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Samsung SyncMaster 243T
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Green
| Energy and Ergonomic Standards Met |
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| Maximum Power Consumption | 90 |
| Standby/Sleep Power Consumption | 2 |
Interface Connection
| Audio Digital Optical | 0 |
| Component | 0 |
| Composite | 0 |
| Downstream USB ports | 0 |
| DVI | 1 |
| DVI-D | 0 |
| DVI-I | 0 |
| HDMI | 0 |
| Headphone Jack | 0 |
| S-Video | 0 |
| Upstream USB ports | 0 |
| USB | 0 |
| VGA | 1 |
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Pros
Full range of physical adjustments
Cons
Slow 25ms pixel response time
Bottom Line
This wide-screen 24-incher remains a champ of still-image quality, but it shows motion artifacts in games and DVD movies.
Samsung SyncMaster 243T
SyncMaster 243T Review, by Laura Blackwell September 29, 2004
Samsung's 24-inch SyncMaster 243t has no desire to be a TV; it just wants to be a great monitor. It's one of the few wide screens we've tested that offers no component, composite, or S-Video inputs. When we initially tested the 243t (for our November 2004 issue), it earned an Editor's Pick for its superb image quality. When we retested the now-$1699 monitor under our revised protocols, our jury judged its text display and graphics the best of any of the 23-inch-and-up models tested. (We put the 243T up against 23-inch LCDs at the same 1920-by-1200-pixel native resolution; most testers did not notice the size difference.) The 243T made an especially strong showing on our test screens of a color scale and of fonts in different sizes.
Unlike most other wide screens, the 243T supports a full range of adjustments--including pivot-- enhancing its bona fides as an excellent business display. Its height adjustment feature is an awkward affair that requires you to push a button in the back of the base, but its tilt, swivel, and pivot adjustments are smooth.
A slow, 25-millisecond response time makes the 243t ill-suited for video playback. When we watched a scene from our test movie on the display, we saw distracting motion artifacts. In what may be a bid to leave those artifacts behind, Samsung now offers the $1879 SyncMaster 242mp, a 24-inch model with a rated 16ms response time and with composite, S-Video, and component inputs; we haven't yet tested the 242mp, however.
Upshot: Outstanding image quality and full adjustability options make the Samsung SyncMaster 243t an excellent pick for business applications.
Laura Blackwell
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PCWorld Lab Results
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Performance Comparison with Similar Monitors
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Performance
| DisplayMate Motion Test Result | Average |
| DVD Motion Test Result | Average |
| Gaming Motion Test Result | Average |
| Graphics Score | 80.9 |
| Horizontal Viewing Angle Test Result | 119.8 |
| Interface Tested | Digital |
| Refresh Rate Tested | 60 |
| Text Score | 77.6 |
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Reviewed by: jmr2112
Strengths: gets a lot of frequent flyer miles traveling back and forth for repair
Weaknesses: simply a poorly made piece of junk
Overall: I am greatly sorry I ever purchased this monitor. At 11 months it simply died. A call to customer service was an exercise in patience and tolerance of plain stupidity. The only thing the "tech" kept saying was ' I don't know sir , I don't know sir, I don't know sir , which was bad enough but worse he expected me to take this as an answer. I opted to switch mine for a refurbished 243. What I was given was a 240 with a 243 sticker on it. They really ought to know to change the bios chip inside. I had this refurbished 240 for 7 weeks and now its completely dead too. Is It me . I think not. I ve never had a monitor go bad before at all much less 2 in 2 months. CAVEATE EMPTOR. This monitor is junk.
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