Customer Reviews

Samsung SyncMaster 953BW 19-inch LCD Monitor

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I love this monitor. With the 2ms response time I see no motion blur or ghosting with even the fastest action sequences, the resolution (1440x900) and color contrast (8000:1) is amazing. The clarity is incredible. Watching movies, editing pictures and playing games is a joy on this monitor and with the slim stylish design it looks great even when not in use.

Check the technical specs and you won't find a better monitor in its class.

Set-up and customizing is a breeze too.

The picture quality of this monitor is GREAT! Since hooking it up I have watched a few HD shows and movies and they all look perfect. I have a Samsung HD TV so I figured as much as I love my HDTV I would get a Samsung monitor to match.

The only reason I rated this monitor 4 stars instead of 5 is because I feel like Samsung took the cheap way out by not adding an adjustable tilt \ height stand and leaving out a DVI cable. Lucky for me I still had my cable from my old Dell monitor, but still come on, even that monitor came with both a DVI and VGA connection.

One of the best gaming monitors by far. I play in the Major League Gaming events and World Cyber Games events and they use these particular monitors on a world level. The 2ms lag time for the LCD technology is one of the best I've seen compared to some others, particularly the viewsonic which is over priced and Samsung just produces a better monitor, ( my opinion ) I play Halo 3 on it and the response time is outstanding, I recommend this monitor to anyone looking to game, not particularly use adobe with your mac or anything, but gaming 5 stars.

I ordered this monitor from Amazon because, of all the brand name monitors I had researched, this monitor came the closest to meeting my requirements.

Unfortunately, when the monitor arrived and I was configuring it, the problem began. Well, not really a problem in the purest definition. The monitor wants to default to 1940 x 1400, and I found during the install/configuring that my video card does not support that resolution. So, rather than modify the universe to fix the problem, I just returned the monitor to Amazon.

So, it's a good monitor, just not for me.

Obviously for under $200 you don't expect to get the greatest monitor on earth, but this one is wonderful for the price. I'm using it as a second monitor to work with HD video in Final Cut Pro on my MacBook Pro, and it works flawlessly. Great picture quality, decent color and contrast. Some moron wrote a one star review saying it doesn't work with the latest MacBooks, but that simply isn't true.

If you are looking for a monitor that doesn't cost a lot and it is pretty good quality with a brand name you recognize: then this is the monitor I would get (obviously I already did because I am now reviewing it).

The only thing that I don't like about this monitor is the lack of tilt/angle movement. It has some ability to tilt, but it is not great at all. It is also hard to tilt if you can get it to tilt at all.

Otherwise, it is nice and small and takes up less room that those stone age monitors. And the blue power light is pretty (but it is annoying when your PC is off...it blinks very brightly in the dark). So if you are a light sleeper, make sure you turn off the monitor too.

Great picture quality! It is also pretty simple to keep clean of dust.

I purchased this item 2 weeks back and am pretty satisfied. I am using this for watching TV as well as for my home office. Only problem is that I cannot switch it off remotely as this does not have a remote. HD quality is great!

Since Samsung is one of the largest LCD manufacturers in the world so the quality of the display in this monitor was never in doubt. What disappointed me was that Samsung choose to surround this nice LCD with cheap crap. The stand does not balance and is not adjustable in any manner. The monitor has both VGA and DVI outputs but only comes with a cheap VGA cable - even though today most computer systems use DVI.

Samsung - your product designers need to think your designs through a bit more. Think like Apple or at least Sony, cause I need to buy more monitors, and this time I'm buying a Viewsonic.

SAMSUNG 953BW - STAND REMOVAL

Read the last part of this post before you begin - it might be much easier than is described here, but I did not try it. Did it the hard way.

Here you will find how to take apart the base.

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Here is how to take off the metal post that remains after removing the two plastic halves that cover it - when assembled, they make the vertical piece of the stand.

If you look at the bottom of the monitor frame, you will see that the metal post is attached to a metal plate, and that this plate is attached to another metal plate that is fixed to the monitor. Nevertheless, you will notice that the post can move a little with respect to the monitor.

As you will see in the picture of the rear of the monitor, in the link above: The post is held to the monitor by means of two rails, which hold the side edges of the metal plate attached to the post. And you will also see that there is a small rectangular hole in the plate, in which a retaining tab must go in to keep it from coming off.

I used the large blade of a regular swiss army knife and stuck it in between the two metal plates, in the center part of the space between them, and noticed that it would come to a stop a about the edge of the rectangular hole - it must have been hitting the retaining tab.
Then I hit the knife a couple of times with the heel of my hand, to see if it would go in any further, and: Bingo! It did.
Drove it almost all the way in, and then pulled on the post and it slid out. That's it !

LATER NOTICED: You don't even have to disassemble the vertical piece of the stand.
Just bend the monitor back as far as it would go, then remove the large piece of the base, and there you will see the edges of the two metal plates mentioned in the preceding paragraph where you have to introduce the blade.

BY THE WAY: my monitor failed after about a year and a half of use. First, the screen developed a grey vertical band, about two inches wide, on the right side. Afterwards, there was no image. This was the reason for needing to remove the base. It is presently being repaired by Samsung, under warranty. Will update this post, if needed.

I am very pleased with the Samsung SyncMaster 9538W monitor. It is now a joy to watch my favorite video's with my new monitor. Using the flat screen makes for easier viewing of the written word. The controls are easier to use to set brightness and magic bright gives you options you don't have on the older monitors. I feel this is a very good product and would recommend this product for anyone.