It certainly looks the business & is very smart, when sat on the desktop.
If you have a nice machine and it's good, you like to tell everyone else it's good too. Don't you?
Well I love this monitor, if you want all the techy stuff look at the spec sheet! I'm just going to tell you what it's like for the average punter to use.
The Syncmaster 710 MP is easy to use, is excellent when connected to your PC, has integral speakers , which won't blow your brains out, but make adequate noise to tell you what's happening.
I personally prefer to use it as a monitor for my PC. The Syncmaster gives good picture & sound, when connected to Sky via a SCART cable, but using a simple stand alone UHF indoor aerial , means picture & sound quality suffer a bit.
This machine is quite a handful to carry around. I would estimate about 5 kilos, so you may think twice about moving it around too many times.
There is a very simple instruction book with this monitor and it is reasonbly easy to fathom the controls without too much grief. There are also some simple software drivers that come along to configure your PC, these are on a CD-ROM.
I would say that if you were inlclined you could use this montor in your caravan and you had mains power, you would also need a decent UHF antenna or satellite dish, but it's such a good piece of kit that you may be tempted to try it. anyway. It has a fold away base stand that folds to the back of the machine, this also enables the user to tilt the monitor fore & aft to suit their seating & viewing position.
The main advantage of the Syncmaster 710MP is it's versatility. If your home is overrun by surplus TV's, ( as mine is)then this could be the answer to your problems. It's equally suited to PC or TV usage and with a 17inch screen it is ideally suited to smaller homes where space is at a premium.It's fairly easy to detach the PC cables and install a SCART lead or UHF TV lead, this can be done in seconds, although beware not to drop the monitor, whilst accessing the cables at the rear of the machine!
Given suitable input, the picture is excellent, the sound is good, but don't expect Hi-Fi quality, the speakers aren't big enough. This product is good enough to use in either of it's capacities or both!
There are simple navigation control buttons on the front of the monitor, these are supplimented by a handy remote control. It takes a little practice to suss everything out, but you can explore all the functions quite easily, without feeling lost.
I had a dislike of Samsung products, after owning some in the early 1990's. I thought they were rubbish!
I am delighted to say that the Syncmaster 710MP has shattered that illusion admirably, it really does feel like a quality piece of kit.
I have owned this one for about a year, during which time it's been terrific. By the time you read this article, this particular machine maybe slightly old news. But if you are thinking of getting your hands on one, I really don't think that you will be disappointed, it's certainly altered my impression of the Samsung image and it may alter yours too!
If you can scource one for reasonable money, which you should. My advice is, throw caution to the wind ' Go for it ' !
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Advantages: Relability, Build quality, Fairly attractive, Leading brand Disadvantages: Sound quality, Picture quality, No. of inputs, Menu system, Lack of freeview, Age
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Advantages: Relability, Build quality, Fairly attractive, Leading brand Disadvantages: Sound quality, Picture quality, No. of inputs, Menu system, Lack of freeview, Age
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