Samsung - opinions please?

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Hi,

I'm looking at the Samsung SM-226BW 22" LCD and the SM-2232BW Pebble LCD monitors. They seem to be getting good feedback / reviews. I only need good gaming response and general purpose and these seem to do the job.

What do you guys think? The prices is pretty good as well.

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Yao
 
Let me know what you think after you've used it for a bit.

I've just read some slightly negative feedback in other threads about backlight and poor build quality.
 
initial impressions.. crispy. i think my eyes are bleeding.

3 stuck pixels tho, will worry about those later.
 
Hmm im stuck between these 2 as well :P I decided not to go for 24 inch now but 22, and the non pebble and there seems to be less border, especially the bottom.
 
I have a 223BW which i couldnt be without anymore! Very similar to the other one you posted but this has a slower response rate due to some overdrive feature in the 226bw monitor.

Mine did however come with a stuck pixel but after a few days of looking for different solutions i finally solved it by poking it with a PDA stylus! Very technical solution!
 
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I've had a 223BW for a while too, which is very similar to the 226BW. It's perfect, 22" is just the right size, 1680*1050 for widescreen is great and it has no dead pixels or backlight bleeding. Couldn't be happier with it tbh :cool:. There's also no ghosting in games or films so I wouldn't worry too much about response times on any of the Samsung ones.

robjf said:
I have a 223BW which i couldnt be without anymore! Very similar to the other one you posted but this has a slower refresh rate due to some overdrive feature in the monitor.
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I thought the only difference between the 226 and 223 is that the 223 has a 5ms repsonse time and the 226 has a 2ms? I thought the refresh rates were the same though. Correct me if I'm wrong of course :).
 
xen_ said:
I thought the only difference between the 226 and 223 is that the 223 has a 5ms repsonse time and the 226 has a 2ms? I thought the refresh rates were the same though. Correct me if I'm wrong of course :).
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No you are right i phrased it wrong, i have the 5ms 223bw, the 226 has the quicker 2ms panel.
 
226BW

Hi there, i have the 226BW and have to say it was a vast improvement on my 19" crt, not sure about the panel lottery but mine is fine, no backlight bleed, no ghosting during game play (COD 4 all settings on max) and movies look awsome at 1680 x 1050.:)
 
I think I'm decided on the 226BW.

Just concerned about getting a decent screen out the box.

Sadly OCuk can't tell which panel they sell, so I'm a bit stuck.
 
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