Great Monitor | Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30-inch LCD Monitor

Excellent Monitor | Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30-inch LCD Monitor

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	• Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30-inch LCD Monitor Samsung Samsung average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The one to get! Outstanding!

I use a Dell 24 inch at work and thought of automatically just going for the 30 inch model. We have had no reliability problems with the Dell and they show fine. Actually, at first I was using a 2405FP and then a 2407FP. (That's the one with the 'High Color'.) When I switched to the 2407 the first thing I noticed was that the colors were over-saturated. Images on the screen had a cartoony look to them. (Like those modern, slick, glossy Comic books.) I was not impressed, and I realized that the monitor was moreso calibrated for the Games market in which the users will just say the colors are vibrant and jump out at you.

Anyway, after a visit to an Apple store and seeing their 30-inch model live (that was in October 2006) I reckoned that it didn't show as good as the Dell 2405 I was using at the time, and ruled it out... both for image quality and its higher price.

I did more research and considered the HP and the Samsung. The HP seemed to have the edge in multiple inputs/versatility but I seemed to find more evidence/testimonials/reviews that the Samsung had the better image quality. It cost more, but I spend a high percentage of my life in front of a computer screen and I don't wear glasses even after 20+ years in the business. (Sometimes people ask me how come I don't wear glasses... I tell them I pay particular attention to monitors/screens.)

Anyway I took the plunge. Easy unpacking and setup. I am using the monitor with a MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz, with 128MB Video Card. I connected everything and turned it on. Visited some websites. WOW! Everything looks so AUTHENTIC. The colours are way more accurate. Skin tones are natural. Hec, even better than many people's TVs.

It's just perfect: Accurate colours, you don't see any graininess, the brightness and colour are uniform throughout the screen. There are no dead pixels on mine. It's not made as a games monitor, but I have no trouble watching sports or action DVDs on this screen.

I've had it for 4 months now. The screen is still bright... maybe just lost a tad of brightness, white is still white (on some screens it becomes off-white or yellowish over time) There is no hum or buzzing.

I never needed to re-calibrate the monitor. The screen tilts up/down and can be swung left and right. It can also move vertically (though the range is not very high... it doesn't need to be given the sheer size of the monitor.)

All in all I am quite satisfied with my purchase.

Important Tip: Never clean an LCD screen with something like Windex or any alcohol or ammonia-based cleaner. It will make your screen go yellow. Use special LCD cleaning pads e.g. those by Fellowes. Or use paper towel and water only (use moist towel on screen... do not spray any liquid onto the screen.)

Finally, I am more productive on this screen rather than constantly having to hunt and peck for the correct minimized Window. Also, I don't waste a lot of time scrolling windows. I can re-size Windows to see as much as I need to see.

Other tip: I use EyeTV 250 to watch TV on this as well. Works great. (If you make the TV Window too large the display will not be sharp because of the magnification.)

So, having considered 4 models (Apple, Dell, HP, Samsung), for me the Samsung is the one to get. Absolutely no regrets.

** 2008-04-07 UPDATE **

One more thing: This monitor is important if you are trying to read documents on-screen or go near-paperless. The common issue is that when you have something to read on-screen, it is too small or cumbersome with all the scrolling to see the length of the page. When we are reading we like/prefer to see the entire page properly. So, people often print to read: manuals, e-books etc. But, with this monitor the key thing is the vertical resolution of 1600 which allows you to see the length of TWO pages side-by-side entirely. You CAN read on-screen with this screen.

Now, the next item for going paperless: Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M (for Mac) and dig this... it comes with Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional! Next, perhaps a Wacom Bamboo Tablet for marking up documents in a truly natural way. (I haven't gotten this yet, I'll make another update in the future.)

There are people who say they prefer TWO 19" screens. Note though that the VERTICAL RESOLUTION in that case is still at 1024 (or 1280 if you rotate). [1280Hx1024V] That is fine for some people, and pertains to the applications they use and their way/style of working. There is no right or wrong there... just a matter of personal preference.

Nonetheless, I just wanted to make this point about reading documents on-screen, and/or going paperless... a two-screen setup with 19" or 20" or 24" (1920x1200) monitors simply does NOT have the same effect.

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Great Monitor

My usage model may be a little different than most. I'm a professional programmer (not a gamer)and I was running out of screen real estate with my 19" LCD monitor, I looked at multiple monitors but the frames kept annoying me, I wanted one large screen monitor. I looked around and did a lot of comparisons and decided on the Samsung and I was not disappointed. I've got plenty of room 2560X1600 the colors are crisp and definitive. There were only two frustrating moments
#1 was finding an AGP card to drive it (I finally found the PNY GeForce 7600GS) Yea I know AGP is technically an old technology but in my environment I'm no where near taxing my CPU or cache.
#2 The manual for the monitor does not tell you there are two power buttons, there's the obvious on/off button on the front but there's also a master toggle switch on the bottom which is easily missed if your not paying attention.

All in all a great product and worth every penny..

After owning the monitor for about a month now I noticed a faint reddish halo on Bold san serif fonts (especially on tall thin characters packed closely together (ie. llll, llb, or ttin) at first I thought this was some chroma bleeding from the monitor that only showed up under certain conditions but it turns out to be something with Windows. If Display properties->Appearance->Effects->Smooth edge screen fonts is enabled & set to "Clear Type" it creates this reddish halo, setting it to "Standard" clears the problem up. Thought it was worth mentioning since it was extremely annoying... The monitor is still a great monitor I still have no regrets in my pricey purchase.

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Excellent Monitor

This is an excellent product, easy set-up, great color out of the box. I did buy a second unit of the same monitor and it did not operate correctly. However, the first unit that does work is great!

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Drool

One word.......AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Really don't need to say anything else but I will....
I've had this for about 6 months now....games look amazing!!!!Crisp, good response time, makes all the other pc users in the house drool on my shoulder as they watch me play FEAR,BF2, HL2 and all the high end games. Heck, even the old games look better on this! Wish I could get two more and hook em together! Muwahaha!

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Can't be better than this 305T monitor.

This monitor is superb! Excellent reproduction of pictures. Brilliant color rendition. Very sharp images. Honest aspect ratio. No dead pixel that I can notice. Perfect for VPN images. Multi-images on one monitor plane. No noise. One DVI-D connection is enough. (Why you need 3 DVI's?)

I recommend highly.

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