Samsung SynchMaster 204B 20.1 Analog/Digital LCD Monitor-Black

Samsung SynchMaster 204B 20.1 Analog/Digital LCD Monitor-Black
Manufacturer: Samsung
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Why squint at your computer monitor when you can enjoy viewing this 20" 204B SyncMaster Flat-panel LCD screen from Samsung. The 800:1 contrast ratio of the 204B monitor makes text and internet viewing crisp and sharp. The MagicSpeed 5 ms response time makes gaming and DVD simply amazing. Exclusive MagicTune, MagicColor and MagicBright technologies make pictures even more realistic with rich, natural colors, all easily adjustable. Native Resolution - 1600 x 1200 Aspect Ratio - 4 - 3 Maximum Color - 16.7M Interface - Analog/Digital Input Video Signal - Analog RGB, DVI Digital Link Sync Type - Separate H/V, Composite H/V, SOG Input Connectors - 15-pin D-sub, DVI-D Power Consumption - 36 watts (max.), <2 watts (DPMS mode) VESA Wall Mount - 100 mm Cabinet Color - Black Magic Technologies - MagicTune with asset managment, MagicColor, MagicBright, MagicSpeed Ergonomic adjustable four-way stand - Height (3.1 inch), pivot, tilt and swivel Other Features Narrow bezel, rear main power switch Dimensions - Width 17.5 x Height 16.8 x Depth 7.9 inches with stand Weight - 16.9 pounds

Average customer rating:

Save your money, buy something else
Zero problems so far
Nice monitor from Samsung - as always.
Very nice monitor
Broken after 7 months

Samsung SynchMaster 204B 20.1 Analog/Digital LCD Monitor-Black

Manufacturer: Samsung
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

800:1 contrast ratio, 0.255mm pixel pitch, 1600 x 1200 maximum resolution
Ergonomic four-way adjustable stand: height, pivot, tilt and swivel
MagicTune, MagicBright and MagicColor technologies make tuning the monitor easy
Horizontal/vertical viewing angle of 160°/160°
20.1-inch TFT-LCD monitor with 5 ms response time for enhanced gaming and DVD viewing

ASIN: B000E1CB1Q

Product Description

Why squint at your computer monitor when you can enjoy viewing this 20" 204B SyncMaster Flat-panel LCD screen from Samsung. The 800:1 contrast ratio of the 204B monitor makes text and internet viewing crisp and sharp. The MagicSpeed 5 ms response time makes gaming and DVD simply amazing. Exclusive MagicTune, MagicColor and MagicBright technologies make pictures even more realistic with rich, natural colors, all easily adjustable. Native Resolution - 1600 x 1200 Aspect Ratio - 4 - 3 Maximum Color - 16.7M Interface - Analog/Digital Input Video Signal - Analog RGB, DVI Digital Link Sync Type - Separate H/V, Composite H/V, SOG Input Connectors - 15-pin D-sub, DVI-D Power Consumption - 36 watts (max.), <2 watts (DPMS mode) VESA Wall Mount - 100 mm Cabinet Color - Black Magic Technologies - MagicTune with asset managment, MagicColor, MagicBright, MagicSpeed Ergonomic adjustable four-way stand - Height (3.1 inch), pivot, tilt and swivel Other Features Narrow bezel, rear main power switch Dimensions - Width 17.5 x Height 16.8 x Depth 7.9 inches with stand Weight - 16.9 pounds

Customer Reviews:

Save your money, buy something else.......2007-06-28

Like many other reviewers here, I too experienced problems when using this monitor in DVI mode. With VGA it was fine. I tried different computers, cables, monitors etc in a string of irritating troubleshooting scenarios.
The problem is definitely this monitor. Screen craps out and goes to black, flickers, comes back, etc...until it finally will not work at all until you go back to VGA mode. It was definitely NOT the cable. Other monitors worked fine with my system and video card.

If you have a MacBook Pro there are some definite compatibilty issues in DVI mode with this monitor. Get something else and save yourself the headache. Read the other reviews, this thing is a dud.

Zero problems so far.......2007-05-27

I first got the 22' widescreen.. HATED IT! It stretched windows and it didnt matter what resolution I used. This one, is just perfect. It is a big difference over a 19' Samsung LCD that I had (never a problem with it for years and still works great) as in size even though its a 20.1. This one has ZERO dead pixels. Colors are amazing. Brighness needs to be turned down so plenty of that. Theres a little bit of blacklight bleed on a black background when your watching movies but not enough to bother you. It's not a widescreen, but it kinda is shaped like one cause of its size. But yet you dont have to put up with the stretched picture look. Trust me I read reviews for weeks on others and I picked this one out of the rest.. BUY IT!

Nice monitor from Samsung - as always........2007-05-07

Own it for about two months - very nice monitor.
I had an old 15" from Samsung - and the new monitor is way much better - nice colors, better picture, very sharp.

Very nice monitor.......2007-03-19

The first monitor I got I had to send back because it was defective. It was manufactured Jan 2007 and it would shut down to a black screen or the screen would blink and would not come out of it. I read reviews of others having the same problem but they were manufactured during the middle of 2006. Any way the only problem was the shutting down NO dead pixels.

I was going to get a different monitor after returning this one, but AMAZON had already sent out a replacement before I could request a refund. I decided to take a chance on the replacement and so far so good. It been almost a month and no problems. The replacement does have one stuck/dead pixel but it is ro see. You have to be looking for it to see it.

So far I'm pleased with the monitor.

Broken after 7 months.......2007-03-17

I've had this monitor for 7 months, and until now, had very few problems. I've seen the same problems other reviewers had with their DVI -- the screen would flicker to black periodically. I thought it was that my video card couldn't handle the output, so I switched to analog mode, and all was good.

Until recently. The bottom two-thirds of the screen inexplicably decided to change its refresh rate from the normal 5ms to something really slow (more like 5 seconds). The top third of the screen is still OK.

I say it's a slow refresh rate because if you leave a static image (like this page) alone for a few seconds, you can actually read the page. It's still like you're looking through a white filter because the colors aren't as crisp as the top third of the screen, but you can still see colors. If you then decide to scroll the page, the screen will "smear" the text and images, until you stop scrolling. After a few seconds, the screen will become legible again (but only because nothing on the screen is changing).

If you think it's something wrong with my PC, know that even without connecting the monitor to anything else, when you turn it on, the backlight turns on and the bottom 2/3 of the screen is an ugly gray for about 0.5 seconds. It then melts to an almost-black (as the LCD pixels turn on to block the backlight) but never gets to the pure black to match the top third of the screen. When the on-screen notice comes on to tell me that I didn't connect a video cable, it's very blurry (due to the slow refresh) until it moves to the upper third of the screen.

The weird thing is that the monitor died so abruptly. It was working just fine, then all of a sudden, while it was on, the bottom two-thirds decided to go on a break. Another weird thing is that it's not a gradual change from the "good" area of the screen to the "bad" area. If you've ever seen those Sony Trinitron monitors with the two thin cables running horizontally, it's as if everything above that top cable is fine, but everything below it has that slow refresh rate.

Like the rest of the folks, I need to place a $1000 hold on my credit card if I want a refurbished replacement. I hope that replacement doesn't also die on me.

One comforting fact is that the refurbished replacement monitor will inherit the rest of my 3-year warranty. But if the other reviewers experiences are any indication, the replacement will suffer similar problems.

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