Samsung SyncMaster 225BW 22-Inch LCD Monitor

List Price: $359.99 Discount Price: $362.08

Features:

• Viewable area - 22" wide
• Approximate 16 - 9 perspective
• Pixel Pitch - 0.282 mm
• Brightness (Typical) - 280 cd/m2
• Response Time (Typical) - 5ms (GTG)

Customer Reviews:

Very good, for the price: VERY VERY good [Posted on 2007-12-26]
I replaced a 19 inch non-wide screen flat panel with this monitor. I am not going to write a bunch of technical stuff here, one: I don't understand that stuff and 2: I suspect most people reading this don't either.

I will say that set up was very good, though I suspect there are some issues with some of the software and Vista compatibility. It was not hard to figure it out.

The picture is very good, no dead pixels that I can see and the colors are very good. Text us clear and images are sharp.

All in all, a very good monitor and a good price for a monitor of this size.

Best Bang For Your Buck on a 22" LCD Monitor [Posted on 2008-02-05]
I have recently purchased 6 of these from Amazon to replace 4 Samsung 19" LCD 940b. I now have 8 total that I use for day trading and general business web/computer use (3 computers 2 driving 2 each and one driving 4).

This is an awesome monitor and I have been very happy with the quality for the price. Samsung's newer 22" are nice, but I chose to go with this older model since it has a simple black bezel and works well using Ergotron monitor stands (2 each on 2 vertical stands and 4 (YES 4 22"s) on one 4 monitor Ergotron stand. I've been VERY happy with quality, no noticible bleedthru from the back light, good color 16.7 million, and plenty of headroom on brightness and contrast adjustments.

These work well with 1280x1024 19" screens since the vertical size is almost identical (1600x1050). One note of caution, you will need to have a graphics card capable of driving at 1600x1050 resolution. I'm using Nvidia Quatro NVS 285 pci-e cards in one machine (64 and 128 mb cards) driving DVI output and in another machine a 64mb NVS 280 PCI card driving VGA (this card will not drive DVI at the needed resolution) I have also used ATI cards PCI-E with 64mb, with similar success driving DVI at 1600x1050.

Awesome price and delivery time through Amazon.

Great Monitor for 6 months [Posted on 2008-03-19]
I've owned this monitor for 6 months and it's developed an entire line of dead pixels dead center of the display. At first the line was only occasionally visible, but now it appears within 5 minutes of turning on and doesn't go away.

It really is a shame because the monitor has be great in every other respect. Was the perfect gaming monitor with it's fast response time.

Extremely disappointed [Posted on 2008-04-27]
I am extremely disappointed with my new monitor. I recently bought the Samsung 22" wide screen monitor after my Princeton gave up. Although it is touted as excellent, this monitor is one I am sorry I bought. The screen brightness is uneven, with the top being dark, middle medium and bottom light. It's impossible to post-process my images in Photoshop and get consistent results.

very sharp [Posted on 2008-05-31]
Really amazed at this monitor... Went at Fry's & Best Buy, then check them all and it was the best. I have a set of test photos, and the sharpness of my kid little face was one or two steps up any other monitor I could try - even the most recent ones. 225UW is same. Contrast does not look exceptional on the paper, but honestly I could not see the difference with others of higher spec (using colorful flowers on a dark background)

only cons:
- yes, some backlight bleeding if you look movies at night; does not bother me, you need to look for it (I wonder if a sticking some paper band would work ??)
- not possible to rotate the screen vertically

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