monitor advice

[Robin Paulson]

i'm indulging in some post-christmas retail therapy, and buying myself
a new monitor to go with the new system i'm putting together. i'd like
some advice before i buy though - does anyone have experience with one
of these:

http://pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=MONSSM2446&name=Samsung-24-Wide-2443BW+-5ms-DVI-LCD-Black-50000:1-

it's a Samsung 2443BW+

cheers

[Neil Harsant]

Post by Robin Paulson
i'm indulging in some post-christmas retail therapy, and buying myself
a new monitor to go with the new system i'm putting together. i'd like
some advice before i buy though - does anyone have experience with one
http://pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=MONSSM2446&name=Samsung-24-Wide-2443BW+
-5ms-DVI-LCD-Black-50000:1-
it's a Samsung 2443BW+
cheers

Added one to my Dualboot SuSE11.3/Win7 system from PB Tech in November.
So far it's worked very well apart for occasional Windows hiccups during
World Of Warcraft which get fixed by entering task manager then immediately
exiting (probably is MS Video driver &/or WoW bug) . Otherwise is Great for
gaming and (so far) 100% problem free with SuSE Linux. The Nvidia Linux
graphic management and driver software works well and makes setup
straight forward (at least in my KDE world).
Cheers,
Neil

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[Volker Kuhlmann]

Post by Robin Paulson
a new monitor to go with the new system i'm putting together. i'd like
some advice before i buy though - does anyone have experience with one
http://pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=MONSSM2446&name=Samsung-24-Wide-2443BW+-5ms-DVI-LCD-Black-50000:1-
it's a Samsung 2443BW+

What aspects of a monitor do you particularly care about? If you only
care about the basics, i.e. what's written in the monitor manual, they
all work and no need to ask here.

In my experience, these are aspects that the manufacturers don't tell
you and that the vendors don't have much if any clue about either:

* How well the things keeps its settings when driven with different
signals. Do you have to hit "auto-adjust" each time you switch between
graphics and console? When the box boots and the BIOS and kernel output
zooms past? When using a KVM?

Plenty of Viewsonics can't get this straight, even when they come from
one of their supposedly profesionals series.

* If it's a widescreen, how well it can cope when driven with
non-widescreen signals and what your options here are.

* Colour display. Different monitors of the same model aren't showing
the same results. Some may give you everything looking like a deathly
blue, or similar variants, which you cn't really adjust away either with
the colour controls. I've had that more than once, and I just say I
don't wnat that s*ite next one please, which is then much better.

* Viewing angle. According to the sellers, they are always excellent.
Cutting the bull, TN panels are always shocking, but they're both fast
and cheap. You get what you pay for here. Unfortunately makers don't say
what they use, and frequently substitute good ones with lousy ones in
later models, so be very alert when the exact model number changes in
the last digit. And don't waste your time with mentioing "monitor panel"
in a shop, I have yet to meet one person who knew what that meant.

Have fun,

Volker

[Robin Paulson]

Post by Volker Kuhlmann
What aspects of a monitor do you particularly care about? If you only
care about the basics, i.e. what's written in the monitor manual, they
all work and no need to ask here.

apart from the spec, i.e. resolution, size, inputs, one thing:

no fuzziness. i've used fuzzy screens and they're terrible, headaches
and swimming eyes. i won't be using it for graphics so brilliant
colour reproduction is not essential.

which is difficult to measure of course.

[Nevyn]

Post by Robin Paulson
i'm indulging in some post-christmas retail therapy, and buying myself
a new monitor to go with the new system i'm putting together. i'd like
some advice before i buy though - does anyone have experience with one
http://pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=MONSSM2446&name=Samsung-24-Wide-2443BW+-5ms-DVI-LCD-Black-50000:1-
it's a Samsung 2443BW+
cheers
--
robin

I'm not sure about the particular model but the Dell's are just
re-branded Samsungs in which case my Dell monitor (24", 1920x1200)
works great. Seems to work well when switching between terminal and
desktop. A little annoying that it doesn't save some of the PIP
settings i.e. defaults to progressive when I was only using an RCA
input. Very little complaint though.

Regards,
Nevyn
http://nevsramblings.blogspot.com/

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[Craig Box]

Post by Robin Paulson
i'm indulging in some post-christmas retail therapy, and buying myself
a new monitor to go with the new system i'm putting together. i'd like
some advice before i buy though - does anyone have experience with one
http://pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=MONSSM2446&name=Samsung-24-Wide-2443BW+-5ms-DVI-LCD-Black-50000:1-
it's a Samsung 2443BW+

I write on a Samsung 2343BW. I love it.

One thing to consider is many newer monitors have HDMI input - this one
seems not to. You may or may not care, or ever think you might need it.

C
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