Samsung 933SN 18.5-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor with Rich Piano Black Finish

After reading dozens of reviews on this site and others, as well as viewing the monitor in person in 3 different stores, I purchased this monitor this afternoon. First off, the Dynamic Contrast spec has been bumped up from 15K:1 to 50K:1, and it shows. Really great punch, yet very natural looking colors, text really pops off the screen. And no dead pixels (yay!).

Also, the monitor base now comes partially pre-assembled. The "egg-shaped" part and the stem or post is already attached - now all that's needed is to screw the actual base onto the stem/post, with an attached folding-key type thumbscrew - all done in less than 30 seconds. Not exactly the widest range of tilt is available, but sufficient.

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I have purchased 2 of these refurbished Samsung monitors and they both are top notch!!! I liked the first one so much I bought another one for my home office also.

I've always been a fan of Samsung products. All I needed the monitor for was as a secondary monitor for my recording projects. Nothing fancy. The color and picture is very clear. The auto-adjust is kind of weird that it gives you almost waves of sharpness and smoothness. I don't know, maybe I'm overlooking something. But overall, it gets the job done. I would recommend it to anyone, although one should consider going larger if they can, luckily 18.5" was all I was looking for, due to lack of available space for anything larger.