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Samsung's 17" LCD Gaming Monitor Rated

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the window-to-the-game-world dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A year ago gaming on LCD monitors was laughed at, now days it's becoming much more practical thanks to more responsive LCDs like Samsung's SyncMaster 172X, reviewed over at OverClocker's Club. The 172X is a 17" monitor, with a very important feature for us gamers and hardcore computer geeks, a 12ms response time. A 12ms response time literally means zero ghosting in games and in fast action movies."

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  1. Well... by hookedup · · Score: 4, Funny

    A 12ms response time is nice and everything, but how do I explain to my wife why I need one, in english.

    1. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      1: Wait till the next lightning storm.
      2: Coat the male power connectors on the back of your current monitor with nonconductive paint.
      3: Tell he the lightning took it out and you have to get a new one.

  2. Correct me if I'm wrong... by ERJ · · Score: 4, Informative

    A 12ms means that you should be able to handle a 83.3ish refresh without any ghosting (1000 / 12). Not too shabby. Oh course, this is an average, but if you run it at 60hz it should probably be fine under worst case. Of course games are then limited to 60fps, which is fine for me, but some people claim to be able to feel the difference.

  3. Dot pitch incorrect in article? by Emnar · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article says the dot pitch is 0.294mm, and specifically knocks the 172X for it. However, Samsung's US product page claims 0.264mm.

    Either the article is wrong, or Samsung updated their specs!

    1. Re:Dot pitch incorrect in article? by Merlin42 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Assuming it is exactly 17inch diagonal, then it is 431.8mm diagonal
      dot pitch is usually defined as the digonal distance between pixels so the monitor has sqrt(1280*1280+1024*1024) ~= 1639.2 pixels along the diagonal
      431.8/1639.2 ~= 0.2634mm

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  4. I have one by Apreche · · Score: 4, Informative

    I recently bought one of these. I was in the market for a new monitor, and let me tell you, everything you hear about this monitor is true. You get what you pay for. And for the price newegg charges you are getting the best lcd monitor I have ever seen. When the price drops to the 300 area I'll probably buy another one and do dual screen with them. Check my slashjournal for the epic tale of my monitor purchase.

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  5. Review? by jguevin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So they spend four pages talking about what's in the box (including a picture of the brown cardboard box??) and restating the published specs. Then there are two short paragraphs saying, "wow, looks great, no ghosting, 12ms!!!". I need to get myself a damn review website.

    Fine, mod me down, I just felt like complaining.

    1. Re:Review? by Rhys · · Score: 5, Informative

      Toms Hardware's review was not nearly so glowing. I just happened to read it this morning and it's worth a look.

      http://www6.tomshardware.com/display/20040413/in de x.html

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  6. Ghosting? Aliasing? -- Features, not problems! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, I've run games before at 800x600 on my laptop's display (native 1024x768) with the stretching feature turned on in the display driver. The result? Free anti-aliasing! Sure, some things look blurry, but it's only a 15" display.

    Ghosting? Come on... That's motion blur!

    Get with the times!

  7. Tweaknews has a better review by UnderScan · · Score: 4, Informative

    SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 172X LCD at TweakNews.net, seems to he a more thorough review. Sounds like a great monitor, though too much for my wallet. $400 seems to be a viable price point for me.