Samsung SyncMaster P2350 LCD Monitor
Aug 17th, 2009 | By DavidHere are the full specifications listed on the Samsung website:
The monitor comes with some great features, such as 2ms response time, 50,000:1 dynamic contrast, and their Touch of Color (ToC) design. ToC strays away from the traditional glossy plastic build that most manufacturers tend to use, and adds a hint of amber to their injection-molded material. By using injection-molding, they avoid using spray paints that are harmful for the environment. Also, it just looks darn good. ToC was implemented into Samsung panels last year, and has been popular ever since.
Surprisingly, Samsung has opted against the inclusion of HDMI for this panel. With the native 1080p resolution, it would be natural to assume this panel was designed for high-def viewing from HDMI-based devices. Many panels today are starting to include HDMI support due to the increasing number of video cards that output in HDMI format.
Now that we’ve looked at the full specifications, let’s take a look at the real thing.
Could you please post your calibration settings?
thanks =)
“This 23.6″ monitor is bound to be a good purchase.”
is this a 23.6, or 23 in, display area?
After two days i got a dead pixel (green dot), registered a complaint. Tech ppl said panel has to be changed. After nearly two months still they couldn’t get a panel. Service is very poor.
JAK wrote:
Where did you buy it from? You should have returned it claiming you were not happy with the quality if the monitor.
However, some stores will not accept a return unless there is a certain percentage of failed pixels.
I was able to find a HDMI to DVI-D adapter for $7. This can now be connected to a HDMI cable or a DVI cable (depending on your need) It is good to keep the DVI-D because sometimes I hook up my PC to this monitor. Otherwise, my PS3 is using it.
This isn’t exactly a disadvantage.
I bought a P2350 monitor a couple months ago. Was very satisfied until it began to shut off by itself for no apparent reason. I would not recommend buying this monitor.
We can’t knock the entire line for one or two bad units. How is the colour Gamma? does this unit surpass the quality of the 2 year old XL20? anyone know?
@ Bourdieu:
I received my brand new Samsung P2350 monitor 2 days ago and is disappointed all the time. It shuts of without warning and then you are lucky if you get it on again. Most of the time you can not even get it on. Looks like this is a trend!!!
@ Jacques:
Wow, I’m having the exact same issues with mine!
It was fine for the first few weeks, then the random shutting down began.
I sent it in for repair and two weeks later it came back scratched to hell and the problem resumed within twenty minutes of powering it on!
I’ve sent it in again, although I’m not the least bit optimistic.
Avoiding Samsung products in the future. Their “service” is horrendous.
I also have a P2350. It works great most of the time. Every now and then it will go black screen for a few seconds and comes right back on. I guess I should contact them after reading the above comments.
I bought a Samsung P2350 less than 90 days ago. Mine started to shut down on its own as well. Today, it finally quit. The store that I purchased it at replace it since it happened within 90 days. its disappointing to find out that so many people are having the same problem. I have researched other sites on the internet that seem to have quite a few other folks with the same problem.
I was leery of buying a Samsung product since I have never had very good luck with their products in the past. Every one I talked to told me Samsung’s technology and quality had improved quite a bit. This problem is indicative of the problems I’ve had with their products in the past. Luckily, this time I purchased an extended warranty.
My SyncMaster P2350 will shut down by itself. This is infrequent at this stage. It used to come back on after a couple of seconds but last time I needed to press the power button. My standard warrantee is 3 years so I’m leaving it at this stage because the problem could be difficult to demonstrate – but ther is a Problem Samsung!
I recently bought a P2350 as well, and like others I’ve had some problems with it turning itself off, and its less than 30 days old! it has become unusable now due to this, thankfully I have a 3 year warranty, though I’m hoping for a refund as this sounds like a production/inherent defect