Samsung SM 316

Advantages: pivot for word documents, excellent image quality, easy calibration, looks stunning
Disadvantages: slightly more expensive than your average 17" LCD

...This monitor is actually amazing! I bought the Samsung SM173P around 5 months ago for £230 and although this was quite expensive for the average LCD monitor, the Samsung SM173P is no ordinary LCD!! Firstly, the SM173P is the most aesthetically pleasing monitor I have seen in production at the moment. In all, the design is very minimalist, giving a tidy and sleek feel to the monitor. On the front there is only one solitary silver power on/off button on the right bottom corner and "SAMSUNG" in the middle of the lower border. From the back, the monitor looks like something the designers behind the iMac and iPod would have come up with! It has a nice white finish that completes the sleek and sophisticated feel about this monitor. The screen itself was the thinnest out of all the monitors I came across when I was shopping... Read review

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Advantages: low user of electricity, small, light to carry
Disadvantages: rotating monitor software doesnt work on XP

...The Samsung SyncMaster 151s is a TFT LCD monitor. It is 15-inches. The way TFTs are measured are different than the conventional CRT monitors so this makes it similar to a 17" CRT monitor. The monitor accepts analog RGB video signals. Picture quality: The picture os very bright. and very good quality. I have had this monitor for a few years now and it was then £360. At the time it was voted by the main PC magazines as being both the cheapest and highest quality on the market. I sometimes think the picture is a little fussy but I am not sure if its my terrible eyesight and me needing to go to bed or if it is the monitor. Resolution The monitor's native resolution is 1024 x 768 but it will work at 800 x 600 if preferred. Compared to CRTs of the same size, its resolution is a bit small but thats how TFTs... Read review

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Advantages: Space saver, ClearType, Easier on eyes
Disadvantages: Price

...We've gone a bit flat screen crazy in my family recently. It started when we all clubbed together to buy my impoverished student brother a 15" Samsung flat screen monitor for his birthday present. The poor thing had about a square foot of desk space in his room and could barely open a book on it. Anyway, we thought it would aid his studying. I think it actually aided his DVD watching, but it certainly took up less space none the less. Then my dad decided that he actually liked the flat screen quite a lot himself and with the excuse that it would "help him work from home" he bought the same monitor. Not to be outdone we purchased a 17" Samsung SyncMaster flat screen monitor along with our spangly new computer this Christmas. We got the 2" bigger one as apparently size matters...! **Price** Model: Samsung SyncMaster 172 GY17CSSS SM... Read review

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