Samsung 193P: Exclusive Preview
by Kristopher Kubicki on April 15, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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Full Screen Application
Here are a few quick looks at some demanding full screen applications (except solitaire, which is windowed). All of these screenshots are taken with DVI inputs on the LCDs. We used a Radeon 9800 XT for testing.You may also see how some of our other monitors have fared in this portion of the benchmark:
Albatron LWX-30AMS
Samsung 213T
Dell 2001FP
The Matrix Reload, The Matrix - We include these movies into our benchmark to test full motion video. We were surprised by how much more vivid the Samsung 213T appeared. We did not detect any motion blur. The image looks fairly washed out compared to our 213T, but very much on par with the Dell 2001FP.
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Morrowind - We like to test Morrowind for 1600x1200 application, but unfortunately, the SyncMaster 193P only supports 1280x1024. Colors were not as good on the 193P as they were on the 213T, and we noticed a slightly more washed out image.
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Max Payne 2 - Our Max Payne 2 experience left us feeling very similar to the Samsung 213T. Color replication gave us about the same errors and advantages; and TrTf response time was virtually identical. Even though Samsung improved their response time specification to 20ms (from 25ms on the 192T), gray-to-gray response time has benefited even greater.
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Halo - Due to the shutter rate of the camera, there are a few distinct imperfections. These "ghosted" images are not the product of motion blur, but rather, the product of capturing two frames during the image exposure. Halo was much easier to play on the 193P than our 192T or 213T. Although miniscule, there was an increased responsiveness to the LCD, particularly in mid-range values.
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Unreal Tournament 2004 - Slightly faster paced than Halo, UT2K4 does a great job of emphasizing TrTf and gray-to-gray response times. There were several patterns we noticed; TrTf changed very little while gray-to-gray improved dramatically. We noticed the most significant blurring on projectiles. Vertical/Horizontal scrolling and relatively muted transitions were very similar to the Dell 2001FP (which produced almost no motion blur even during intense gaming).
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miomao - Sunday, April 18, 2004 - link
ehm... I've found it with Google. :)I think the LTM190E4 can be the 193p and next Eizo L768 panel.
If I can suggest a great source for LCD things is also the free german forum www.prad.de
(I'm not related to site).
KristopherKubicki - Sunday, April 18, 2004 - link
Miomao, thanks for the link! how did you find that?Kristopher
miomao - Sunday, April 18, 2004 - link
gaurav in this PDF document there are the new Samsung LCD panels.http://tinyurl.com/3h985
Seems the panels to make 203P and 213p are already here.
KristopherKubicki - Saturday, April 17, 2004 - link
12: advertised, yes it does (800:1 contrast ratio on 250 nits). In practicality, no not really.Kristopher
DrumBum - Saturday, April 17, 2004 - link
Does the 193p have a darker black level than the 213t or are they the same?gauravsharma311 - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
Any chance of getting the Sony S204 in for comparison? It's supposedly based on Fujitsu MVA panel, would be interesting to see how that fares. Also, you seem to be neglecting 213T's bigger brother, 243T, which does 1900x1200. In my experience Samsung T-series have tacky build, whereas the P ones are nicer. I wonder if there'll be a 213P (since 193P and below have cheaper tackier "T" analogues).KristopherKubicki - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
The new sharp 19" 16ms LCD is next :)I would say the 213T or the 2001FP would be the best since they can do 1600x1200. I think even adobe's color manager will allow you to correct the color issues if you know enough about curves - so yes the problem is almost always correctable if you have a level of knowledge to know what you are doing.
Kristopher
DrumBum - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
Can the blue-green tint be eliminated by raising brightness on the red or with professional calibration? On the color vision spyder page, it looks like the 193P did a whole lot better than the 213t. Out of these three monitors, which one would you say would be best for graphic design? I would think the 2001fp would because it doesn't have the blue-green tint and has accurate colors. Is this correct?Hardtarget - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
I'd love to see anandtech do a review of the samsung 173T.miomao - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
Kristopher you was right about NEC and LG cooperation.At CeBit NEC show the new 1980SXi that much probably will use the LG.Philips LM190E02 16ms S-IPS panel.
Surely, I prefered that NEC would make his own panel, so we would have had a better choice... :(