Samsung SyncMaster 191T 19" LCD Monitor (Black) Product Description:
- Digital DVI-D and analog inputs
- 1,280 x 1,024 resolution, 0.294 mm dot pitch
- Bright display with rich 500:1 contrast ratio
- Wide 170-degree viewing angles
- 3-year warranty on parts, labor, and backlight
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Head of the class for 19" LCDs
By J. Hardy IV
Samsung 191T 19" LCD Monitor ReviewFriday, November 22, 2002
I love my new 191T. Some history. I had previously used a 21" Mitsubishi 91TXM [aperture grill model] since 1996 till this year when it started flaking out and fluctuating in brightness.
I decided to get my feet wet in the LCD world in March 2002 with the best bang for the buck 15" monitor at the time. That was the KDS Rad-5. The KDS performed admirably; it showed me the wonders of no more eye strain when using a TFT monitor. Some niggling concerns emerged over time of course w/ an entry level monitor like this: there was no portrait swivel [though I did splurge for a stand alone stand that does it], no DVI connection, 35ms refresh rate, colors were not as saturated and vibrant as a CRT.
I had been monitoring the 19" LCD segment for some time, waiting for an appropriate price point / performance convergence. That came when I saw the multiple award winning Samsung 191T hit [money]. Monitors are about the only things I tend to buy locally, and my CompUSA had a few of these. So I carted it home, pleasantly amused that I could carry it briefcase style in one hand, remembering my battles moving around of the 21" Mitsubishi. After unpacking, I connected the cables up to my Matrox Parhelia 512. The Matrox has a DVI output which allowed me to go straight Digital to Digital w/out the need for an analogue conversion step. I hooked up my KDS to the second head of the Parhelia and the third head to my Apex 20" TV.
First thing I noticed after getting the drivers installed was w/ the DVI connection, all monitor adjustments including color temp. are 'taken care of' for you. The 191T's native resolution is 1280x1024x32x60HZ. I have never run at 1280 before because on my Mitsubishi it made things too small and caused even more eye strain. I was leery about how things would look on the TFT since the KDS runs at 1024x768 natively which I also use to run the Mitsu. However, my fears were unfounded, the text looks great, it's still 96DPI in WinXP but I don't have any problem reading it on the 191T which is great. Second thing I noticed compared to the KDS was that the colors were extremely vibrant and saturated. This was a gripe w/ the KDS. The contrast on the 191T is 500:1, on the KDS it's 350:1 so this is very noticeable in Mame32 vertical games where if you play in landscape mode, you've got the two black 'letterbox' bars on each side of the image. The Samsung is brighter than my CRT, it's really beautiful to watch a game with strong colors like the CPS2 Vampire series, or Last Blade. Another claim to fame for the 191T is its super thin bezel, as can be seen in these images, it's extremely elegant and well laid out. The base allows for rotation so games can be played in portrait mode if desired. Sad to say, I actually find myself being too lazy to actually rotate it; so they're played in the old style in landscape. Refresh times are spec'ed at less than 25ms. The lower the refresh rate, the less likely the ghosting effect that continues to plague LCDs to some degree. I found the 191T to be little better than the KDS, the degree of betterness, heh, perhaps affected by the larger amount of pixels that need to be pushed around. All said, it's personal preference and tolerance level for the ghosting, I don't think it's that bad since I only play Mame32 and Links 2003, a golf game which is static. I have been extremely impressed with this monitor so far, I've quickly gotten used to having more onscreen real estate in my daily work as well. The jump from 1024x768 to 1280x1024 affords a nice increase in visibility. This monitor is a current top performer in its bracket, I don't have any trouble recommending it. 33 of 35 people found the following review helpful. I have been using a 19" CRT(18" viewable Hitachi 753) for the last four years with a DELL: a couple of days ago, I had enough of the dry eyes from its constant use, so I sold it and got the 191T(under-pressure splurge?). It was sad to see it go(like selling a child...) and the purchase of such an expensive item on decisions made alone from the internet reviews was a very very tense experience(well, there aren't many stores that has the expensive LCDs displayed with all those cheaper LCDs around). HOWEVER, after a days use of the 191T, I can tell you this: get this if you can.This is one 'huge' monitor in terms of the screen size: there has been only an inch increase from my previous monitor, but coupled with about 1/5 of the depth of the monitor, it really looks like a floating picture frame. There seems to be one dead on the top left but disregardable, and brightness(500:1) was so good that I had to turn it down: I later found out that the initial setup for the two had been at only 50%! The colors are lusciously vivid: it is not like that poking, somewhat tiresome sharpness that CRT displays. I liked the tone of the colors so much that I got some post-impressionist drawings(Monet et al) as my new screen saver. By the way, the screen's response from fast movement was negligible: sure, some hate LCDs for slow response rate, but with 25ms(that is milliseconds), the 191T has the one of the lowest to date and it shows. Skipping all the technical specifications that you readers by now will know(after scrolling through all the internet sites), the price might be somewhat hard to swallow: I was-[$$$] purchase was not an easy one to make, more so being a student. Also, the difference between saying 'a few hundred dollar monitor' and 'a thousand dollar monitor' to onlookers("WHAT?") was so great, I agonized over purchasing the 191T and the lesser sibling, the 181T(18inch). Both are technically and in shape the same, besides the 191T having a 19inch screen, an adapter(the 181T incorporated it inside) and a few things. However, the price difference between the two as low as [$$$], the 191T is hard to beat. Sure, some say that 19 inch at a fixed resolution of 1280*1024 is somewhat much, but for me, it is worth it and the 191T handles it superbly. Just to let you know that just because the LCDs has fixed resolutions does not mean that they cannot show lower ones: it is just that it cannot utilize the whole screen.The looks of the 191T are fabulous: 19mm silver frame, and the compactness of the depth, the lightness(the 19" CRT was as heavy as a baby elephant, whereas the 191T is as light as a dame), and the joy of staring at the whole new world of colors without pains from lengthy use is just dazzling and wonderful: hey, I do have a 14" LCD on my 4-year old laptop and UC Berkeley has tons of LCDs here and there so this is not my first LCD experience, but the 191T is just it. At prices now coming below [$$$] for 191Ts compared to other 18"(yes, 18"!) LCDs that costs more(i.e. NEC-Mitsubishi), the 191T(and also 181T) are the Lexuses of the LCDs: affordable luxury. It is just flat out brilliant, literally. 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. All LCD monitors have what's called a "native resolution". The native resolution is the resolution the monitor was built, designed, and meant to be used at. If you use it at any other resolution you get lower performance, like blurry text, ghosting and other issues. When you use the monitor correctly by running it at it's native resolution of 1280x1024 with a 60Hz refresh rate, everything will look perfect. Trying to use the monitor at any other resolution other that the native resolution for that particular LCD will not hurt the monitor, but you will notice things look a bit blurry. It's a limitation of LCD technology, not of this particular monitor, all LCDs have this limitation! I have the Dell 1900FP, which is just a relabeled 191T. I was lucky enough to get a monitor with no stuck pixels and I love this thing. Since I run it at it's native resolution it has razor sharp text. It is much brighter than my old CRT monitor was. Geometry and other problems with the picture filling the whole screen are non-existent due to the auto-adjust button which automaticaaly adjusts the screen to fill the entire screen. I occasionally notice some ghosting while playing games like Quake3, but it's not really that bad. Considering what I've seen on some other LCD monitors, the ghosting on the 191T is not a problem. This is another LCD technology limitation that occurs with all of the larger LCDs made today. Until the response time of LCD monitors drop on larger LCDs you will be able to notice "ghosting". Even so I didn't find it to be a problem on this monitor. The thin bezel is a big plus and once I have the money I will be picking up a second 191T. I've seen others with three of these monitors in triple-head and is looks very nice. The thin bezel makes it possible to watch DVDs and play games in multi-monitor setups and have it look ok.Flat Out Brilliant
By Sang Won Park
*** SURGEON'S WARNING: Reading this might lead you to purchase a near-four digit display even by maxing your card so read it at your own peril ***LCD Technology Has Some Limitations
By Patrick J Hufford
Some else reviewed this monitor before me and complained that at resolutions other than 1280x1024 the text was blurry. Well, guess what? That's normal for this LCD. In fact, all LCD have the same issue, let me explain.
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