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(19 customer reviews) 44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Great monitor for the price,
June 17, 2008 Daniel Henry - See all my reviews
This review is from: Samsung SyncMaster 2253LW 21.6-inch LCD Monitor (Electronics)
If you are looking for a widescreen monitor at a reasonable price, this may be the one.
The Pros:
Appearance: The actual appearance of the monitor is very nice. It features a glossy piano finish that really stands out and makes it appear very high-end.
Contrast Ratio: Featuring a 8000:1 contrast ratio, the image is crisp, colorful and can be adjusted to blindingly bright levels. 8000:1 is tough to find at this price range and monitor size so it's a good selling point.
Refresh Rate: The monitor features a overdrive option which will enable it to reach 2ms instead of 5ms response time. At 2ms I have not seen any ghosting or artifacts.
Widescreen: Widescreen feels like a whole new experience when surfing and playing games. You'll wonder how you ever lived without it.
The Cons:
Stand: The stand itself feels a little cheap and does wobble a bit but not nearly as bad as other LCDs on the market. The stand inserts...Read more
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Very Nice Monitor,
June 25, 2008 Navotny (Saint Louis) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Samsung SyncMaster 2253LW 21.6-inch LCD Monitor (Electronics)
This is a really nice monitor for the cash you spend.
The stand DOES NOT wobble, it is very sturdy.
The picture is outstanding with NO bleed...and NO ghosting.
The buttons are kind of hard to reach and its a bit of a pain to use them.
The monitor weighs in at 11.5 lbs.
The documentation is scarce at best.
I use a Macbook Pro. This monitor plugs in and works with NO set up.
I also tried it on my PeeCee...it works plug n play.
I have not installed any drivers that came with the monitor however.
It looks nice and the picture is outstanding.
17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Rockin' Monitor for MacBook,
April 23, 2008 E. Parker "Just the facts" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Samsung SyncMaster 2253LW 21.6-inch LCD Monitor (Electronics)
While I purchased this monitor from another site, I thought my review would be good for people looking for an external laptop monitor for their MacBook.
Pros: Hard to beat for the money, as I paid $249. Very nice monitor with great crispness and clarity. I am not using it for any color sensitive work, so I can't comment on the accuracy. But to the naked eye, it looks great. It is definitely brighter than the MacBook's display.
Cons: Mac setup took just a bit to figure out since there is no documentation for the Mac specifically.
Other Thoughts: OK Mac fans. I am using this with a 2.2 Ghz MacBook and the monitor looks great. The setup was a bit tricky. I wanted to use this monitor so that my MacBook could behave as a desktop for me while at home, so I started with the mirror displays option. Not a good choice as it distorted this monitor and the text was not crisp. The cause was that in mirror mode, it was actually using the 1280x800 settings for the...Read more
