Screptre has quality monitors
344051
This is my second Sceptre product.  Previous one bought around three years ago, and works great even today.  This one is working great, good picture.
2939420
I have used 2-24" monitors for my photo processing for quite a while. While they were adequate, the increased complexity and resolution demands of my photo work (and aging eyes)  led me to look for a larger and higher resolution monitor. I won't go into all the "bells and whistles" of this Samsung 32.5 " unit... They are well worth reviewing on Amazon or the Samsung site. What I will say is that simply  "satisfied" would not touch my feelings for this unit. It is fantastic. Easy set-up, worthwhile software, a wealth of display options (even split screen RGB-sRGB) and easy calibrating. The Samsung Comes pre-calibrated from the factory, my Spyder5 calibration and the factory setting were identical if the same Brightness was used... As is usually the case, mother brightness had to be reduced no the unit calibrated to coincide with my studio environment.
People have complained that the now emerging higher resolution monitors result in very small fonts... This has been the case but the remedy was really not up to the monitor makers... High resolution equaled smaller Fonts and Panels.... GOOD NEWS.... Software like LR, Ps, and others now are recognizing the need for User Interfaces and have included them so that the fonts and panels are truly readable while the images are at the selected resolution.
A word of caution.... If you get this unit you will NEVER go back ! I plan on picking up a second unit in the near future.
913666
I got this monitor from Amazon Warehouse, and it came with a cardboard tag stuck to the top of it that listed all of the features, so I think it may have been a display model somewhere. It was a pretty deep discount (I paid around $500 for it) and I could not be happier. There are no noticeable scuffs on the bevel or stand, not that I would've cared if there were for the price.

That being said, none of the issues other users are reporting are a problem with mine. There is almost no back-light bleed and blacks are quite dark right up to the edge of the screen, only showing a very faint blueness right at the very edge. It is incredibly responsive and I like the high refresh rate for desktop tasks, though I do doubt that 165hz is noticeably better than 144hz. I do not play twitchy games normally and have yet to play anything running over 60 fps but I'm sure that's quite pleasant as well. The colors are great and it holds up very well to different viewing angles. The stand is surprisingly easy to adjust yet feels quite solid.

So, again, I think I may have lucked out and gotten a hand-selected model that was out on display and has none of the issues others have had with quality control, but I am extremely impressed with this monitor and very happy I decided to buy it.
2605564
This monitor delivers a HUGE viewable area, great clarity, and ease of use.  What it says is accurate, 18 in. viewable area, precise colors, and lots of pixels!  It has a nice, easy to use menu and good instructions.  You don't have to have much computer knowledge to get this working quickly.  It has a very fast refresh rate so it is as easy to look at as a laptop's screen.  The fact that it is flat means that it doesn't bulge in the middle.  This allows for much easier viewing.
The only MINOR setbacks are  1. It is enormous.  It weighs 55lbs. and takes up a huge amount of desk space.  Read the dimensions carefully. 2. There are 2 lines going thru the screen.  They can only be seen when the page is absolutely pale white.  These do not affect programs.  They're hardly noticeable.
There isn't much more to say about it because it does it's job flawlessly, and doesn't have any problems with it.  The way I look at it, $... is a small price to pay for this much quality in a monitor.  This is definitely worth looking into.  (no pun intended)
3714511
I bought several of these for users in our office.  Each one came out of the box and was plug and play compatible on both Windows 10 and Windows 7 operating systems.  The display is very crisp and clean with both an HDMI connection and with surprisingly with VGA connections as well.  Our users like the display and it appears to be a very well made monitor.  I would highly recommend this monitor (especially at this price point).  All total we have 9 of these monitors in use currently and they all work very well.
1559300
This is my first wide screen monitor. I've been watching this brand of monitors at my workplace for about a year, and I knew from talking to our techs that it was at least a reliable brand. I also knew from personal use at my desk, that it was a very nice display for text, excel, emails, etc. The one thing I was worried about for my home use, was gaming. I finally decided to give this monitor a try, and my only regret was that I did not buy 2 more for my other PC's here at home. This is a great little monitor! I have it connected to a GTX460 video card via a DVI cable. I could have used the included VGA, but I've been told that DVI is a better cable, so I bought one. This monitor does come with a VGA cable, but does not come with a DVI cable. I am running all new hardware, but still use Windows XP, so the monitor did fire right up on the first boot, but as a generic.

I decided to try the included CD, and was able to install the driver inf, so Winxp would recognize it properly. I also installed the little configuration tool from the disc, but I am not able to use it. If I run the program, it informs me I do not have a plug and play monitor, which apparently disables all the helpful features of this tool. I will mention that installation of the drivers and the OSD utility did not run on it's own, and I had to manually install everything after forcing close an annoying pop-up flash image that didn't run correctly. I will also mention there is no negative effects from just running the default windows driver, aside from possible invalid screen resolutions in the display options.

This monitor looks perfect right out of the box. I have not changed any color, brightness, etc in my display drivers. The picture is very sharp at 1920x1080 @ 60hz. Gaming looks great, despite the common misconception of 60hz not being a great gaming speed. The monitor can run at lower resolutions if a PC cannot pull the full 1080P, but it's hard to find a game from the last 5+ years that doesn't support several wide screen resolutions, so performance should not be a problem. I was also surprised at the extreme angles I can view the screen, without noticing any issues.

Some people have mentioned the big orange sticker on the front of the monitor. I had very little trouble peeling it off with just my fingernails, so I'm not sure why that's an issue for some. I also peeled off the "made for windows vista" sticker with little effort. There wasn't even any glue residue left behind. This monitor looks great! I'm not afraid to give this 5 stars, even with the installation CD issues, simply because a user doesn't even need the CD to use the monitor. I used the monitor for about 3 hours before I even reached for the installation CD.

It would be hard to beat the price and performance of this monitor. I'll be buying two more very soon!
2058019
Love most things Samsung - Great long term quality rep.for me and my clients.  May be minor factor to some, but best desktop monitor stand design for position flexibility I've ever seen.  Excellent and consistent display quality at high default rez; great contrast.  Good tweaking controls too.  Well worth the price.
2551719
One of the greatest monitors that I've used. The response time is perfect and i love the quality that it provides. Very Smooth and simple.
516099
Very impressed with the quality of this monitor. Colors are clear, no dead pixels, no backlight bleed. The stand is very sturdy and can be adjusted for height, easily allowed me to fit this on my rather compact computer table. The image is sharp and clear. I'll for sure be buying a second one when I so desire to start using two monitors for convenience.
4583661
This is my first experience with a monitor calibrator. I thought my monitor was good but I had trouble with videos looking way too "off" when viewed on most TV's. A lot of my stills looked too different after being printed as well. At first I didn't like the results of the ColorMunki. The display is warmer and dimmer than I'm used to seeing from most computer monitors. BUT after grading my video and previewing on TV the end results are much nicer. I had a few dozen photos printed at MPIX and they look very similar to what I see on my monitor now.
3130398
These monitors are fantastic. I bought one in november, and bougt a second after how amazing they were (I wanted a matching set). Highly reccomend for anyone who wants 1920x1080 displays.
222281
I have purchased 40 of these monitors for our office over the past year to replace aging monitors.  They have been reliable and trouble free so far.  I like the 1680 x 1050 resolution for business applications.  A lot of the newer monitors come with 1920 x 1080 resolution which is not as comfortable for viewing most of our business applications.  We like the ability to adjust the height, viewing angle and to rotate the screen from portrait to landscape. The quality of the monitor seems very good. The primary reason for not giving this 5 stars is due to the screen adjustment buttons.  The screens have a small toggle switch which is difficult to control left and right movement from up and down.  If you do not change your screen settings often this will not be a big deal, just annoying.  The monitors usually arrive earlier than the indicated delivery dates.  The last set of 6 that I ordered arrived in 2 days to Southern CA even though they were not Amazon Prime eligible.  I received an email notifying me they had shipped on the same day they arrived.
3385985
I am a photographer and one of my main usages is photo editing with Photoshop. So the important thing for me is the color quality and response time issues which is the case for hard core gamers and DVD watchers is nonsense to me. I have connected it to my asus EEE 1000HE with no problem.

As far as I can tell you I am really pleased with this monitor. I have adjusted the setting according to the lagom.nl site and nearly all of the steps this monitor passed which is surprising to me. the only problem was with the Sharpness test that I doubt if any TN monitor with this price range can pass and also the watch angle which I believe no monitor can pass it. I can tell you that contrast and colors are perfect and by adjusting the coarse and fine there is no flickering. The sharpness is perfect and brightness is more that adequate for my usage. In the morning I increase the brightness to something like 50-60 and at night it would be 20-30.

The only problems is that Samsung has been successful in absorbing the dust on monitor and also the frame around the screen sometimes reflects the light which is not a very good thing, though not a disaster. The touch bottoms are a little difficult to work but you will get used to it.

This monitor is extremely thin that I can not believe it and the power adapter is external and quiet as a mice. The power consumption is another major plus with this piece of equipment.

The bottom line if you are looking for an affordable monitor with good color quality, just go for this without any doubt as no other option can beat it unless you want to put much more for a nice IPS pannel. you get more that you put with this monitor :)
1642464
I ordered two of these Samsung monitors for my Lenovo laptop.  One is on the VGA output and I had a USB to DVI converter on hand.  I bought a DVI to HDMI cable and all works very well.  Definition is sharp and color accuracy is excellent.  Power consumption is minimal and they are instant on.  They are as bright as my professional NEC photography grade monitor on my Photoshop computer.  Very lightweight and they use a tiny footprint on the desk.  Highly recommended!
862850
UPDATE 1-20-2017

It is hard to believe I have had these monitors for 5 almost years they are still running as well as ever. I called support and it was handled quickly. This is an example of how to run a business. Any equipment I need in the future I will look to them first as they are now branching out into other offerings. Thanks for the great products!!!

UPDATE: 9-7-2013

I have now had three of these for a year(for 2 of them it will be a year at the end of September).  They have been on 24/7 during that time period and I have never had any problem with any of them.  They have thus far proved themselves to be a quality product and the company that stands behind them has apparently proved that tho those that had had issues and those issues seem to be minor when they occur. New buyers should feel very safe when trying to decide if this monitor will hold up.  I also enjoy the colors of this monitor when I find the time to play games on them.  I just started to play CRYSIS 2 again from the beginning and that is what prompted me to address the quality of this monitor.

The person that says that the monitor is not available is giving wrong information.  THEY ARE AVAILABLE.  The date shown is the expected shipment date for pre-orders.  Two shipments have been sold out.  The first shipment as of this date 9-1-2012 has been delivered.

I received my monitor 8-28-2012, some received theirs earlier.  It was packaged in an additional box and came with a NIXEUS shirt.  The product box was made for retail display.  Setting it up was easy.  There also were no dead/stuck pixels as these are Grade A panels.  The colors are beautiful, the gameplay is smooth. I have only had time to play Crysis 2 so far and the immersive factor is amazing.  I have been playing with 1920*1200 PVA panels.  These panels are glossy and the colors just pop.  The tight pixel density makes everything very crisp.  This has very even lighting with no backlight bleed that I can notice.  The blacks are very black.

I also am a financial trader and the extra real estate is very much welcome.  I will be getting at least 2 more of these.  I am going to calibrate them for optimum enjoyment.  Movie clips I watched were very rich in color. Also the monitor is very bright.

This is one of the best purchases I have ever made.

10-18-2012
I now own 3 of these monitors and my experience with both Nixeus and Electronica Direct has been superb.  Units #2 & #3 were ordered to be delivered in the October batch.  I received unit #2 a couple of weeks earlier than expected and Unit #3 in the delivery window. The extra real estate the resolution offers for charts in financial trading is excellent.  In my 'off' hours I have tried RTS games and tactical shooters. I do not see blur or ghosting so it is well suited for gaming.  I also have not experienced lag that some gamers talk about. I am still looking for the calibration unit so I have not gotten around to calibrating them yet but I wonder if it can get any better!!!  I am sure once it is calibrated I will be even more impressed.  Again, I have no regrets for this investment at this time.
1799955
I've had this monitor for a few months now and could not be more pleased with the purchase. The price, performance and quality is great.
1482841
I've been using this monitor for a month all ready and I'm couldn't be happy.

The image quality is the best I've seen in LCD monitors. No ghosting at all when I play NFS or Call of Duty.

Using split monitor application I boost my productivity at work taking the best advantage of the widescreen.

I changed this from a 22'' CRT giant, and it release a lot of desk space.

5 stars !!