Samsung 193P: Exclusive Preview
by Kristopher Kubicki on April 15, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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On Screen Display
The 193P marks a milestone for Samsung; a step away from their traditionally strong OSD. In fact, Samsung eliminated completely their OSD in the conventional sense. Instead of controlling the contrast, brightness and color regulation via controls on the LCD, Samsung has opted to transition the entire control panel into a software package (MagicTune).
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The monitor still includes one power switch, which doubles as an "Auto" sync button. The button is extremely sensitive - we accidently powered the monitor down by brushing against it. When the button is depressed, the monitor makes a muted (yet soothing!) beep.
There are no neat features like MagicBright or ulterior image masks on the 193P. Also, over the DVI interface, certain color calibration options are disabled. The MagicTune software is easy and intuitive, but unfortunately, it requires Windows or Mac to utilize. Simple test patterns demonstrate how to adjust brightness and contrast correctly to optimal levels.
The 193P includes only a few rudimentary controls in MagicTune, but for the most part, they are all the controls that we need.
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Shalmanese - Friday, April 16, 2004 - link
Can we just take it as a given that geometry on LCDs are perfect? Its rather tedious wading through a list of 5's to find out what's WRONG with a particular monitor. Perhaps to make it simpler, if you awarded 5 to all the monitors in a category, you could condense it down to a single figure so we can skim the page more easily.KristopherKubicki - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
Its too expensive to compete with the 2001FP. Its been on sale for a while but samples for review just arrived - go figureKristopher
miomao - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
The usually great review... :)I would like to see also a comparison with the LG.Philips 19'' 25ms S-IPS panel.
A monitor like LG L1910B (last version) or Iiyama E481.
Buyers say it doesn't have deep black, but is very fast on video and games.
araczynski - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
3rd generation my a*s...Yvo - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
funny this monitor has been on sale at Fry's for over 2 months.DannyOcean - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
Would Anandtech recommend buying the Samsung 193P over the Dell 2001FP?