Too Expensive For Its Lack Of Features By Gridolokator on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
I never quite grasped what Samsung had in mind when they released this monitor. I've bought this sort of blindly, without reading the specs. Used it for a few days, until I couldn't take it anymore and exchanged it for a real 19" monitor.
My points :
1 - Its screen size it's weird: 18.5" wide. Why make a 18.5" monitor, non-standard size, cut half an inch?! The worst part is that most retailers out there advertise this product as 19", which ain't true. It is so small vertically that I felt like weeping.
2 - Its maximum resolution sucks: 1360 x 768. Now, most 19" monitors out there have a max. resolution of 1440 x 900. Do half an inch really make so much difference, so they have to ship such unusable resolution? I don't believe so.
3 - The response time is big (5 ms) compared to other monitors with similar prices/specs. Usually they're 2ms. Same goes for contrast ratio, which is 15000:1 (the usual is 20000:1)
4 - It has no DVI cable, only Analog.
5 - It isn't cheap. I know it's common practice to sell "budget versions" of products, a very cheap model with less features and/or weird specs. This is not the case here: add 30 bucks and you get an infinitely better product like Samsung's T190. For 10 bucks more you get the 933BW, which seems to be a "patch" to 933SN, with proper resolution and screen size.
Well, it has all of those Samsung monitors features like MagicBright, MagicSomething, but this monitor is so frustrating that these "artificial" things won't help. Not worthy, at all.
The official product page can be found here: http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=computersperipherals&type=monitors&subtype=lcd&model_cd=LS19CMYKF/ZA
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Samsung 933SN Purchased at: Newegg Price: $150
Odd to see Samsung go this direction with a monitor. They have some nice monitors but some are questionable decision on sizing and screen resolution. Could try their 22"-24" line of monitors and look for something in the 16:10 ratio rather than 16:9 'widescreen' ratio.
Its shame.Samsung has been a nice brand in all other electronics. I was woundring to buy its laptop. I will do full investigation now before making any decision about its laptop range.thanx
This review is perfect. I thought it was just old-fashioned me having a hard time getting used to this newfangled screen appearance. Now I'm on my way to Staples to return this POS. Thanks for helping me with this decision!
I have a 18.5" wide Dell monitor.. it is kinda weird to get used to.