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Samsung 20, 21, 22" WIDE TFTs |
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Written by Jovo Arezina
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Thursday, 19 October 2006 |
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Page 2 of 5 After the very first look at the smallest model on the market, 20-inch 205BW, it is clear that manufacturer put functionality before design. It is far from lack, it is complementary because it succeeds within its effect by using default advantages of TFT monitor – thin outline, standard black-gray color combination and usable, but inconspicuous OSD controls. There is option of horizontal turning, left-right, popularly called swivel, as well as adjusting screen height. Only pivot option is omitted. It can be connected to digital and analog signal via DVI and D-Sub connectors on rear side.
Even if we don’t object his Spartan outline, we have objections for 205BW performances. In first we spotted slightly higher protrusion of background light which may decrease satisfaction during watching movie. If it is not about the monitor that, potentially, has basic intention is enjoyment in seventh art master-pieces, this lack will even hardly be mentioned, but like this we can deem it as significant omission. During the same test it was demonstrated that even black color is not uniform over entire screen, thus it "beams" into lighter nuances which depends on viewing angle.
Color display on this monitor is not much better than solid because lightness and contrast, maybe because justification of the value in specification, are overestimated thus darker nuances are weakly defined. Withal, we noticed several mistakes in filtration of green part of the spectrum, which was manifested in ribbon-like display. For horizontal viewing angle 205BW deserves all praises because it achieves ultimate results as one TN+Film monitor, which is particularly important and hardly practicable for wider screens. However, it failed on the test of vertical angle which showed that declared value is not even close to reality. By testing response speed, we didn’t noticed bigger anomalies like creating ghosts, but this model certainly does not qualify itself into ultimate speedsters. It will support films and occasional speed games playing without bigger problems, but "speed addicts" will not be enthusiastic.
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