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Costco Sells The Samsung 215TW

I noticed no significant backlight bleed. Certainly while gaming, using the "gaming" mode which has contrast/brightness near max, you could not notice any backlight bleed. I think the off-center viewing angle issue that this, and most LCD's, have can be confused with backlight bleed. There...
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- Post #12
- May 19, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Samsung 215TW

New update: Viewing angles and Calibration The screen has a wide viewing angle - however, shift your angle of view from dead center and you will notice a small drop in contrast and a slightly more shallow black point. This shift is minor but noticeable. Since it is a wide angle screen...
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- Post #27
- May 19, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Samsung 215TW

*** IMPORTANT UPDATE *** I've added a few images to my PBase gallerie: PBase 215tw gallerie I've added a closeup of the grayscale gradient. The closeup reveals no banding in the darker grays. Also, I want to revise my previous comments about text at non-native resolutions...
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- Post #26
- May 19, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Samsung 215TW

I found the 215tw to behave the same way with "Fixed Aspect Ratio Timings". So you can scale at non-native aspect ratios and avoid distortion. "Centered" mode displays the best looking results as no pixel stretching is performed. However, you have black bars on all sides of the image, since...
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- Post #25
- May 17, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Samsung 215TW

The 4:3 mode puts black bars on the left and right. In that mode, it is effectively the same as my 19" monitor (maybe a few mm more viewing area), in terms of aspect ratio. This is good for maxing out framerates on the newer games, while not distorting the image by supporting the 4:3...
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- Post #24
- May 17, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Samsung 215TW

The MagicBright on the 215tw refers to a set of preset monitor configurations. Here are the settings: Custom: All controls user selectable Text: Con 63, Br 11 All colors set to 50 Internet: Con 68, Br 30 All colors set to 50 Game: Con 73, Br 90 All colors se to 50 Sports: Con...
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- Post #22
- May 17, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Samsung 215TW

With my Nvidia card and the installed monitor driver, I was limited to the following resolutions: (Maybe more would be available with the Analog connection - I didn't try that) 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1600x900 and 1680x1050 The Nvidia driver allowed me to add...
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- Post #18
- May 17, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Samsung 215TW

Here's a p-base web site that will stay up for 30 days. 215tw test photos It contains test-photos of th 215tw backlight bleed. The first pair of photos is at my default settings. The second are at the monitors "Game" setting (Brightness 90, Contrast 73). Each screen setting was...
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- Post #15
- May 15, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Samsung 215TW

I used the monitor with a DVI connection to my 7800gs video card (eVGA brand). When I had the 2025 for a few days, I moved the 215tw to the analog and set the video to "clone" mode so the same signal was going to both monitors - so I've used it with both connections. RGB level adjustments...
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- Post #11
- May 12, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Samsung 215TW

I have a few things to say about the Samsung 215tw. This is my first LCD monitor. I was looking for something that would be as good as my CRT for photo editing (amateur photographer) and do games reasonably well. My CRT is a Viewsonic A90f+ 19 incher - not a pro monitor for certain, but...
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- Post #7
- May 11, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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