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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. 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. 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!

  3. 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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