Samsung B2330 23-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 22 x 17.2 inches ; 14.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003CYKC7W
• Item model number: B2330
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,996 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 3, 2010

Product Description

For those for whom ordinary is not an option, we created Samsung B2330 widescreen LCD monitor. This 23" monitor features a rich, glossy black finish accented by an elegant clear acrylic bar along the bottom bezel. Inside, leading-edge technology results in picture quality second to none, with 70,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and full HD 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. To save energy and money, the MagicEco feature allows you to work at 100%, 75% or 50% brightness. And for ease of use, the MagicReturn feature automatically displays dual-monitor content on a single monitor when one monitor is powered off.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok monitor but only at the right price., August 17, 2010

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BilgeBoy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung B2330 23-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black (Personal Computers)

I've been using this monitor for a few months with business related applications, web browsing, DVD watching and the occasional game. It's being driven by the VGA and HDMI ports.
Pro:
Overall, image quality and performance is good. It's bright, crisp and has reasonable color saturation across the entire screen. Physical setup was easy. Configuration was ok.
Con:
There is some bleed through across the entire screen and especially near the edges. It's noticeable at startup but the monitor's high contrast and brightness soon make this unnoticeable in most applications except movies where the shadow areas suffer a bit.
The provided stand is useless. It's allows the monitor to constantly bob around placing a strain on the eyes after 20 minutes. It's also short. I added a 3M stand that improves it greatly but is still not as stabile as other monitors (HP, Dell)
The configuration software is nice if it would stay running. Installed on two XP systems and it fails to run properly. So I use the soft-touch buttons on the monitor base.
The soft-touch buttons aren't user friendly. If the rooms not lit up, it's difficult to find the right finger position.

Overall, if you can find this for under $200 it would be a good value. Otherwise I'd look elsewhere.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MARTHASA, July 26, 2010

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DanielJ - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung B2330 23-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black (Personal Computers)

As the other review said the monitor does not look good over vga, but on dvi/hdmi this monitor looks awesome. It is very easy to calibrate with the included software but one thing I would not do is turn on dynamic contrast because this is a cclf monitor it does not do it well. Over all it is a great monitor and since most computers and laptops either have a dvi or hdmi connection the problem with vga is not that big of a deal.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice monitor at a very nice price, December 5, 2010

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moose_of_many_waters (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung B2330 23-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black (Personal Computers)

I don't have a TV - no cable and my location is too remote for reception over the air - but I do have DSL and I needed a monitor to watch programs/movies over the web and via the DVD drive on my laptop. I used to use a 19" Hitachi LCD monitor, which was kind of small. This 23" Samsung is perfect for temporarily plunking down on my coffee table and getting a nice big picture on my couch.

The Samsung was a snap to set up. It comes with both DVI and VGA cables. I plugged the DVI cable directly into my MacBook Pro laptop output and the monitor worked like a champ right out of the box. The screen is sharp and the color is true to life. You can make adjustments to the video fairly easily, although the controls are not completely intuitive (the manual was helpful). The text is sharp, sharp enough that my wife and I can work on the NY Times crossword together on the couch (geeky I know, but that's us!).

The downside of this monitor is that the warranty is one year (some Samsungs come with three-year warranties). Also the stand, while very stable, is not at all adjustable. If you want to raise up the monitor a couple of inches, you need to use a book or two. All in all, I'm very pleased with this monitor, especially with its high quality image. I found a coupon online that got the price down to what you'd spend for an Acer or Asus. I consider this thing to be a bargain.