Summary: I purchased this monitor at the end of April 2012 and it arrived, as promised, on May 1, 2012. I integrated it into my system and it worked just fine - until tonight, May...
Summary: I have had this monitor for about 5 years now and have had zero problems. It is on everyday. I did buy it new at the time and not refurbished.
Conclusion: I use a Dell 20-inch 1600x1200 monitor at work, I had been using a 17-inch Samsung LCD at home, 172N. I recently upgraded my home computer video card so I could drive...
Pros: resolution, brightness, color, auto-settings, user-settings, multiple inputs DVI/VGA. Nice thin border. It smoothly rises and rotates, and works in portrait or landsca...
Cons: I can't think of any. No USB ports, but who needs them on the monitor anyway?
Conclusion: I purchased this monitor exclusively for use in my office. We have at least 10 different models altogether, and the brightness and color reproduction of the Samsung 204B...
Pros: Bright, excellent contrast, zero dead pixels, small *sturdy* stand, manual adjustments, calibration software, inexpensive
Cons: (possible weakness for some people): Screen viewing angle
Conclusion: When I bought this monitor I was very happy with it. No dead pixels at all. I noticed some people complaining about blackline developing across the screen.
Pros: bright and sharp image, very peasing to the eye, excellent color. no dead pixels (for 108 days)
Cons: not much except for a row of pixels that died after 108 days from the date of purchase
Conclusion: This is a very good display. Its chief weakness is the accompaning software. I could never get Natural Color and Magic Tune to work, even though my graphics were on their...
Pros: Crisp image, rotating screen, excellent size, great responsiveness, good value
Cons: Software, natural resolution makes fonts a little small,