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• Samsung SyncMaster 205BW Black 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor

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  $169.00 - $240.45
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  3 Star Review

  Reviewed by: PrivateBenDover

  Updated:07-10-07

  Duration of ownership:6 Months

  Strengths: Great Images, Nice size, Great Price

  Weaknesses: Stand strength.

  Overall Evaluation: The monitor is a joy to play games on visually. My one GREAT BIG COMPLAINT......The monitor stand does not lean back, in fact over time it has slowly drooped forward due to the weight of the monitor itself. I now have to prop the front of the base up with a book just to get a straight on view. The monitor almost wants to face the floor. POOR POOR stand design...very weak.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: hosseinadib

  Updated:02-21-07

  Duration of ownership:30 Days

  Strengths: Great Qyality for Image Editing and movie very good choice to upgrade from 17" CRT . Highly recommended ...

  Weaknesses: Very Low Quality for Text if you enable Clear type effect in your windows display settings .

  Overall Evaluation: The Color Fidelity is perfect and response time is good enough but Text quality is very Low. I have ATI Radeon 7000 and Plug this LCD to DVI and I have 1680*1050 resolution but the text has some color shadow and is blure this will be worse when i'm using Analog input maybe this problem related to my graphic card but i don't think so...I replaced my VGA card with ATI Radeon 9250 and Geforce 5200 and 7300 128MB but my problem about text quality exist yet is there any solution or no ?!!!At last The Problem Solved ...Well ,the problem was not from VGA or Monitor but from windows i Canceled the Clear Type Effect from Display Settings and the more of problem became solved .

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: andyzhang

  Updated:01-16-07

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: * It's crisp and bright * Wide Screen Format is fantastic * Has both VGA and DVI inputs and is selectable from the front panel. * The monitor comes with DVI and VGA cables.

  Weaknesses: With Built in speaker would be better. Sometimes restard by itself. Maybe it is my NV6600's problem

  Overall Evaluation: I got this lovely toy on thanksgiving sale to replace my MAG 19" LCD LT976. Now got used to the widescreen. Highly recommended. unlike other monitors, it comes with both DVI and VGA cables. Save you another $20 to buy the DVI cable.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: jpelon

  Updated:01-16-07

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: Got it at a great price. Crisp, vivid, large!

  Weaknesses: Have to get used to the widescreen. . .

  Overall Evaluation: I got this monitor for my parents the day after Thanksgiving for $180 after rebates. They had an old 17" clunky Dell monitor. This hooked up no problem. Works great. The picture and color is amazing. All in all they love it!!! The monitor defaults to a "stretch to fit" screen which makes everything look a little wide. I'm guessing there are ways to alter it, but have been too lazy/busy to look play with it. I have friends who have Samsung tvs and the picture is amazing, so that's what convinced me to get this monitor when I saw the deal, and I have to say, I am NOT disappointed. With Samsung's great performance and customer service, who wouldn't want this monitor at the price it's available.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: achan12

  Updated:01-12-07

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  Strengths: Picture Quality. Height Adjustable. Space Saving. Swivel Stand. DVI or Analog capability. Brand Name. Stylish.

  Weaknesses: It is a little heavy but I suppose that is expected with monitor of this size. Make sure your current video card can support it's native resolution to ensure the best picture quality.

  Overall Evaluation: This is a great monitor. There is is not anything negative I can say about it. I don't think there is better monitor with as many features as this one for it's price. I got an excellent deal on it and I'm very happy with it.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: ssavov

  Updated:01-11-07

  Duration of ownership:3 Months

  Strengths: Has 1680x1050 resolution, which is higher than some similarly priced monitors. This device is compatible with both the Mac and PC platforms.

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall Evaluation: Relatively inexpensive, this monitor has great features for the money.Its wide viewing angle (160 degrees) is useful whenever the screen is being viewed by more than one person at the same time. Accepts DVI input. There is 6 ms response time of this screen and it makes it ideal for watching movies.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: hanlau

  Updated:12-24-06

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  Strengths: Good price, Clear crisp picture, bright, sharp & vibrant color, wide screen

  Weaknesses: None so far

  Overall Evaluation: This monitor is great for that price! I love it! It has great shape, wide screen, DVI. The image is clear and crisp, great vibrant color. No dead pixels. I love watching movies with this monitor!

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: Alive741

  Updated:12-04-06

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  Strengths: Adjustable height, beautiful cosmetics, looks clear

  Weaknesses: None yet..

  Overall Evaluation: This monitor is REALLY good for the money. It's blows my friends Dell out of the water. Resolution isn't as high as it could be, but I'm running it with a Monster DVI cable, and it looks FANTASTIC. I don't game on the PC, so this monitor is probably overkill for me. I'd buy it again though!

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  3 Star Review

  Reviewed by: ecechang

  Updated:11-26-06

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: Cheap, Clear Picture, Customer Service

  Weaknesses: Quality Control, no PIP

  Overall Evaluation: Need to RMA this unit twice just to get a good unit. The first one was DOA and made annoying high pitch noise when the brightness was less than 90%. I thought it would go away like my housemate's Dell 2407 however it didn't. I contacted Samsung, they replaced me with a brand new unit. The second one did not have the noise but with lots of dead pixels gathering at the same area so made it very obvious. Contacted Samsung and got another brand new replacement again. I'm very satisfied with the 3rd unit and the customer service I received from Samsung.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: -N/A-

  Updated:11-24-06

  Duration of ownership:2 Days

  Strengths: Fantastic Monitor - Easy to setup and no issues.. No dead pixels..Just love it

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall Evaluation: I had read about folks having to do a lot of settings when using this monitor. Frankly it was easy for me and did not involve much settings.No dead pixels also hence making this a great buy for a great price.The brigtness and colors are great. I am not an avid gamer and use this for surfing, wactching movies and some games. No problems for any of these activities. Would recommend this monitor.

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Samsung SyncMaster 205BW Black 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor

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