Samsung P2350 LCD Monitor
Published on June 7th, 2009.
Okay, here is another post to my blog ^^ . Just got a new monitor recently. This monitor being the Samsung P2350 LCD monitor.
As you can guess from the model number, this is indeed a 23" monitor and a widescreen one with a native resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. Yes.... you guessed it right, its a full high- def (HD) monitor based on the native resolution it has. Though I was hoping that it came with the 1920x1200 resolution since there seems to be more wallpapers for that resolution and its more suitable for video playback using video players like Media Player Classic since the control bar does not block the video when you are in full screen mode.
As with most monitors nowadays, the Samsung P2350 comes with both VGA and DVI inputs. No HDMI input though sadly. But I am not really complaining since I don't have any use for it now. Maybe in the future =p.
It has a maximum contrast ratio of 50000:1 as you can see from the picture above. Although that only works if you enable Dynamic Contrast.
The other Samsung monitor that comes with the Touch Buttons that I know of is the P2370. However, that model only has a single DVI input and is more expensive OTL.
Forgive me for the dust on the bezel. My area has some issues with dust ^^;
The touch button controls are a bit of a hit and miss though. Yeah, it looks cool and stuff with the menu icons emitting a faint glow but its kinda hard to navigate through the OSD at times since there is no tactile feedback when you press the buttons unlike regular ones.
Here you can see how sites that do not have dynamic width thingy where it adjusts to wider screens are displayed.
Stretches all the way and wider than before xD.
Video playback is good on this monitor. The colours are well represented and the contrast is decent too. Here you can see that full screen fills the entire fram without any letterbox strips on the top and bottom of the screen.
This is a picture of my dual screen setup. Dual screen is WIN. Once you have experienced it, you will never go back to single screen ^^ . Much more real estate to work with things. My desk is kinda messy here haha.
Overall, I must say that I am satisfied with the performance of this monitor. Price wise, its not that expensive. Prices of LCD monitors are getting cheaper now so.. ya. =)
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9 Comments
raptor_cZn on June 8th, 2009
@rotaku: Thanks ^^
omics on June 30th, 2009
Hi! Great review and photos!
But I'm wondering what kind of panel is it using in your country, could you tell me?
Choose contrast and brightness at 0. Press the Menu button. Press the Source button for 5 seconds - second button on the right, the type is the code at the bottom)
Thanks!!
raptor_cZn on June 30th, 2009
@omics: What do you mean by what kind of panel? Btw, doesn't holding the source button in the menu just reset the settings to factory defaults?
omics on June 30th, 2009
Thanks for your concern. You may see the link below to get to know about it. The panel is the display indeed, that may be A,C,S. It's just something technic that varies within countries, and I wnat to compare it with my country (Arg.) Your review convinced me on getting this LCD for tomorrow, thanks!
http://www.psu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98340
raptor_cZn on June 30th, 2009
I don't see the panel info there on mine. Only has the Scaler-MCU
max on July 28th, 2009
hey thanks for ur detailed review.... it is infact a good lcd monitor, dont u hav pics of the rare part of the monitors, just to hav a look at the connectivity part.....
raptor_cZn on July 28th, 2009
@max: I didn't take any pics of the rear of the monitor but if you are wanting to know what connections there are, its just a DVI input, VGA input and the power cord input.
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rotaku on June 8th, 2009
Nice monitor... congrats ^^