SAMSUNG S27C230B 27" 1920 x 1080 D-Sub, DVI LCD Monitor

Pros: This monitor is an absolute beast! It dwarfs my old 24 inch Samsung monitor. Great quality and easy to install. No issues getting it working with my computer, just plugged it in and it works great. It's a Samsung so you know the quality is going to be great. There were no dead or stuck pixels that I can see. It's only been a few days since I got it, but if it lasts the 5 years that my old monitor did, then I'll consider it money well spent.

Cons: Did not come with a DVI-DVI connector. I just swapped the one from my old monitor over and it works fine. The power button and settings buttons are placed on the bottom of the monitor and are not super easy to push or navigate, not the absolute best design layout in the world, but not enough to take an egg off considering the fact that this monitor is so huge.

Overall Review: The monitor does not angle forward, only backwards. My chair is a bit low and this monitor is huge, so I find I am looking at an angle up. I wish I could angle the monitor slightly down, but alas it doesn't angle down. Take this into consideration, this monitor is really really big, so you will want to be on a more or less level height with it otherwise you will have to cran your neck up like me. This is the largest monitor I've ever owned and games and movies take on a whole new level of awesome with it.

Pros: 1920x1080 is still a good sweet spot if you aren't crazy about dropping $500 on a monitor to get the mega resolutions. I use this monitor for both office tasks and gaming and it is adequate for either (especially gaming). The monitor is very lightweight and easy to setup just about anywhere you have room for it. The frame is very low profile for such a large screen but it is still very sturdy. Overall, I'm very satisfied with this monitor.

Cons: My primary complaint with this monitor is that it uses an external AC converter. I understand that samsung wanted to keep the prifile slim, and they accomplished this very well, but it still means that I can't just pull out one of my standard three prong AC power cords if I ever loose track of the AC converter. Also, if anything happens to that AC converter I'll be looking for another one online... One last thing, I haven't played with it enough to say this is a conclusive con but it seems to me whenever I lean back in my office chair the screen will dim out, like when you lean too far to the side of the monitor. I don't know if I have the backlight too low or the contrast set wrong (I like to turn things down) but it seems that the virtical view angle is a bit more accute than some of my other monitors.

Overall Review: I bought this monitor on sale and it is still definately worth the money. Its utilitarian, economical, and could fit into any environment.

Pros: Monitor is huge, good price

Cons: Refresh rate is still dismal at 60

Overall Review: I would go with another monitor with a higher rate if given the second chance

Pros: Amazing looking screen, extremely bright and high contrast ratio, no problems.

Cons: None

Pros: GIGANTIC monitor almost too much...nice quality as you can expect from Samsung. Great price. Contrary to that guy saying you only have three settings to adjust ...non-sense you actually get several controls plus modes. The headphone holder is AWESOME!

Cons: Stand is a bit flimsy, how the heck do you remove the base if you ever need to put it back in the box to transport?

Pros: Quick shipping as always. Monitor is sharp and bright and BIG! This is my first 27 inch monitor. Very impressed with this monitor with sub $200 price tag. Great basic monitor for casual computing!

Cons: No HDMI or Display port.

Overall Review: Very basic functionality but I bought it for size. Looks good with DVI hookup but I wish it had HDMI.

Pros: Great Picture. Well Priced.

Cons: No VESA Mounting. Limited Connectivity - This one is DVI. If you want HDMI you need to buy a different model. I personally would like both so I can switch inputs. It does have D-Sub. For this price you couldn't expect DisplayPort.

Overall Review: I bought this item from a large discount warehouse and returned it. They only had these boxed and you can only tell it doesn't have VESA mounting by failure to mention it on the box. I hope Samsung has learned their lesson about cheap capacitors from earlier times. It's useless to build in great engineering then save a few bucks on cheap components. This caused me and other users a lot of hair pulling and lots of solder only a few short years ago. I haven't forgotten.

Pros: Sharp - As to be expected these Samsungs are very sharp and crisp, games look spectacular and the price was pretty marginal for a 5ms LED Samsung. Lightweight and thin - I bought two of these for my setup and they are very light the screen quality is excellent but theyre not made of super tough materials...see cons.

Cons: Not super well made - Theyre not awful but you can tell the monitor housing isnt very solid, the stand is pretty cheap too, that being said the screen and LED's are high quality in line with samsungs usual awesomeness, just the housing seems cheap but considering the price im very happy with it overall.