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Tejstar said:
Damn good idea if you ask me, as far too many people were just looking to see what panel it was and if it wasn't an 'S' they were returning them convinced they would be bad quality without even giving them a fair try.
The Official Samsung SM226BW Thread!
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Damn good idea if you ask me, as far too many people were just looking to see what panel it was and if it wasn't an 'S' they were returning them convinced they would be bad quality without even giving them a fair try.
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At least people can now make up there their own minds up to wether the monitor is acceptable to them and not just go by what a couple of web site reviews said & the hysteria they caused.
Just got mine from a competitor for £240. And tbh its great, i got a separate monitor shelf as part of my desk and due to this the colours look fairly bad due to it being a TN panel. This is due to viewing angles and is imho the only bad things about this screen (viewing angles).
I have tried the c panel profile and imho it only made the colours worse, i am quite happy with default colours and surprisingly have no baclight bleed what so ever (at least that i can tell.)
I have just ordered a NeoFlex stand (£20) so i can then adjust height and get around poor viewing angles that way.
So if you view your monitor straight on you will love this screen and if not i do recommend a height adjustable stand as the viewing angles are poor and do let it down as colours get dark very quickly at the vertical angle.
I have tried the c panel profile and imho it only made the colours worse, i am quite happy with default colours and surprisingly have no baclight bleed what so ever (at least that i can tell.)
I have just ordered a NeoFlex stand (£20) so i can then adjust height and get around poor viewing angles that way.
So if you view your monitor straight on you will love this screen and if not i do recommend a height adjustable stand as the viewing angles are poor and do let it down as colours get dark very quickly at the vertical angle.
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got mine today of ocuk, everything is tiptop apart from bleed, mostly from the top, little bit from the sides, doesnt say what panel it is. But i get no ghosting so im appy 
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I loaded those ICC files through control panel and they did not seem to have any effect when applying 
Does the ICC changes change the OSD for you?
Also I got 3 stuck pixels on mine
Does the ICC changes change the OSD for you?
Also I got 3 stuck pixels on mine
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Just set my new sammy up that I received today from OC and very pleased after hearing so many horror stories.
No back bleed and only took me 5 mins to set the osm.
Brightness = 60
Contrast = 60
Magicolour = off
Sharpness = 20
RGB = 50 for each
No dead Pixels and haven't got a clue on what panel it is. I suppose it's better that way.
I don't like my screen to vivid so these settings are perfect. I really like the magicolour settings as they are very rich in colour but are to bright for my liking, may use them for gaming.
Very pleased
No back bleed and only took me 5 mins to set the osm.
Brightness = 60
Contrast = 60
Magicolour = off
Sharpness = 20
RGB = 50 for each
No dead Pixels and haven't got a clue on what panel it is. I suppose it's better that way.
I don't like my screen to vivid so these settings are perfect. I really like the magicolour settings as they are very rich in colour but are to bright for my liking, may use them for gaming.
Very pleased
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Just plugged mine in and it seems perfect! no dead pixels, a couple of mm of backlight bleed at the top but nothing major.
Havnt tried any tweaking of the menu, it seems brilliant straight out of the box, gonna have a go on bf2 in a min to see what games are like.
No idea what panel it is, but whichever it is, im blown away!
Havnt tried any tweaking of the menu, it seems brilliant straight out of the box, gonna have a go on bf2 in a min to see what games are like.
No idea what panel it is, but whichever it is, im blown away!
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Not sure, not mention of what panel just 226BW [R]
Any way to find out?
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Seems some have had better luck than me today
Had a thunderstorm which knocked the power off and blew my netgear router. Had to go purple shirt people to get one, rip off prices £79.99 AFTER getting a £10'er discount.
On the panel
I got the plain label version, No S , A , C on back.
The secret OSD menu has also removed the panel information.
I have spent the last 4-5 hours trying to get decent setup, my L90D+ in dual mode has white with shades of grey on my browsers, the samsung greys are all bluish, whatever settings I try
Away now for 2 days with work, will have to work out what to do next, seeing as 3 stuck pixels as well.
May try a call to samsung to test the water with them on Friday.
Had a thunderstorm which knocked the power off and blew my netgear router. Had to go purple shirt people to get one, rip off prices £79.99 AFTER getting a £10'er discount.
On the panel
I got the plain label version, No S , A , C on back.
The secret OSD menu has also removed the panel information.
I have spent the last 4-5 hours trying to get decent setup, my L90D+ in dual mode has white with shades of grey on my browsers, the samsung greys are all bluish, whatever settings I try
Away now for 2 days with work, will have to work out what to do next, seeing as 3 stuck pixels as well.
May try a call to samsung to test the water with them on Friday.
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Alfie786 said:
I think this is the newly manufactured batch where all info to tell the panel make is removed, so you wont be finding it from now i i expect
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BeHardware Article 19/06/07:
Looks like its good news for the new batch as they are all S pannels according to the above article
Looks like its good news for the new batch as they are all S pannels according to the above article
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hi i got my monitor begging of may v had no troubles until now i turn my monitor on and it comes up Analog and Digital then it goes into standby does any body know whats wrong? thanks
just tryed the monitor in my laptop and it works fine could this be my graphics card?
just tryed the monitor in my laptop and it works fine could this be my graphics card?
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Sound like it.
Have you got another monitor to try?
Have you got another monitor to try?
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But how the hell do we know if it's true or not?
No one's going to know what panel they have, sammy has us by the balls
Im sorry but thats not true, this new batch is not all S panels infact it is more like they are all C panels.
A lot of people are having to use profiles to get good colour quality this is not really needed for S panels. Also, a lot of people are seeing blue as a very dominent colour, this afaik has not effected a single S panel but again only C's
A lot of people are having to use profiles to get good colour quality this is not really needed for S panels. Also, a lot of people are seeing blue as a very dominent colour, this afaik has not effected a single S panel but again only C's