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Samsung SyncMaster 2494HM review

Verdict

A few minor flaws, but the design, features and high-quality panel make for a compelling purchase

Review Date: 5 Oct 2009

Reviewed By: David Bayon

Price when reviewed: £205 (£236 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
6 stars out of 6

Value for Money
6 stars out of 6

Image Quality
5 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Details
Part Code	LS24KIQRFV/EDC
Review Date	5 Oct 2009
Price ex VAT	£205
Price inc VAT	£236
Overall rating
Image quality
Features & Design
Value for Money

Main specifications
Screen size	24.0in
Aspect ratio	16:9
Resolution	1920 x 1080
Screen brightness	300cd/m2
Pixel response time	5ms
Contrast ratio	1,000:1
Dynamic contrast ratio	50,000:1
Pixel pitch	0.277mm
Horizontal viewing angle	170 degrees
Vertical viewing angle	160 degrees
Speaker type	Stereo
Speaker power ouput	6W
TV tuner
TV tuner type	N/A

Connections
DVI inputs	1
VGA inputs	1
HDMI inputs	1
DisplayPort inputs	0
Scart inputs	0
HDCP support
Upstream USB ports	1
USB ports (downstream)	2
3.5mm audio input jacks	1
Headphone output
Other audio connectors	N/A

Accessories supplied
Other cables supplied	VGA, 3.5mm audio
Internal power supply

Image adjustments
Brightness control?
Contrast control?
Colour temperature settings	Cool, Normal, Warm, Custom
Extra adjustments	Image position, size, source, gamma, sharpness, OSD position, language, transparency, info, reset

Ergonomics
Forward tilt angle	0 degrees
Backward tilt angle	20 degrees
Swivel angle	N/A
Height adjustment	100mm
Pivot (portrait) mode?
Bezel width	17mm

Dimensions
Dimensions	573 x 250 x 420mm (WDH)
Weight	8.400kg

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By JohnJohn164 on 5 Oct 2009

High end monitors?

It is interesting that you class these as high-end monitors. My 17" monitor is years old now, but it has 1024 vertical pixels, and these ones you tested have only a handful more. Anyone ambitious to edit A4 documents full screen without zooming in and/or scrolling needs more vertical pixels to do this. Hence despite the great panorama of these screens, they offer no advantage to the office user. The 'High end' tag should surely be used to describe monitors offering a larger vertical resolution of at least 1200 pixels?

By JohnLaw2 on 28 Nov 2009

@JohnLaw2

If you put it in portrait mode you would get 1080 pixels across (you probably have 1280 on your 17" monitor, if it's like mine) - but 1920 down! That should be enough for anyone!

By JohnGray7581 on 8 Dec 2009

@JohnGray7581

Yeh,but then you don't get the 1920 pixels wide.

@JohnLaw is correct, the monitor manufacturers seem to be pandering to the 'HD' revolution.
The enthusiast TFT on the alist is 1920x1200, but costs £819. Damn lol

By GAZZAT5 on 1 Jan 2010

It's that stupid 16:9

Seems like this days everyone offers monitors for watching movies and they forgot that some folks use it for work.

By greensturm on 4 Jan 2010

... and the same goes on with laptops and it makes me angry because it's so hard to find one with monitor, where you can see more than 3 lines of text.
They now produce laptops with 768 vertical pixels (like in a stoneage)

By greensturm on 4 Jan 2010