With a native 1080p resolution at 16:9 ratio, this monitor was meant for HD video and gaming.

Most of the usage over the past few weeks was through a Playstation 3 system with a HDMI to DVI adapter. Please note that all pictures below are at the same exposure parameters, and shot with an Olympus E-1.

Watching movies at full 1080p looked great. A panel with full HD specifications really make movies shine with very crisp and clear pictures. All colours were vibrant, and there were no problems with ghosting during fast action-packed scenes. Gaming is a very pleasant experience, as there is absolutely no ghosting and with running games at 1080p there is a lot of detail that can be pushed out if your video card can handle it. You can clearly notice when the dynamic contrast kicks in during dark scenes, which is when the panel darkens the backlights in order to achieve a greater contrast. The switching between backlight on and off is very subtle and fast, whereas in Samsung’s older panels, the switching looks like a fade effect making it blatantly obvious.

These two pictures show how much the panel darkens when viewing it at an angle. This panel actually looks great from every angle, even from the extremes angles the panel doesn’t do any weird colour distorting like previous fluorescent-lit panels. The new LED let panels perform really well when viewed at different angles.

Testing with movies and games can only get us so much, now let’s move on to more technical testing.

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