I LOVE OcUK (Samsung SM-215TW 21" LCD)

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Things change I've changed

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YEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, I've just got the Samsung SM-215TW 21" LCD from b-stock for only £244.35 inc VAT & DELV (Retail price of these are around £450 :eek: )

And I've just checked the specs on samsungs website and it's say's it HDCP compatible through the DVI :D

Thankyou OcUK :)

 
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fenderbass86 said:
You got it from B-grade? How was it when it arrived? Anything missing?

Oh yeah, congrats on a wicked purchase! :D

Gaz
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Not sure yet, It don't come until tommorrow, but I have rang up to confirm that I've got the screen and it's already been dispatched, woooo hoooo, I'll do a mini review when it arrives :) (my debit card is taking a real beating this year :( , but what the heck :D)
 
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I think the majority of B-grade stock is just returned stuff that people ended up not wanting rather than it being damaged or repaired. But it's a real gamble.

s96024 said:
Why does it not say what is wrong/missing with the b-grade products?
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Because if people knew what was wrong/missing it would put people off buying it. It's usually a bargain for what you get though.
 
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Why would it put people off. If there not happy they will just return it. I think most people understand that if your paying less money your not going to get the same product. But there is different levels of damage. Personally i wouldnt mind if a monitor for example had superficial damage to the casing, but if the screen was cracked or sominething i would mind.
 
well I've just finished setting it up and all I can say is WOW, not even one dead pixel, it came in perfect condition with the original box, cables and manual etc, really nice quality through the DVI (HDCP Compliant), it has also got composite, s-video and component inputs + PIP which is pretty cool,

I'm really glad I got a 21" w/s I think its just the right size, I was desparate for a w/s but I could'nt help feeling that 20" was just a tad bit small if your coming from a 19" 4:3 panel.

 
Hi there

Glad you got a good deal but can you tell me what the condition of the packaging was like? Seals broken etc. and would you say the product had been used?

You've been very lucky anyway because it would appear this product should never have ended up in B-Grade but in clearance at a much higher price.
 
Gibbo said:
Hi there

Glad you got a good deal but can you tell me what the condition of the packaging was like? Seals broken etc. and would you say the product had been used?

You've been very lucky anyway because it would appear this product should never have ended up in B-Grade but in clearance at a much higher price.
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I think gibbo is jealous and wants it for himself :p
 
Gibbo said:
Hi there

Glad you got a good deal but can you tell me what the condition of the packaging was like? Seals broken etc. and would you say the product had been used?

You've been very lucky anyway because it would appear this product should never have ended up in B-Grade but in clearance at a much higher price.
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The box had already been open'd before as I could see a secound set of sellotape on the box, but the cables that came with it where all sealed and the monitor did'nt even have a finger print on it, the only strange thing was that on the Ocuk site it said it was black and on the invoice also, but as you can see i've got a silver one, not that I'm bothered.
 
lowrider007 said:
The box had already been open'd before as I could see a secound set of sellotape on the box, but the cables that came with it where all sealed and the monitor did'nt even have a finger print on it, the only strange thing was that on the Ocuk site it said it was black and on the invoice also, but as you can see i've got a silver one, not that I'm bothered.
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Hi there

Thanks for that info, site corrected!

All Samsung in the UK is Silver or Silver/Black, only USA gets all black Samsung unfortunately.
 
Gibbo said:
Hi there

Glad you got a good deal but can you tell me what the condition of the packaging was like? Seals broken etc. and would you say the product had been used?

You've been very lucky anyway because it would appear this product should never have ended up in B-Grade but in clearance at a much higher price.
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someone mess up did they gibbo , hope your not to hard on em :)
 
Thinking about widesceen ?, Don't think about it, just do it !!!

Well, this being my first widescreen tft I have to say that chooseing to go w/s was the one of the best upgrades i've done, now when I look back at my 19inch LG I chuckle and wonder how ever I coped in squareville :D , if your reading this pondering as to wether to make the change to w/s then don't ponder just do it you won't regret it,

most new games now support w/s resolutions and many old games can be modded to support w/s, help can be found here.

I was a little worried that the increase in resolution from 1280x1024 to 1680x1050 would slow my games down but I can honestly say that I haven't noticed any difference in fps at all, I think this is partially due to my gpu being slightly cpu limited and the higher res helped take up some of the slack, this is the case in many systems.
 
lowrider007 said:
Thinking about widesceen ?, Don't think about it, just do it !!!

Well, this being my first widescreen tft I have to say that chooseing to go w/s was the one of the best upgrades i've done, now when I look back at my 19inch LG I chuckle and wonder how ever I coped in squareville :D , if your reading this pondering as to wether to make the change to w/s then don't ponder just do it you won't regret it,

most new games now support w/s resolutions and many old games can be modded to support w/s, help can be found here.

I was a little worried that the increase in resolution from 1280x1024 to 1680x1050 would slow my games down but I can honestly say that I haven't noticed any difference in fps at all, I think this is partially due to my gpu being slightly cpu limited and the higher res helped take up some of the slack, this is the case in many systems.
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Have to agree, there are some negative commentaries going around about this monitor but I have yet to see any of them on mine. It is the best monitor I have ever owned.

S
 
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