The Official Samsung SM226BW Thread!

Secret_Window · 19 Feb 2007 at 16:22

He cheated!

Lt Goody · 19 Feb 2007 at 16:29

Gangster said:
Lt Goody did you order your screen from OcUK?

Ive been looking everywhere and cant find it in-stock anywhrere! How did you get it?

No m8 i got it from elsewhere they had them in stock on the 8th feb but soon ran out,you will be lucky to find anywhere with stock now,ocuk have 28 feb and where i got mine from now say 1st march.

MadMacs · 19 Feb 2007 at 16:30

Do you think this monitor will take advantage of the 8800gtx? :rolleyes:

Gun9 · 19 Feb 2007 at 18:24

erm your gtx will need to be upgraded

[[[chortle]]]

the daftest ever question?

spike_2000uk · 19 Feb 2007 at 18:50

I just bought the 226bw from another site for £227 with delivery. They don't have an ETA, it just says "Shipped direct from manufacturer, usually in 7 - 10 days".

I have a 19" hyundai n91w at the moment but I'm selling it, because I need something bigger that also has HDCP.

david25 · 19 Feb 2007 at 19:00

Can you have a look on the back does the model name have an "A" or a "S"?

Lt Goody said:
No m8 i got it from elsewhere they had them in stock on the 8th feb but soon ran out,you will be lucky to find anywhere with stock now,ocuk have 28 feb and where i got mine from now say 1st march.

Lt Goody · 19 Feb 2007 at 19:55

Why m8 what does it mean?

MadMacs · 20 Feb 2007 at 17:36

Gun9 said:
erm your gtx will need to be upgraded

[[[chortle]]]

the daftest ever question?

sarcasm

so I guess the dell 24" or 30" will be better for those with gtx cards

david25 · 20 Feb 2007 at 18:53

Lt Goody said:
Why m8 what does it mean?

Because Samsung have been changing the panels, S means samsung and A means AOC

Lt Goody · 20 Feb 2007 at 19:05

Ahh thanks ,mine has an "s".

neologan · 20 Feb 2007 at 19:59

david25 said:
Because Samsung have been changing the panels, S means samsung and A means AOC

and whats the difference between the two?

david25 · 20 Feb 2007 at 22:25

neologan said:
and whats the difference between the two?

The AOC panel *MAY* not be as good as the Samsung panel. Check the big thread on http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=78

neologan · 20 Feb 2007 at 22:32

and i take it the s panel is being replaced with the a? if so thats out of order, sounds like a trick to get good reviews and then swap the panel :mad:

Bin Boy · 20 Feb 2007 at 22:40

Have a bad feeling about this i hope i get an S panel, but not sure what to do now.

Guru · 20 Feb 2007 at 23:02

david25 said:
The AOC panel *MAY* not be as good as the Samsung panel. Check the big thread on http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=78

You got a link to the actual page with it on?

cba to look through that whole lot tbh.

If mine has the inferior panel it will be going straight back.

Bin Boy · 20 Feb 2007 at 23:11

Will overclockers take you monitor back for just that reason alone?

If A panels is all there is will you ask for a refund?

Would it help if we helped overclockers and told them to tell samsung to tell them not to bother with any A panels because were not morons?

EDIT**

I should find out an update about this monitor from Oc's some time later.

Christo · 20 Feb 2007 at 23:44

Guru said:
You got a link to the actual page with it on?

cba to look through that whole lot tbh.

If mine has the inferior panel it will be going straight back.

Pretty easy to find

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1043429&page=26

SoiL · 20 Feb 2007 at 23:49

anyone made a list of Pros and Cons of this monitor? :rolleyes:

Guru · 21 Feb 2007 at 00:07

Bin Boy said:
Will overclockers take you monitor back for just that reason alone?

If A panels is all there is will you ask for a refund?

I'm not getting mine from OC.

I will keep swapping it till I get an S one with NO dead pixels and as near to perfect backlight as possible, and if I never get one I will tell them to **** off.

They have messed me about for far to long to accept anything but a flawless monitor.

Will be 5 months without a monitor by the time I get this one.

Chrisp7 said:
Pretty easy to find

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1043429&page=26

That appears to be about an NEC monitor :confused:

SoiL said:
anyone made a list of Pros and Cons of this monitor?

Only one person on here has one as far as I know...and no he hasnt.

Overlag · 21 Feb 2007 at 01:46

The B.A. said:
Er Guys, Has anyone looked at the SM225BW? Seems to be very similar spec but with height adjustable stand and can be had for not much more than the 226 if you look around. Anyone considered this?

i think the 226BW is the 225BW's replacement somehow....