Samsung Pebble 22" monitor - any good?

BlackScorpion

I've had a pebble monitor for about 3 months now and its stonking. (mind you, an upgrade from a 17" CRT was always going to be good). Bright, Vibrant colours, no dead or stuck pixels. Response time fast enough so that DVD's play brilliantly...

On the downside, there is a bit of light breakthrough at the top and bottom of the screen which is noticeable when playing widescreen DVDs which dont go to the top and bottom of the screen.

But I'm being picky. In reality, you dont notice it unless you go looking for it.

I'm seriously considering buying another one to take into the office. This 4:3 aspect 17" LCD (IBM) looks distinctly titchy to work with in comparison. (How did I ever put up with 10" CRT's ???)

Looking at the Samsung - buy it!

timelord_4

Dont bother with the Pebble, I have the exact same same one and had nothing but problems. Yes they look gorgeous but mine has a massive amount of light bleed from the edges and a light patch in the middle. Thats nothing to say about the build quality, the stand is quite simply awful and not the most stable. The patch is a fault but there shouldnt be an excuse for the dodgy stand (apparently a design feature) I am still awaiting exchange from Samsung - got to wait 5-10 working days....

littlegerts

if you are into your gaming the samsung 22" pebble is the best you can get

f1charlie

Noticed in the newsagents that the latest PCPro mag has a test of 16 22 inch monitors in it. I think it said the winner was £122, but couldn't take a peek as it was inside a plastic wrapper.

chill£d_sav£r

get one with a high contrast ratio eg 1000:1 or more for the best colour.

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chill£d_sav£r wrote: »

get one with a high contrast ratio eg 1000:1 or more for the best colour.

Don't follow that as one of the main specifications of a monitor, it's not very useful at all because it's hardly applicable to real world usage.

Poppycat

any thoughts on this one

Samsung SM245B 24" TFT Monitor Widescreen 1920x1200 3000:1 400cd/m2 5ms



http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130991

f1charlie

PC Pro lab test here:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/166/20in-tfts/products.html

Although I don't understand how the Dell gets 6 stars with all the negative comment about picture quality!

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f1charlie wrote: »

PC Pro lab test here:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/166/20in-tfts/products.html

Although I don' understand how the Dell gets 6 stars with all the negative comment about picture quality!

Probably because Dell have paid a lot of money for content in their magazine so they don't want to upset them

tradetime

Poppycat wrote: »

any thoughts on this one

Samsung SM245B 24" TFT Monitor Widescreen 1920x1200 3000:1 400cd/m2 5ms



http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130991

Am looking at that one myself, but it'll be a couple of weeks to a month before I get it.