got my Samsung 226bw.

Nullvoid tried those settings they didnt help at all really, fiddled with it myself a bit and it seems to have made it better, i will try get a couple pictures later, its as if the monitor doesn't know subtlety lol. Iraklis F.C. going to try your settings now.
At the moment mine are
magic bright custom
brightness 30
contrast 85
magic colour off
colour tone warm
R 48
G 36
B 3
gamma mode 3
 
Iraklis F.C. said:
ok so i contacted them , they have offered me a replacement asap or my money back. told them to send over an S panel but they wouldnt guarantee. :(
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hopefully u will get one then....they are perfect in colours trust me.
this samsung S panel is my first tft and its amazing...there is no difference between the colours on this and a crt.

calibrated to perfection
 
do me a favour mate , there is a program called DPT dead pixel tester. could you download it and run the test called "horizontal dark to light". now watch to the left of your screen (ir darker area) , can you see the colors differentiate ? its like watching slices of colors gradually fading. thats called color banding . so if you can :)
 
I have an A panel and the colours are perfect. No colour cast, whites are white and blacks are deep. Don't know what the fuss is about.
 
Well the non S are 5ms not 2ms for a start check the manufacturers
of the screens website you will see they don't make 2ms panels.
besides it's the C (CO) panels which are the biggest issue.
 
C64 said:
Well the non S are 5ms not 2ms for a start check the manufacturers
of the screens website you will see they don't make 2ms panels.
besides it's the C (CO) panels which are the biggest issue.
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Neither does Samsung :p Check your facts before making owners of A and C panels worry.

For the reocrd Samsung does not make a 2ms panel either. The panel in the S screen is a 5 ms panel with Samungs patented overdrive technology increasing the effective speed to 2 ms. Not beyond beleif that Samsung supplied this electronics to the A and C panel manufacturers to make their screen 2ms?

Yes, the manufacturers of the A and C panels do not list the panels as per the spec in the 226BW however from reviews and analysis they are clearly nearly the spec or identical to the Samsung panel therefore Samsung could have and obviously must have supplied components to AU Optronics and CO to enable them to make panels near to Samsungs spec.

Quote from Behardware:

"They look for the panel and find an "AU Optronics M220EW01" – which corresponds to an AUO 22 inch panel, however, a 5 ms. There are some who would take this very badly indeed. Luckily (!), we don’t have to go this far as the panel is indeed a 2 ms. Actually, it’s a 5 ms with an optimised overdrive. As a reminder, Samsung calls its overdrive, RTA, for Response Time Accelerator and only they can use it. This is why it’s strange to find the RTA function in a hidden menu of an AU Optronics screen, something they could not do without Samsung’s consent. This reinforces the hypothesis that Samsung simply delegated the manufacturing of some of its screens to AU Optronics and CMO, giving them precise instructions and even specific components. Either way, the RTA function found in the series A tends to suggest this. "

See Behardware for full details: http://www.behardware.com/articles/667-6/samsung-226bw-a-and-s-series-the-verdict.html

Overall, the A and C panels can both be calibrated and setup to match the S panel. They are all 2ms rated monitors. The only question mark is the quality control is worse on the A panels and even more so on the C panels.

If you order one and you aren't happy with th quality, send it back. If you calibrate it and the backlight is no worse on your A or C panel than the S panel then keep it.
 
Greebo said:
Neither does Samsung :p Check your facts before making owners of A and C panels worry.

For the reocrd Samsung does not make a 2ms panel either. The panel in the S screen is a 5 ms panel with Samungs patented overdrive technology increasing the effective speed to 2 ms. Not beyond beleif that Samsung supplied this electronics to the A and C panel manufacturers to make their screen 2ms?

Yes, the manufacturers of the A and C panels do not list the panels as per the spec in the 226BW however from reviews and analysis they are clearly nearly the spec or identical to the Samsung panel therefore Samsung could have and obviously must have supplied components to AU Optronics and CO to enable them to make panels near to Samsungs spec.

Quote from Behardware:

"They look for the panel and find an "AU Optronics M220EW01" – which corresponds to an AUO 22 inch panel, however, a 5 ms. There are some who would take this very badly indeed. Luckily (!), we don’t have to go this far as the panel is indeed a 2 ms. Actually, it’s a 5 ms with an optimised overdrive. As a reminder, Samsung calls its overdrive, RTA, for Response Time Accelerator and only they can use it. This is why it’s strange to find the RTA function in a hidden menu of an AU Optronics screen, something they could not do without Samsung’s consent. This reinforces the hypothesis that Samsung simply delegated the manufacturing of some of its screens to AU Optronics and CMO, giving them precise instructions and even specific components. Either way, the RTA function found in the series A tends to suggest this. "

See Behardware for full details: http://www.behardware.com/articles/667-6/samsung-226bw-a-and-s-series-the-verdict.html

Overall, the A and C panels can both be calibrated and setup to match the S panel. They are all 2ms rated monitors. The only question mark is the quality control is worse on the A panels and even more so on the C panels.

If you order one and you aren't happy with th quality, send it back. If you calibrate it and the backlight is no worse on your A or C panel than the S panel then keep it.
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sorry but where is the C panel in your links and sources all i can see is mention of A and S the latest C panels have no overdrive as far as i am aware they are merely 223bw's.
 
C64 said:
sorry but where is the C panel in your links and sources all i can see is mention of A and S the latest C panels have no overdrive as far as i am aware they are merely 223bw's.
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You originally stated all non S panels were 5ms. I was just showing you that the A panels were 2ms. I know the article didn't list C panels but I would suggest that if Samsung gave AU optronics the RTA techology to put in their panels then they would give it to the other manufacturer too.

Also, if they did indeed supply their screens without RTA overdrive and hence only 5ms then they would get their ass sued off.

As it is, nowhere do they claim the panel is Samsung therefore so long as what they supply is up to specs then it's legal.
 
C64 said:
sorry but where is the C panel in your links and sources all i can see is mention of A and S the latest C panels have no overdrive as far as i am aware they are merely 223bw's.
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Same source again, I quote:

"Some wrote on forums that according to them the screen is a 5 ms. We aren’t quite there, as it is indeed a 2 ms.... As a reminder, we realized that the 226BW S and A were actually 5 ms but simply with optimized overdrives, which does noticeable accelerate transitions and effectively decrease afterglow. It’s the same for the 226BW C "

http://www.behardware.com/articles/673-1/samsung-syncmaster-226bw-c.html

Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that the C panel is all fine (and there now appears to be a fourth panel :eek:) I'm just saying that facts need to be stated correctly rather than wild guesses or rumours. The panels are bad enough without over exaggeration ;) The C panel has big issues on quality and can be much worse than the S or A panels. On the othe hand it can be just as good as them as well but yours odds of that occuring are vastly reduced.

Don't forget the Chimei panel is the same as the one used in the Dell 22" screen but with the RTA overdrive technology in Samung's case.

In fact, all you really seem to be paying for in the Samsung panel is the overdrive from 5ms to 2ms. Depends if you think it's worth it, otherwise just buy anybody's 22" screen IMO.
 
For me here is the key issue and end of the endless debate here

They release a panel called 226bw made by them with an S panel
wait for the great reviews and hype,then cost cut with cheaper
lesser quality screens and get sales solely based on the originals
great reviews and word of mouth.

So if it's all the same why didn't they realease the C panel first for the reviews?
Because it's not as good quality as the S that is why pure and simple
product baiting.

You know what? they are doing the same on lcd tv's
advertised as having s-pva screens and actually having cmo screens.
if this were america they'd get their a**** sued.

The more you look in to samsung and other big company's products the more
product baiting you find.

"Baiting"This is releasing a product with certain parts which makes performance
great and getting great reviews,then changing parts in the product
thus making it cheaper to make but the customer ending up with
a sub standard lesser quality product.
Amazing to think that this is legal in this day and age.

I wondered why my sisters recently bought samsung bordeux 32" wasn't all that
now i know why i bet it's not even s-pva.
 
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