Dell v. Samsung

[Scotch78]

I know the Dell2001fp is a favorite around here, but I can get the Samsung SyncMaster 21.3" (widescreen) at a pretty good discount. Assume it'd cost $150 more than the Dell, what do people think? Anybody have the Samsung monitor?

Scott

[BusterStacks]

samsung response time is crappy and only useful if you are not doing any gaming.

[Scotch78]

From the context, I take it you're not talking about their response time for customer service, which means I don't know what you mean. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Scott

[BusterStacks]

response time of the pixels in the monitor.

[Scotch78]

Gotcha. The only games I play are poker, chess and a little Civ, so I don't think that would be a problem, but what about watching DVDs on it?

Scott

[BusterStacks]

Well, I could only speculate. Don't get me wrong, the samsung is a beautiful monitor, but I don't feel that it is worth even 150$ more than the dell.

[Scotch78]

Cool, thanx for the info. Unless some people chime in otherwise, I'll go ahead with the Dell.


Scott

[BusterStacks]

One thing cool about the Samsung though, you can rotate it so it is longer vertically. Kinda neat.

[Scotch78]

Yeah, the salesperson made sure to show me that [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. Just thought of another thing though, is the Dell a widescreen too?

Scott

[Nightwish]

I have two of these Samsung monitors. They're absolutely superb.