Samsung SyncMaster 245T 24" LCD Monitor Review

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(More customer reviews)Crisp, clean, bright picture. Brilliant colors. Much better viewing area than the cheaper competition. Hands down the best monitor I tried. I have tried:
Gateway FHD2400 24" widescreen
Samsung 2496HM 24" widescreen
Samsung 245BW 24" widescreen
and this one.
The 245T has a pixel viewing angle of 178 degrees compared to the others which are 160 degrees. That means that I can see all the screen including the edges of the screen clearly. 24 inches is big. With a lesser viewing angle, the only clear viewability is directly forward at eye level. With 160 degrees, I look to the lower left edge of the screen and images are blurry and less color. 178 degrees allows it to be as clear and crisp no matter where my eye/head position is. With the 160 degrees, when I walked over to the monitor (standing) I could not see the elements of the taskbar (e.g. look for a "new mail" icon). I had to bend down and look at eye level to make out what was on the screen. With 178 degrees, I can see it while standing up. Huge difference.
The colors on this are the best too. The picture is clean, whiter, hotter, more adjustable. All the others had overly-red saturation no matter what settings I tried.
The 245T has actual buttons rather than the dumbly-designed touch/heat sensitive panel on some others.
I ordered this on Amazon, and it arrived next day and works beautifully.
It's more expensive than the other monitors, but I use a monitor all day. Chintzing on a monitor would be a bad idea, like trying to save money by buying a cheaper mattress, or a cheap desk chair. Not a good idea to buy bad quality for something that is an integral part of my life.
If my needs were less vigorous, like paying bills online or other tasks that only involved brief episodes with a computer, I might be satisfied with one of the other cheap models. But in my opinion, there is absolutely no comparison between the 245T and anything else I saw in my extensive searching for a 24" widescreen monitor. The 245T is worth it.


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SyncMaster 245T with Black bezel Contrast Ratio 1500:1 (1000:1 DC), Video input (CVBS, S-video, Component) HDMI, full HD Supported (1080P) MagicBright3, MagicTune MagicRotation (Auto Pivot), PIP/PBP, DVI (HDCP), 6 color control, MPA HAS (100mm), Pivot, Swivel, Tilt, USB 2.0 ( 1up, 4down ), 97% CCFL

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NEC Display Solutions P221W-BK 22-Inch 8ms(GTG) 300 cd/m2 1000:1 Widescreen LCD Monitor (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)I spent many hours and days researching monitors prior to purchasing 2 of these and am certainly glad I chose them.
I was tired of the uninspiring image quality produced by TN panel monitors. While not too horrible, cheaper TN panels never gave me what I hoped for when editing images and videos. Even with good color calibration software, I could never get consistent results especially in a dual monitor setup. The limited viewing angle of TN panels also became a real issue as I began to move up in size. The larger the TN panel, the more color shift occurs at the edges.
While IPS monitors are currently regarded as being the top tier, they come at a hefty price and my budget/conscience just wouldn't allow me to invest so much money in a dual monitor setup. I have compared my two NEC S-PVA monitors with another manufacturer's IPS monitors and I will say that I see no difference and the NEC's have far more features.
After purchasing the SpectraView software from NEC to use with my x-Rite i1, the monitors are incredibly precise and match one another perfectly. This would have been possible to achieve even without the SpectraView software but it sure simplified the process. The software allows you to calibrate to several different targets and change many settings on the monitors without having to access the menus.
The build quality is typical of NEC - excellent. They are made to last and the bases/stands are rock solid. The matte finish on the LCD is a very nice feature that reduces eye strain significantly and eliminates glare that would otherwise interfere with the editing process.
Blacks are amazingly black and there is absolutely no backlight bleed on either of the two I received. Absolutely no dead or stuck pixels either.
While there are a couple of IPS monitors available now near this price point, they currently get very mixed reviews on reliability, consistency, and ease of use which was the final deciding factor.

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Meet the NEC MultiSync P221W, a widescreen LCD display ideal for graphics/photography applications. The P221W, which touts a wide color gamut and high brightness, offers users working in color-critical environments the opportunity to take advantage of professional-grade desktop display benefits without breaking their budgets. 96% coverage of AdobeRGB color space Superior screen performance (1000:1 contrast ratio, 1680 x 1050 native resolution, 300cd/m2 brightness) Supports internal programmable 10-bit lookup tables (LUTs) for calibration AmbiBrightTM ambient light sensor automatically adjusts the display\'s brightness based on lighting conditions XtraView+TM technology provides for the widest viewing angles available with minimal off-angle color shift Four-way ergonomic stand boasts pivot, swivel, tilt and height-adjust up to 150mm to maximize viewing comfort

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