Samsung 205BW Wide Format Analog/Digital LCD Monitor

List Price: $372.00

Features:

• 20 a-si TFT/TN LCD monitor
• Pixel pitch -. 258 mm
• 300 cdm2 brightness
• 700 - 1 contrast ratio
• 6ms response time

Customer Reviews:

Great LCD [Posted on 2008-03-14]
There was a issue with the stand and Samsung sent a new one via UPS at n/c and it was simple to install. When I originally made the purchase I was a little skeptical due to it's lower price compared to others but it was well worth it. The only monitors with better or even equal resolution were much more money when comparing in the store. Now 1 1/2 years later it's still good but the newer LCD's have even better contrast but they will still cost more than I paid for the Samusung 205BW

Free stand replacement from samsung for this monitor! [Posted on 2008-04-18]
I bought this monitor from local store in my city about an year and a half back.

This is a very sharp and bright display with very good color rendition and I bought it primarily for photoshop work. So, all in all, a very competent display unit.

I had no complains until the monitor started to sag and tilt forward. the problem
seems to be defective monitor stand that couldn't take the weight of the display. I didn't save the purchase receipt and was thinking I would out of luck (The monitor had almost become unusable and I had to stack multiple books and keep the monitor on it just to see the screen!).

After checking around to see if I got a defective piece or if it is a generic issue with this monitor, I noticed multiple users have reported this same issue.

This monitor has 3 years warranty and the production of this monitor was in the last two year, so every unit out there is in warranty, so I went to the samsung USA website and filled in a service request monitor replacement.
I was quite surprised to get a call from local UPS store that samsung had sent a replacement monitor in 4 days!!. Now that is some service. Anyways, the point is, if you have this monitor and have the stand problem, you can get it replaced without any hassle.

4 star because the display is excellent but having to replace stand.

Excellent monitor, rubbish stand [Posted on 2008-05-12]
I have this monitor for a year and I have to support it with a piece of wood. The stand is worse that a plastic toy. Sometimes I wonder, do they care for their product or they just market it and if people buy it, good, if not they move to the next.
For this reason I will never buy another Samsung product.

Portrait mode usable with factory stand [Posted on 2008-06-05]
The factory stand does not rotate for portrait mode.

I needed to use this monitor in portrait mode so I modified the monitor. Remove the stand from the monitor. Notice the 2 square holes for the attachment tabs. Make 2 more holes, 90 degrees to the others, so the monitor stand can be rotated. There isn't anything behind that plastic, I used a slow drill to make the holes. Reattach stand and enjoy your new portrait monitor.

XP pro recognized portrait mode with out a monitor driver. Windows home Server (aka server 2k3) needed the monitor driver but functions well in portrait mode.

Overall a good monitor at a refurbished price for me.

Great Service, shipped quickly [Posted on 2008-06-12]
I recieved this item at a great price and in good time. I recommend this vendor to everyone!

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