Works great | Samsung SyncMaster 920NW 19-inch LCD Monitor

This Monitor Rocks! | Samsung SyncMaster 920NW 19-inch LCD Monitor

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	• Samsung SyncMaster 920NW 19-inch LCD Monitor Samsung Samsung average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good, but not great

I bought this monitor because I wanted a black 19 inch widescreen and this was one of only two I could find anywhere that didn't have one of those tacky glossy black bezels. I don't know what this trend is with making every single tech product as shiny as possible but to me the glossy black look is awful and I wish manufacturers would stop beating it to death and at least offer a normal matte black option for people who feel the same. That said, this monitor has a regular matte black bezel which looks great. Performance-wise it does the job very well. The picture is clear and looks sharp from a wide range of viewing angles. I only have two gripes with this monitor. One is just a matter of personal preference and the other is an unavoidable side-effect of using higher resolutions. First, the native resolution for this machine is 1440 x 900. This makes the image sharp, but on the tiny side. It's not so tiny that it's a huge issue, but it is smaller than I would prefer. None of the other resolutions are usable unfortunately, as they all result in image stretching or skewing. So while the 1440 x 900 res works fine, it will more or less be your only option and you will have to be comfortable with the smaller image and text size. What's interesting is that the instructions that come with it suggest setting the monitor to 1152 x 864, even though this is NOT the native resolution as advertised. While this resolution ALMOST works, it is not really a fit. You end up with larger, more appropriately-sized text and icons but the text appears slightly blocky and stretched, which I couldn't get used to. In the end I settled for the native res and dealt with things being slightly smaller. My other mini-gripe is that some lower quality images and videos that looked fine on my previous monitor now look pixelated and blocky. This is apparently because when lower resolution images are viewed on high resolution screens, it actually brings out the pixelation which may not have previously been visible. It's hard to hold this against the monitor though, since the same problem would have occured on any higher-res screen.

All in all, it is a very nice monitor with an excellent picture, but does have a few flaws/minor annoyances which prevent me from giving it a higher rating.

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Works great

I was alittle hesitant about buying this monitor because of some of the poor reviews I read about it on amazon, but it was the only monitor that said it was compatible with vista. I don't know if it actually needs to be compatable or not, but when I upgraded to vista my last monitor didn't do to well. It only lasted a total of about 16 months and that was with a repair done at around 10 months old. So, I thought I'd try this model. Its only been about a month so far, and all is well. There were many complaints about the picture, but I don't see a problem. It is very easy to adjust picture if needed, and it has a clear picture. My hope is that the monitor will hold up for at least two years.

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This Monitor Rocks!

I recently purchased my Samsung SyncMaster 920nw and as of yet I am very pleased with it. My reason for purchasing this brand was the price, and I purchased another product manufactured by Samsung years ago for my mom and it lasted for years! Then to top things off Amazon shipped it to me really fast without me paying shipping. Great monitor, great price and I absoluted love the free shipping.