Samsung SyncMaster 213T
If you thought that the LG L2010P was the master of looks, check out the Samsung 213T. Its 21in screen uses a 16:9 widescreen format, so we can guess it's aimed at either viewing or producing widescreen video. It also packs in a portrait/landscape panel swivel.
This unit also requires the brightness level to be turned up to almost 100 percent to achieve a decent image, and the contrast levels were nothing exceptional. Colours were excellent, and for such a large viewing area, the fine lines and text were very sharp and clear even when viewed up close. Fast video playback was also very good with brilliant depth of field.
Interestingly, after using this panel for a while we tended to get sore eyes from having to look around the screen so much. Perhaps it's a case of being almost too large, kind of like sitting in one of the front rows in an Imax cinema and trying to watch a movie.
The base is cleverly designed to allow very good movement on all axes except unfortunately the height.
Overall this monitor would be very hard to pass up, providing you really need such a large unit that is. Perfectly suited for monitoring applications or cameras, or for the larger multiscreen applications such as CAD/CAM or video production.
| Product: | Samsung SyncMaster 213T |
| Price: | AU$3499 |
| Vendor: | Samsung |
| Phone: | 02 9763 9700 |
| Web: | www.samsung.com.au |
| Interoperability: |
½
Has VGA and DVI inputs and landscape/portrait swivel. |
| Futureproofing: |
Great style plus widescreen format. |
| ROI: |
Excellent value for the style and features. |
| Service: |
½3-year warranty with excellent pixel policy. |
| Rating: |
½ |
16:9 ratio on the Editors choice Samsung 213T ???
Did you even review these montiors? How you could get such a fundamental thing wrong is beyond me.