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Excellent monitor on a ridiculously flimsy stand.

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4 Dec 14th, 2006 

12 Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful

Advantages:
High resolution; bright, even picture; modest price

Disadvantages:
Crap hardware

Recommendable Yes:

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scabaret

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As I type this my monitor is sitting slightly askew, directly on my desktop. The hinge that connects it to its adjustable stand began to fail within days after its purchase. As the hinge distorted the monitor began to slump forward. When it got to about 45 degrees I removed it from the stand fearing damage to the screen when the part finally failed altogether.
I haven't contacted Samsung to ask for another because I fear it is a design shortcoming, so another stand will suffer the same fate. I didn't just return the whole thing because... well, the monitor is that good. I can fit a lot of stuff onto 1680x1050, and the price was very reasonable.
The saving grace here is that any 75mmx75mm VESA-compliant stand will work.
If you just pretend that you're buying a monitor with no stand & act accordingly you'll be okay. 

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Comments about this review »

proteomics2000 03.01.2007 09:31

The consumer is going to buy the screen - it is an aspect that the hinge was faulty and thanks for pointing it out, but it would have been nice to know more about the screen itself - can it be wall mounted, etc etc, more detail about the whole

daylehall 14.12.2006 19:30

Okay review although really you could do with including alot more info, try and include as much detail as you can think of. Let me know if you update your review and I will come back and re-rate it. xx

rocksthatkill 14.12.2006 16:07

Welcome to Ciao. You need to add more detail to your review to get higher ratings - Nick



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