Samsung 932BW SyncMaster 19" LCD Monitor - Black

Hi. I added the following as comments to two Samsung 932BW owners that had power supply issues.
Do it yourself repair. Sorry if I am clogging this monitor's review page with my text.

Hi. I just repaired a Samsung 932BW this Saturday. There are more than a few links on the internet about the power supply in this unit. I only needed the links to feel better about prying apart the smooth, shiny, screwless casing. The failure is nothing. Two capacitors (C109, C110) on the same rail fail at the same time because the manufacturer was too cheap to spend the extra 10-cents (Yes. $0.10 I am serious.) for a higher voltage capacitor with a lower ESR so that the massive ripple does not HEAT UP and kill the aluminum electrolytic capacitors.
Heat and ripple always kills capacitors, along with inverted polarity and too much voltage. The metal tops of the failed capacitors will be round or domed in shape from overheating. The cheap, failed Samsung capacitors are made...Read more

It's hard to rate a monitor (such as this) that works well, but then quits on you after a while. Speaking from experience, I've used this monitor for a about 2 and a half years and have really liked it overall (before it stopped working). I know I haven't explored all the little details and fine-tunings that are probably there to discover, but being someone who knows a bit about TVs/monitors (especially HD ones) I would say that, above all, the picture and performance of this monitor is very satisfactory - haven't seen much that I didn't like.
Perhaps, the fact that I haven't had to fool with much is something that goes in favor of this somewhat basic 19" monitor - again, the picture seems to me quite good and crisp.
Now, getting to the bad. As I stated in the beginning, I don't really have ANY complaints about the monitor, except for the fact that a few days ago, it went on the blink. As I write this review (interesting time to write it, I suppose) I am using another...Read more

Basically, the monitor powers on, but there is no video connection because the backlight has failed. This has been documented online. I have emailed Samsung for support on this, but they haven't responded. I would not recommend this product, or Samsung.