SAMSUNG 226BW 22" WSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 D-Sub, DVI-D LCD Monitor

Pros: Ordered monitor on Monday, received it on Wednesday. No dead pixels. Screen is huge and looks great. Sharp text, good viewing angle, nice stand base which swivels 360 degrees. Easy to use menu buttons. Detailed instructional software. Great looking gloss black panel w/ silver bezel.

Cons: Slight back light bleed at the top of the monitor. Being that I have a 'C' panel, the monitor wasn't correctly calibrated. Read below, on how to correct this.

Overall Review: Open the cover on the back of your monitor. You will see Model:226BW (R). To the right of (R) will be the letter 'A' (AOC), 'C' (CHIMEI), or 'S' (Samsung). If you have an 'A' or 'C' you need to install a calibration file to set up your monitors colors correctly. I can't put a direct link to the site that explains this process because it will be removed by Newegg, so simply type this in Gxxxle search engine without quotes. "installing profile, 226BW" Scroll down to where it says "Installing the profile", and follow the simple directions. You should see a great improvement upon completion. Enjoy.

Pros: Large, font size is readable, very sharp and clear text, beautiful colors. Compared to my 22" CRT and 19" Samsung LCD, this is way better. A great value at half the price of a 24" LCD.

Cons: I haven't found any. I thought I wouldn't like the silver bezel and the glossy black finish, but they're conservative and very nice looking.

Overall Review: Perhaps I can help on the A panel vs S panel issue. I bought two of these. One is an S that shipped from Memphis , the other an A that came from New Jersey. I have no problems with either with any kind of light bleeding through or any other weakness. I'm not a graphics or color professional, but they both look fantastic to my eye. However, for whatever reason, the A panel seems to be brighter, though after adjusting the brightness controls (S at 60, A at 30) they both look the same. I tried them both on a Vista computer with a Gigabyte 7600 GT video card, and now have the A panel on an XP computer with a Radeon 9600XT. They both look awesome.

Pros: Bright Clear Picture. Ultra Fast Response Time. Great for Gamers.

Cons: Bad ghosting with the default drivers - fixed by installing Samsung's drivers. I know its a minor gripe, but make sure you use the Samsung drivers. You might need to play with the color settings a bit.

Overall Review: I own three 22" screens. One from Westinghous, one from Dell, and this one. I recently set them all up next to each other on my LAN and played some Unreal for a bit of comparison. Of the three the Samsung has far and away the sharpest picture. It's also much brighter than the others. The 2ms response time may be a bit overrated, as the others had about the same amount of ghosting at 5ms (meaning very little). One tip. Don't buy this, or any 22" monitor, if your computer isn't powerful enough to play the games at its native resolution of 1680x1050. Other resolutions look fine, but playing at the native resolution is like night and day in terms of sharpness. Bottom Line: Its the best 22" LCD on the market.

Pros: I actually tried to justify getting, 1) Cheaper upgrade, 2) Keeping my existing... I've been on the sidelines for sometime now, reading every review from this site, and others and even considered going with another higher quality 19' LCD "upgrade." All this was triggered from having seen what a favorite game looked like on a 22'. This deliberation process ended when I saw what it actually looked like when I went to a big box store this week,.. Even compared to the higher quality with the shinny coating deal on the 19' NxC I was contemplating, this monitor looked,.. well, just killer! Finally having seen one in person, it was a no brainer. I hope this will help some of you, but I've taken the time to consider the Axxr, NxC, Vxxxonic alternatives and have seen in person that this by far is THE 22" to get - period. Viewing perceptions set aside of course, (I have 20/20).

Cons: None. Well, the price point makes this a value, but how about making it let's say,.. FREE?

Overall Review: Newegg, keep up the good service and value business model; you'll be in business and thrive for a very, very long time. Good work and love shopping here (maybe too much).

Pros: First poster, I win. Actually, I won because I got the 226BW on my desk. lol I am very happy with this monitor, the brightness out of the box is way up but so all LCD's, of course the settings need to be adjusted to your likings, and remember the two week period LCD's take to settle. No dead pixels or excessive bleed at the edges, no color banding or anything that would throw a red flag. The Magic Color and the Magic Bright feautures are handy and easy to use. Once calibrated theresulting image is stuning! Dont let the know-it-alls dissuede about the 226BW, it works beautifully for me.

Cons: The stand is the bad part of this monitor. Samsung could have included at least the height adjustments like in the 225BW.

Overall Review: The best solution is to buy a compatible stand to add to the range of movement of the LCD display. Find one that can do Height adjustments, portrait/landscape turning, forward and back tilt and even right/left pan.

Pros: I have four now. Great colors, bright, easy set up, tilt adjust and swivel, all kinds of cables

Cons: May be too bright, I can turn brightness to 0 and still brighter than CRTs. There is a slight variation in the color from one to the next; that could probably be adjusted, but I don't care. If you just want a good monitor, this is it. If you want a perfect monitor, then pay 4 times as much or don't whine because this bargain doesn't suit you.

Overall Review: Remember some peple would even complain if they were fed with a silver fork. For the price, these are a great buy. I ordered 2 of these and received C's which looked great. The only problem was they looked so much better than my relatively new CRTs that I wanted all to match and so I ordered two more. I received one C and one S. Now I have three C's and one S. The only way I can tell the monitors apart is the S has no energy star silkscreened on the front. The complainers probably complain about the quality of food at McD's... and eat there all the time.

Pros: Ordered monitor on Monday, received it on Wednesday. No dead pixels. Screen is huge and looks great. Sharp text, good viewing angle, nice stand base which swivels 360 degrees. Easy to use menu buttons. Detailed instructional software. Great looking gloss black panel w/ silver bezel.

Cons: Slight back light bleed at the top of the monitor. Being that I have a 'C' panel, the monitor wasn't correctly calibrated. Read below, on how to correct this.

Overall Review: 1) How to tell what panel model you have. Carefully remove the plastic cover on the back of the monitor and you will see something similar to the image below. g You will see either an 'A' 'C' or 'S'. If you have an 'S' model there is no need to calibrate your monitor. If you have an 'A' or 'C' model, follow this link. Scroll down to where you see "Installing the profile." After completion you will have the same calibration as the 'S' panel.

Pros: -Samsung has several different manufacturer's for the display and it can be a hit or miss game. I unfortunately got this model with the "C" panel screen and it had a very high dominance on blue. But after doing some research online and several different calibrations, I finally got an absolutely fantastic screen. The colors are so vibrant and even at 25% brightness it is absolutely perfect. Highly recommended monitor if you don't mind calibrating it correctly.

Cons: -Only real con is having the settings out of box by a bit disappointing. But again after fiddling with the settings it is an absolute stunner.

Overall Review: -Shipping with Newegg fantastic like always. -If you have a "C" Panel try looking on the website "AndrewSwihart.net" for .icc profiles. -Download Microsoft's Color Control Panel Applet