Item : B0012U0R4G Customer Reviews Samsung 943N 19" LCD Monitor by .. Ellen W. (MN, USA) I bought this monitor to replace my ancient CRT 19" monitor. I researched and reviewed for 3 weeks and this one won out. The specs are right up there with the best of them. 1000:1, and 5ms. I'm very pleased with my purchase. I really wanted a bigger widescreen monitor, but my 7 year old computer with 7 year old hardware won't support the resolutions of a widescreen. I'd have to replace the display card, power supply, and probably stick in another cooling fan....... what's easier? Buy a monitor that works with what ya got! And this one works quite nicely. When I do get a new computer, I can use this one as a second monitor. There's no back light shining through. Text is smooth/fine in the native resolution of 1280x1024/60Hz. Just enlarge the text through display settings and fool around with "Clear Type". I found one little tiny dead pixel in the right hand top corner.. unnoticeable, unless you are looking for them.. with a magnifying glass. There's plenty of settings to mess around with. But the physical Auto button on the frame of the screen works great (if you can see it). I tried out the custom settings with the "Natural Color Pro" program that comes on the CD, but I should have gotten familiar with how the setting buttons worked before doing so. I screwed up the custom .icm color profile. (I just entered the sRGB color profile instead). I'm sure there's a way to revert back to default, or do it over, once I get used to the button pushing senario. Again, "Auto" works great! I'm going to buy a keychain LED flashlight to see the buttons on the frame, especiallly at night. Samsung could have painted those white to make them show up a tad better. A little bit bigger would help too! The people complaining about the buttons are not joking. I had trouble seeing them, until I opened the blinds on the windows behind me. The screen doesn't have any reflections or glare from those open windows either! Very nice and perfect. The VGA cord could be about a foot longer. At 5 ft., it barely stretches behind my desk and down to the back of my computer. I'll have to rearrange things later. I also bought a Vanguard Desk Mount . My old CRT was situated way too high for me, and with the standard stand on this monitor, it's still a little high. With bifocals, my neck gets kinked. I figure the ARM will let me position the screen lower to the desktop and more ergonomically comfortable for me. I can push it out of the way when I want to also. I still take notes the old fashioned way.. pen and paper. Other than the almost invisible physical buttons and the short cord, the display is awesome! I'm getting another one for my husband. samsung 19" computer SyncMaster 943N LCD by .. Frederick Bayoff (Worldwide explorer) Absolutely perfect. Plug N play setup. Just tap the monitor lower right and it turns off. Screen is bright and clear. Tired of your CRT... then this is a perfect upgrade. I'm no expert, but...... by .. Allen Sliwinski () I can live with this monitor, but the word lettering doesn't look as sharp as it does on the same-size Dell LCD monitor that I use at work. I think that I have tried all of the adjustments available to make it as good as it gets, but maybe not. The unadjustable base is a bit annoying. Samsung monitor by .. Donald L. Hughes (Conway SC) Pleased with quality of monitor,Wish I could say the say for the customer service agent for Samsung, name-Jade whom I sent a fax to on 8/28/08 at #1-856-241-0912. still waiting for a response Excellent picture, plug and play and reliable by .. N. Jenkins () My husband originally bought this monitor after I screwed up and bought a non-traditional aspect ratio monitor -- not knowing much about LCD monitors at that time. The widescreen monitor was extremely difficult to drive -- especially if you are running older hardware and less than the latest and greatest version of XP. After my misadventure, he did his research and picked this monitor for its brightness, refresh rate, and contrast ratio. He has bad eyes and found this monitor to be great for him. He has owned it for a little over a year and it has worked flawlessly -- no dead pixels. When I started my job this week and was given a CRT from the mid-90s, I stole this monitor from him so that I could actually read what was on my screen. This monitor is a joy to use. I have an ancient desktop and it works fine in native mode so no extra drivers were required. I highly recommend this monitor if you aren't familiar with optimizing aspect ratios, trying to match video card specs etc.