SAMSUNG 2494SW Glossy Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 50000:1 (1000:1) - Retail

excellent monitor

Reviewed By: on 12/21/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: beautiful picture, easy setup & assembly, no dead pixels. from opening the box & assembling mount to having a picture on the monitor took less than 15 minutes. i bought the monitor on black friday for a fantastic price, about $170 & i got it about a week later.

Cons: only a dvi connection

Other Thoughts: I only use this monitor on my desktop computer primarily for gaming and the picture is amazing. I play a lot of world of warcraft & left 4 dead 2 & even though the response time is 5ms I've never had a problem with artifacting or picture quality. I have the monitor on my desk & sit about 2-3 feet away from it so the viewing angle is never an issue for me, but when standing above or to the side the viewing angle limitation kicks in and the colors get washed out. Although the monitor can be moved/rotated in its mount, because of the viewing angle I think it's best to place it in a spot to stay stationary.

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Color Goodness

Reviewed By: wbbh on 12/21/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Great resolution, good color saturation, touch controls, no dead pixels, it's very responsive too.

Works great on my PC and my hack-n-apple.

Cons: No HDMI port, not a big deal.

Other Thoughts: 1080P

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Reviewed By: on 12/20/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Other Samsung works fine. But it's not the one I've ordered.

Cons: I'm giving this monitor only one star because it's not the one I've ordered. Apparently newegg employees from shipping department can't read. I've ordered GLOSSY monitor. I've received non-glossy. I know how it should look like, I just saw it at best buy. I KNOW the difference.
Because of bad experiences with newegg RMA system, I'm not going to return it. I'd probably pay a fortune for shipping it and would be charged extra by newegg for something like "RMA:Sepcial-DISCOUNT FOR PROMOTION". I had to pay that fee when I returned not-working western digital HD.
BTW, I've ordered this monitor from newegg only because the price with shipping less mail-in rebates was cheaper than in best buy. I wasn't aware about the disappearing mail-in rebates on newegg. Before you buy anything from newegg, please remember to save that pdf file with rebate form BEFORE you order anything.

Other Thoughts: In summary, out of 8 items I've ordered in the last month from newegg: 1 was incorrect item, 1 broken, 2 faulty. Besides newegg cancelled one of my orders for no reason. I tried to call them (1 hour waiting on my prepaid phone), I tried to reach their online chat (about 1 hour later I gave up). I sent them an e-mail (that was 3 weeks ago and I'm still waiting for an answer).
So, if I had problems with 4 out of 8 items bought in separate orders, then what chances do you have to buy anything from newegg with no problems?
I recommend you go to best buy instead, they have that nice return policy, you'll get EXACTLY what you want, you won't have to wait, best buy won't send you spam e-mails three times a week, and so on and on.

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