Samsung 2443BWT-1 24-Inch LCD Monitor (Black)

Comment: I own two other SAMSUNG monitors which I am happy with (except that they run hot)
so I had high expectations for this one, which runs a lot cooler.
Unfortunately, I either got a lemon or this is a really bad monitor.
The viewing angle is so bad that I cannot sit at the monitor and look
at a constant color top-to-bottom xterm window without it very noticeably
going from a fairly rich color at the top and a very washed out (same) color
at the bottom. Also, I fiddled with it for hours and could not get it
to render type without blurring it. And then to add insult to injury,
it developed two lines of pixels always on from top to bottom.
I'm getting rid of it.

Comment: I set this monitor up in portrait mode. When viewed from an angle of about 45 degrees the color distortion and glare became too great. I have owned many monitors over the years (including several Samsung LCDs) and have never seen a monitor with such poor viewing angles as this one. How does Samsung measure the viewing angles? The published 160 degrees is misleading.

Overall the colors, sharpness and quality are very good. The monitor runs cool and consumes less power than most brands of this size. The stand is flimsy and seems very cheap. Consider an after market wall/desk mount if you buy this monitor.

If you use a multiple monitor set up it may not work since you really need to be facing the monitor for the images to look good.

Comment: This monitor is one of the best Twisted Nematic displays I have ever owned. Super fast refresh rates, and I really like that it is 16:10 instead of the more common 16:9 as I prefer the large vertical for games like Eve-Online.


Side by side to my Dell 2004 FPW this thing has noticeably better color depth, much sharper contrast for blacks and whites, and the brightness actually needed to be turned down to 75% and it's still much brighter than my dell on max.

I am very pleased with this monitor but as it is a TN display if you are looking more for a media monitor you may want to consider a non-TN display as the colors do dull if not viewing directly into the screen. All in all great buy for the size, and no dead pixels after 3 months of use.

Comment: The monitor is OK, nothing special. Stand rotates 90-270 degrees but the short power cord included comes loose and cannot be locked in. The software for viewing rotated display may be dangerous to your PC health. Thus, the rotation feature becomes unusable.

BEWARE! The software that comes with it has not been thoroughly tested. It caused my Windows XP system to reboot and reboot and reboot. Windows would open and it would display Samsung Magic Rotation logo and then reboot. Customer "service" has NO software support. Everyone would I spoke with was technically clueless. It's a good thing that I'm trained in these matters or I'd be stuck with a PC repair bill.

Comment: If you need a LOT of screen space this is an excellent monitor. It is bright, crisp and with a good viewable angle but most of all it runs at 1920x1200 pixels in native mode. If you are doing programming and need a lot of room to show code and other windows this is an excellent buy.