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Date |
: Mar 4th, 2002 |
| Category |
: Video |
| Manufacturer |
: Samsung |
| Author |
: Tom Smith |
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Digital Connection
This was the first time I had gotten to play with a DVI
connection, so I was unsure what to expect. So I connected
the monitor up to the DVI connection and booted into Windows
2000. Every thing looked really fine. I set the resolution
to 1600X1200.
So the first thing that I did was bring up some Serious
Sam. The picture quality was great and very sharp. I then
brought up some Quake III. Upon launching Quake III I
noticed that it started to flicker a "ghost" image
about half way down the screen. The flickering was so bad
that it made Quake III unplayable. The same for Ultima
Online.
DVD playback was clean except for a few flickering images
like what I have described before.
I did bring up a trial version of AutoCAD and played
around with that. It looked very good. The size of the
monitor makes it really easy to work on large drawings in
close detail.
Analog
Connection
I pulled out the DVI connection and used the analog
connection next. Again I brought up Serious Sam. It still
looked great. I was able to play Quake III and Ultima Online
with no flickering images or any other anomalies.
DVD playback was sharp and very clear. Again no
flickering images. One thing that I did notice was how clear
playback was compared to my CRT. The picture was at least
100% sharper on the LCD monitor.
The PIP function is cool. I did not run into any problems
trying to play a video signal into the monitor. It looks way
better than a regular TV. You have the ability to have a PIP
of the video in on your desktop, run video in at full
screen, or have a PIP window of your desktop on the video
full screen.
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