are fairly easy to use and there are more options than expected which allows for a truly personal customization of the monitor. View from side can appear slightly lighter or faded and from top looks darker, but that's expected from an LCD. In fact, the range of view from either side is very impressive. I have light sensitive eyes and won't even dare going out in the sun without sunglasses so I had to tone down the brightness quite a bit for my own sake, however, even with my optimized settings this monitor passed 90% of the black & white contrast tests I threw at it. Although I've only had this monitor a few days I can say I'm satisfied with my choice. Plus, with the extra added bonus of Samsung's Mail-In-Rebate and Pricegrabbers Bonus Rebate the price was well within my range at under $400.00. I've included a photo, but unfortunately my camera doesn't do it justice. I included the sunglasses to give everyone a general idea how big this monster is.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: aschiou_1171899911

Updated:09-20-07

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Strengths: Decent image performance and ergonomics

Weaknesses: The unit external appearance is not as sexy as Dell 2407WFP

Overall Evaluation: Haven't seen that many professional reviews on this unit. But there was an excellent review Samsung 275T. Took the chance and bought the unit. I was pleasantly surprised how well the unit performed.Ergonomics:The unit tills front and back, raises up and down and swivels from side to side. It has both digital and analog input. Switching between the two is accomplished with a touch of a button. That makes migrating from the old pc to the new a snap.Images:Played video games (FPS type), watched DVD movies, live TV, at 1900x1200 resolution with 32bit color, the unit performed remarkably. I don't do any of the high end graphics editing, but the standard photo viewing and editing has excellent results using this monitor.Dislikes:The unit itself looks a little beefy. The panel itself is relatively thick. But your eyes are usually drawn to the image on the screen, not the external appearance.Conclusion:If you don't have a high end graphics need, this will be an excellent choice. It's $170 less that Dell 2407WFP. With 3 years of warranty, it can't go too wrong at this price.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: Api

Updated:08-25-07

Duration of ownership:30 Days

Strengths: A perfect design, beautiful colours, HD resolution and quick as a flash.

Weaknesses: I have not noticed any yet.

Overall Evaluation: This Samsung product is a product from a very high quality. The price quality ratio is also very good. I have not read any serious negative report about the Syncmaster and once again i would like to say: Buy one and you will love it.