Samsung 933SN 18.5-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor with Rich Piano Black Finish

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 14.9 x 4.9 inches ; 8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001OIOQ1Q
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 933SN
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,467 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 22, 2003

Product Description

Imagine a sculpture that doubles as a valuable business tool. That's the Samsung 933SN 18.5" analog widescreen LCD monitor. Its soft curves, rich piano black finish, clear acrylic accent bar and integrated cable housing lend distinctive style and sophistication to your desk. The 16:9 aspect ratio provides more room for multitasking, while the 5ms response time, exclusive Samsung picture technologies, and 15,000:1 dynamic contrast mean razor-sharp, detailed motion video. And a Custom Key gives you one-touch access to the picture optimization function you use most. With the Samsung 933SN, it's not hard to imagine.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A newer version!, February 14, 2010

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D. Bunch "Photo Geek" (Southern Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung 933SN 18.5-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor with Rich Piano Black Finish (Electronics)

After reading dozens of reviews on this site and others, as well as viewing the monitor in person in 3 different stores, I purchased this monitor this afternoon. First off, the Dynamic Contrast spec has been bumped up from 15K:1 to 50K:1, and it shows. Really great punch, yet very natural looking colors, text really pops off the screen. And no dead pixels (yay!).

Also, the monitor base now comes partially pre-assembled. The "egg-shaped" part and the stem or post is already attached - now all that's needed is to screw the actual base onto the stem/post, with an attached folding-key type thumbscrew - all done in less than 30 seconds. Not exactly the widest range of tilt is available, but sufficient.

One warning for those who might be visually comparing monitors in stores - first, request that the monitor being considered be taken off a slide-show or other demo-mode visual, just request to see the standard desktop. Check the text beneath the icons for sharpness, ghosting, color fringes, etc. Also, bear in mind that multi-monitor feeds (a whole string of displays showing the same thing) introduce a great deal of line loss, severely diminshing display sharpness and clarity. And second, at least with Windows 7, the Clear Type text adjustment can make a HUGE difference in text clarity. Be sure and run this adjustment upon installation of the new monitor.

After trying HP's 2009m and 2338h (the first was excellent but overpriced IMHO and the second exhibited horribly uneven backlight spill in the lower right area of the screen), Dell's IN1910N (yuck!) and Asus' VH232H (excellent, but too big for my desktop), at $100 (OD in-store sale from flyer), this one's the charm!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great monitor, October 15, 2009

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Joseph R. Rogers "Joe" (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung 933SN 18.5-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor with Rich Piano Black Finish (Electronics)

I have purchased 2 of these refurbished Samsung monitors and they both are top notch!!! I liked the first one so much I bought another one for my home office also.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars love Samsung, October 7, 2009

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matt-HD "Matt" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung 933SN 18.5-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor with Rich Piano Black Finish (Electronics)

I've always been a fan of Samsung products. All I needed the monitor for was as a secondary monitor for my recording projects. Nothing fancy. The color and picture is very clear. The auto-adjust is kind of weird that it gives you almost waves of sharpness and smoothness. I don't know, maybe I'm overlooking something. But overall, it gets the job done. I would recommend it to anyone, although one should consider going larger if they can, luckily 18.5" was all I was looking for, due to lack of available space for anything larger.