19" Samsung Syncmaster 932MW HDTV £149

wilmore

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=309501&sourceid=2009


Just noticed this. I paid £240 for mine about 3 months ago. Fantastic little tele. I use it for the XBOX 360, and it supports 1080p Output.

jamborino

It's a refurb, but still quite tempting at that price.

Kilty_2

wilmore wrote: »

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=309501&sourceid=2009


Just noticed this. I paid £240 for mine about 3 months ago. Fantastic little tele. I use it for the XBOX 360, and it supports 1080p Output.

I paid £250 6 months ago for a 22" one so I think you were ripped off (almost identical & same spec as this )

That's a nice price though.

other

Kilty wrote: »

I paid £250 6 months ago for a 22" one so I think you were ripped off (almost identical & same spec as this )

That's a nice price though.

Was it a samsung?

reaper200

Just so people know this monitor does not support 1080p as the OP says. Its not his fault as his 360 probably claims that it's running at 1080p when in fact it's not.

You need a at least a 24 Inch montior with a resolution of 1920x1200 to support 'FULL HD' (1080p). I belive a 19 Inch runs at a maximum of 720p.

I know this because i spent 2 months last year reasearching monitors that would go with my PS3. I eventually went for a Hyundai W240D and have been deligted with my purchase. I got mine for about £300. They've raised the prices since.

dc

This has an analogue tuner so you might as well just buy a new 22" straight monitor with a DVI input for a similar price or a 24" for around £200. ( though not Samsung I might add)

D_e_n_i_s_e

i bought a refurb 19" samsung 940mw LCDTV for £119 the other week.
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=50G2

i use it as a monitor and a bedroom telly and it was money well spent.

having seen the prices of most branded 19" LCDTV's newly priced in the region of £250+ i thought it was a good buy.

i dunno if the 932mw came out before or after the 940mw???

Odd_Fellow

Don't forget - 4% on Quidco

bigturnip

reaper200 wrote: »

Just so people know this monitor does not support 1080p as the OP says. Its not his fault as his 360 probably claims that it's running at 1080p when in fact it's not.

It supports 1080p signals and will just downscale them 1440x900 and distorts them, because this is a monitor with a TV tuner built in and the aspect ratio is wrong for TV content.

reaper200 wrote: »

You need a at least a 24 Inch montior with a resolution of 1920x1200 to support 'FULL HD' (1080p). I belive a 19 Inch runs at a maximum of 720p.

To support a full HD resolution funnily enough you need 1080 vertical lines, not 1200, 1920x1200 is a monitor resolution not a HDTV resolution, 1920x1080 is required for full HD (size of TV is irrelevant). If you watch HD content on a 1920x1200 monitor it is going to be seriously distorted or have ugly black lines at the top and bottom.

reaper200 wrote: »

I know this because i spent 2 months last year reasearching monitors that would go with my PS3. I eventually went for a Hyundai W240D and have been deligted with my purchase. I got mine for about £300. They've raised the prices since.

I'm guessing that during this two months of research you never came across the fact that the PS3 outputs at 16:9, as you bought a PC monitor for it with the wrong aspect ratio.

It's no wonder with information like this that people get confused buying HD TV's, there are only two resolutions of TV compatible with HD content 1920x1080 (1080p and 1080i) and 1280x720 (720p), anything else will give you distortion or cropping.

bigturnip

D_e_n_i_s_e wrote: »

i bought a refurb 19" samsung 940mw LCDTV for £119 the other week.
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=50G2

i use it as a monitor and a bedroom telly and it was money well spent.

having seen the prices of most branded 19" LCDTV's newly priced in the region of £250+ i thought it was a good buy.

i dunno if the 932mw came out before or after the 940mw???

This is also a monitor with a TV tuner built in, hence the lower price.

dc

bigturnip wrote: »

This is also a monitor with a TV tuner built in, hence the lower price.

The lower prices are because these are refurbished.
LCD TVs are higher priced because the market allows that, not because the components cost more.

You can get more screens for tvs than monitors out of a LCD slab, as the vertical pixel count is lower, so TVs should really be cheaper than monitors.
As regarding the 16:10 (1200) monitor screen displaying a 16:9 TV (1080) pic, the latter is only 10% shorter in height. The black lines would only be about 1/2" top and bottom, less then the thickness of the frame, so would hardly be noticeable. Especially if viewed in low ambient lighting.

The cheapest way to have a digital LCD TV at the moment is to get an upscaling Freeview box and an LCD monitor with a DVI input.