 Excellent picture, plug and play and reliable |
| Review Date: August 23, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Mahlers2nd, |
My husband originally bought this monitor after I screwed up and bought a non-traditional aspect ratio monitor -- not knowing much about LCD monitors at that time. The widescreen monitor was extremely difficult to drive -- especially if you are running older hardware and less than the latest and greatest version of XP.
After my misadventure, he did his research and picked this monitor for its brightness, refresh rate, and contrast ratio. He has bad eyes and found this monitor to be great for him. He has owned it for a little over a year and it has worked flawlessly -- no dead pixels.
When I started my job this week and was given a CRT from the mid-90s, I stole this monitor from him so that I could actually read what was on my screen. This monitor is a joy to use. I have an ancient desktop and it works fine in native mode so no extra drivers were required.
I highly recommend this monitor if you aren't familiar with optimizing aspect ratios, trying to match video card specs etc. |
Samsung synchmaster 943N review
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| Review Date: April 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Joseph C. Gildea, Mountain City, TN |
Samsung SyncMaster 943N 19" LCD Monitor
I have been using the monitor for about 3 weeks and I am extremely happy with it. There were no dead pixels and the monitor functioned perfectly as plug-and-play in windows xp sp2 even before I loaded the samsung driver. The picture is bright an clear. The supplied software is easy to use to obtain true color and auto adjustment. However if you would like a darker or brighter picture the manual adjustment feature is very easy to use. I play a lot of games and I have had no problem with pixel gosting at any resolution. As of now I would recommend this monitor without reservations. |
Works well
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| Review Date: July 13, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Chris Goldthorpe, Portland, OR USA |
| This monitor was easy to set up and works well. It is bright and easy to read and has software which allows you to fine tune it for photographic work. I find the 4:3 aspect to be more versatile than widescreen, for example when you want to work on a portrait in photoshop. The maximum resolution is 1280x1024 so if you need more you should get a different monitor but this resolution works well for me. |
Samsung 943n - It's hip to be square
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| Review Date: November 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Polonius Monk, New York |
I've owned a Samsung 740N for 5 years with no trouble, so I decided to try this 19" 943N. Was it worth going from 17" to 19"? Yes. The 943N looks great, text is sharp, no ghosting on games (Grand Prix Legends, NOLF 1&2) even at less than the native resolution - I run this monitor at 1024 x 768 for Internet use with the monitor about 4 feet away. If you want to see more on a page vertically, without squinting or wearing glasses to read the text, a square monitor is the best way to go. Watching wide-screen videos puts black bars at the top and bottom, but the picture is still bigger than a 21" wide screen monitor would give, and they look fine, not HD, but good enough. And how often do you watch WS videos on your computer when you have a TV?
Out of the box, the monitor is way too bright - turned it down to 20%; didn't bother with the software, just pointed Windows XP Pro to the driver on the disk. The touch sensitive buttons on the front are very responsive, maybe too sensitive for some, but easy to get used to, and you only need to set it up once. The screen does tilt. but it's very tight to move, so people think it's not adjustable, but it is. Cool blue light ;-)
Overall, I recommend this monitor for users who value crisp text, more on the page vertically, rather than watching DVDs. I also use this monitor, with 16.7 million colors, for Photoshop and have found no banding in gradients like some cheaper LCDs. So far, I've had it running everyday, 8 to 12 hours a day, for a month, with no problems. It came with 1 stuck green pixel, only visible on a completely black screen, so not a big deal. Get an extra 3 months warranty from Samsung if you register online at their site within 30 days of purchase. Be sure to include the manufacture date as part of the serial number or the form won't recognize your monitor.
The only thing I wasn't happy about was that Amazon knocked $15 off the price, three days after I bought it, and they charged sales tax. What gives with that Amazon? Still a good buy, but wouldn't have bought it if they didn't offer the option to return it for full refund (unlike NewEgg, who will only offer exchange).
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samsung 943n
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| Review Date: November 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Richard Ross, Los Angeles, CA USA |
it was good to be able to purchase a standard screen monitor as i do not have the room for the new widescreen monitors (which are the only one you can purchase in stores.
this one is a good size for me and it fits very in the room available. |
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