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Samsung 245T

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Pros
Picture-in-picture
Plethora of inputs
Cons
No Display Port connection
No built-in speakers

$624.86 - $734.09
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Performance: Very Good: 80
Features: Superior: 95
Design: Very Good: 85

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Performance
Graphics Score	81.2
Interface Tested	Digital
Text Score	79.4

What You Should Know about the 245T

Widescreen Monitor Offers Extra Viewing Space for HD Video, Gaming, and Work Apps

Widescreen displays such as this one have become more popular as people discover the benefits of the extra horizontal space for application palettes, viewing documents side by side, and for a more cinematic experience when watching movies or playing video games. This is a 16:10 widescreen display capable of displaying high-definition video, but it is a bit taller than the 16:09 aspect ratio found on most HDTVs, so some letterboxing will be necessary to fill the space above and below the video window.

Reviewed by: kerbe

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Ease of use.Glorious image quality.HDMI connection.

Weaknesses: Doesn't seem to have a "sleep" mode.

Overall Evaluation: Sometimes I just sit and stare at this monitor -- the image quality is STUNNING! I can walk across the room from it and still clearly read 10pt fonts. Photographs and DVD movies are beautiful at the monitor's native HD resolution and I love being able to use an HDMI cable (rather than the heavier. less flexible DVI cable), especially when rotating the monitor from landscape to portrait mode. My computer is EnergyStar rated and shuts down various and sundry parts of itself to save power. When it kills the video card, the monitor runs a kind of "No Signal Found" screen saver -- I'd much rather it went into "sleep" mode but I've been unable to activate that option, if it exists. My concern, in moving from a 19" standard monitor to a 24" widescreen monitor was that it would overwhelm my desk. I'm happy to state that it does not. Although twice the physical size of my previous monitor this unit seems, somehow, unobtrusive. So the picture is overwhelmingly beautiful while the monitor, itself, is not overwhelming in the least!
Reviewed by: rommel160

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Sturdy screen stand -- pivots, tilts and height adjusts.MagicTune and pivot software make possible lots of color adjustments and pivot screen editing. Sturdy. Attractive

Weaknesses: Cannot display deep blacks and contrasting colors for movies. Manual is pdf downloadable-- no paper copy.

Overall Evaluation: The 245T model pivots and the matte finish has less glare than HP screens, and the MagicTune software has lots of adjustments but no paper manual. I chose to not print the PDF manual, but rather to play with the buttons on the screen The manual adjustments were somewhat more extensive than the software adjustments. However, the 245T with 1000:1 contrast ratio will not display really deep blacks and the colors are nothing to brag about for watching movies. The MPA adjustment for movie motion is sometimes good, sometimes bad. The Samsung 2493 has 10000:1 contrast ratio (deeper blacks?) and a larger color gamut and is $100 cheaper; but it does not pivot.