Monday, 11 August 2008

Samsung SyncMaster 943NWX personal review


I bought a Samsung 19" widescreen LCD monitor last week from the PC fair... At first i saw it costing 605MYR and i was so pleased with it, and so i targeted that model... So i was waiting for the last day of the PC fair as most of the things there will be a lot cheaper than usual... But who knows, it seems to be more expensive than i thought... The moniitor i wanted cost 625MYR instead... So i was asking for 605 but the lowest i manage to get is only 620!!!! WTF!!!
Oh well, the product, i'm very pleased with it as it's picture quality is superb in both gaming and casual use, and watching movies of course... I always thought LCDs will look awful under it's native resolution, but who knows? The SyncMaster 943NWX performs well in low resolutions as well, but i haven't tried resolution lower than 800x600.... It's highest resolution is 1440x900, and it looks best in that resolution as well...
I'm very pleased with the features as well, i like the feather touch controls and the shiny frame. BUt one thing i don't really like about the feather touch controls is that it's kinda hard to use at night as the labelling is kinda dark painted, so it's hard for you to see what are you pressing... But overall it's ok... And for a monitor like this, people usually expect to see it with DVI-D feature instead of just VGA option.. I was kinda disappointed to see it with just VGA option...
And I'm very pleased with the image quality as the contrast ratio is 8000:1 and brightness is 300cd/m² and respond time is 5ms, viewing angle 170˚/160˚ (CR>10) (horizontal and vertical) and 16.7 mil colours supported.. You can tell the difference when u compare this monitor with other brands such as LG or BenQ and so on, you can see the samsung's clarity and so on is so much better than the other products...