SAMSUNG P2770HD Rose Black 27" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 50,000:1(1000:1) Built-in HDTV Tuner & Speakers

Pros: This is a wonderful monitor/HDTV, the display is clear and colorful. I use it in my room on my desk for my CPU, Xbox, and TV. It was easy to set up, but there was a problem, everything but the HDMI input worked correctly, the display looked fuzzy and text was blurry, so I looked around for a solution and finally found one.

Cons: none.

Overall Review: At long last, I found someone with the same problem AND a solution to the problem associated with the HDMI interface between a PC/MAC and the P2770HD. With the PC/MAC plugged into the P2770HD via HDMI, use the remote to select the following: - Hit "Source" button on remote - Arrow up/down to "HDMI' on the list, hit "Tools" button on the remote - Arrow up/down to "Edit Name" on the next list, hit "Enter" button on the remote - Arrow up/down to "HDMI" on the next list, hit "Enter" button on the remote - Arrow up/down to "DVI PC" or "PC" on the next list, hit "Enter" button on the remote (Monitor should automatically adjust picture so that text does not look terrible) - Hit "Exit" button on remote and WALA!

Pros: What you see is what you get, as long as you have a good perspective on how a 27 inch panel is going to look like on your desk as opposed to your sub-twenty inch display - this monitor is large. Anyone in eye shot of this monitor will usually have something to say. Upgrading from a 24.6 inch gave less of a shock then say, a 17 inch CRT. What others have said about poor desktop image quality while using HDMI can be easily remedied with a few image tweaks. The "P" in the model number denotes its product line as premium, and it certainly looks the part. The included remote is better than what could be expected, and the on screen menus are very polished, extensive, and intuitive. The coaxial input, (main reason to purchase over the P2770H), works great. Having a real coaxial input beats dodgy TV tuner cards by a long shot. Overall, this monitor is a great choice for me as a college student. The price is justified by enjoying a slick 27" desktop while not having to bu

Cons: You'll pay extra for this setup with the coaxial input and remote over the P2770H, which also offers better performance. The warranty for the P2770HD is shorter than the P2770H. The speakers could be louder, but it's not that big of a deal. If I want to listen to something extremely closely I'll break out the headphones. It's foolish to expect amazing audio from your integrated TV speakers, and more so from this panel that is primarily marketed as a desktop.

Overall Review: Great choice for a semi broke college student like myself, who primarily uses it as a desktop (90% of the time), but would also like a simple no hassle option of pressing the source button on the remote to switch to the coaxial input in order to watch some lame basic cable. If you don't plan on using this to watch TV, the P2770H may be a better option. To be fair, the added performance of the P2770H may not benefit you that much if you are not a hardcore gamer. (not something you'll notice or care much about while writing papers in the early morning hours) Overall, I'd highly recommend this monitor. I love it!

Pros: Crisp and colorful with good contrast. It would be nice if HDMI was setup to work properly out of the box. Too bad most people are saying this monitor does not work properly with HDMI to a PC. It works fine, but requires these additional steps...

Cons: Stand will wobble slightly, but not too noticeable during normal use/gameplay. I do wish the stand was designed with more stability. To fix HDMI to PC: I found this information on an Am4zon review (thanks to that reviewer!). "1. Open TV MENU 2. Go to "Input" 3. Select "Edit Name" to open up the "Edit Name" sub menu. 4. Scroll down to "HDMI" and select it, (watch carefully) 5. Now assign "PC" or "DVI PC" to the HDMI setting and voila!!! *** I'm not sure what this setting is for, I thought it was just to give it some "name" assignment. But somehow changing this corrected the blurry/blocky text effect."

Overall Review: After this, your PC display should be perfect. If text is still blurry, check if the display/resolution fills the entire screen. If not, this has to do with video card scaling option which can be easily adjusted from the video driver configuration. If you are using an ATI based video card, do these additional steps. (NVidia based video cards should also have an equivalent for this). For WinXP ********* 1. Open up Catalyst (video card configuration tool) 2. Go to DTV or DTV (DVI) menu on the left. 3. Select sub menu "Scaling Options" and set slider to "0%" towards "Overscan" 4. Done! PICTURE IS PERFECT!!! For Windows7/Vista ****************** 1. Open up Catalyst (video card configuration tool) 2. Pull down Graphics menu 3. Select "Desktop & Displays" 4. Right click on the monitor icon at the bottom of the screen that appears. 5. Select "Configure..." 6. Change the scaling options same as the above.

Pros: Good picture, lots of configurable options and multiple inputs... when it works

Cons: I have had nothing but problems with this monitor. When I first purchased it, there were dead pixels. Samsung replaced it. The second monitor, less than a month later, I'm getting small red vertical lines, for no reason. Power off the monitor and turn it back on... the lines are gone. Ten minutes later, they slowly fade back in. Now, I have to open a second service request.

Pros: This monitor looks great and is everything I wanted out of a monitor / TV

Cons: Not really a 'Con', but I did need to do some research to make it 'awesome'. See other thoughts; default configuration thru HDMI makes text look horrible. Base is a little wobbly so make sure it is on a firm surface.

Overall Review: 1. When hooked up through HDMI you will need to do this, copied from another persons review (to resolve blurry text issue: - Hit "Source" button on remote - Arrow up/down to "HDMI' on the list, hit "Tools" button on the remote - Arrow up/down to "Edit Name" on the next list, hit "Enter" button on the remote - Arrow up/down to "HDMI" on the next list, hit "Enter" button on the remote - Arrow up/down to "DVI PC" or "PC" on the next list, hit "Enter" button on the remote (Monitor should automatically adjust picture so that text does not look terrible) - Hit "Exit" button on remote and WALA! 2. After purchasing a desktop with an ATI Radeon card and connecting it to the monitor via HDMI I noticed that their was border around all sides of the visible picture. ~1ish on the sides...~.5 inch on top, bottom. My screen resolution was fine (max'd out). Fix: in Catalyst Control Center find 'Scaling Options' under 'My Digital Flat panels' Set Scaling Options = 0% + apply. Issue resol

Pros: I waited for a couple months before writing my review, just to make sure all was well. The monitor is awesome. No dead/stuck pixels, great resolution, great colors required very little calibration out of the box. Works great with graphics/video edition, plays games very well. I'm totally satisfied. Haven't used the remote, so can't speak to that.

Cons: This isn't really a con, just a suggestion for improvement. An adjustable stand would have been better. Having a fixed stand is generally fine, but there are times when I'd want to adjust the tilt of the monitor and/or even the height/angle.

Overall Review: I got it on a killer sale price... and haven't looked back once. Had I known it was this great, I would have bought two of 'em! Make sure you have enough desk space... 27" is a big monitor for an average desk. :)

Pros: I will have to retract my earlier rant about the display not looking good on a computer and about the stand not tilting. Got those issues solved. Keeping the monitor. If I could edit my other post I would. Large size, HDTV Tuner, Remote control, tons of inputs.

Cons: None so far...now that I got everything figured out.

Overall Review: I purchased this monitor and the display looked bad on my computer at 1900 x 1080, the best resolution I could get was 1680 x 1050. I installed newest ATI Radeon Drivers and that did not help. I had the monitor connected via DVI to HDMI and that is what gave me the bad display at high resolutions. I switched to a DVI to DVI and this monitor looks great. Also, finally figured out through Samsung tech support that the monitor will tilt forward and backwards, but it takes a lot to get it to do this. I thought I was going to break the mount.

Pros: Having owned many different Samsung products over the years and knowing that they produce above average products, I decided to buy this 27" TV/Monitor (P2770HD). The sale price also motivated me to buy it. Despite the snowstorm, four days later UPS dropped it off at my doorstep. I was amazed at the quality of this model. I got much more than I ever expected. I use it primarily as a PC monitor and do a lot of graphic work. The 1920 x 1080 res. is spectacular and fonts are razor sharp. Slightly better than the 24" Asus that it replaced that went to its rightful place on system #12 in my "War Room." I have not noticed any wobble with the stand about which some reviewers have complained and I have a lot of people traffic around my desk. To sum up: 1) No dead pixels 2) no ghosting with Call of Duty and ARMA II cranked up to max settings 3) Superior to the Sony TV/monitor that I recently purchased and returned for a refund 4) As always, New Egg's service and shipping can't be beat.

Cons: NONE

Overall Review: I tried Sony and Sanyo TV/monitors and they are junk so far as using for a monitor. If this Samsung goes on sale again I will buy one for my wife. Great job Samsung and New Egg. Rarely do I write product reviews, but when something this outstanding comes along, I couldn't resist. This Samsung deserves 6 stars and so does New Egg.