Samsung 193P (Prad.de User) [translated]

    Link to the german review


    Design:
    The Samsung has an aluminium frame, which looks quit polish, specially the rounded cants. It has a quit stable holding device, which is made of aluminium too. The back is made of white plastic (like the i-pd by apple), looks nice. The power-supply is extern, so the panel is very thin. The adjustable-function works fine and is quit easy to use. A pivot-function is included. Cables are layed in the holding device, which is quit convenient, you have no problem to get them out of the device.
    The power-button is coloured blue and reacts very soft.


    Picture
    The quality is quit good and the colours are very sharp. There is no crystal-effect. To work with the Samsung is nicer then working with the Philips 200P4 (cause of the crystal effect). The illuminate is very good, no pixelerrors right now. Viewing-angle is around 178°. Black is very dark and realistic, equal to the white.


    Ghost-Pictures (Streaks):
    The user doesn´t play quit often, but he tested two games


    Unreal Tournement 2004:
    In dark sequences, some ghost pictures can be seen. But the colours are great and the picture is quit sharp and looks pretty well.


    Need For Speed Underground:
    The picture is a littel bit darker then it was on the Philips (maybe it´s because I cannot regulate the contrast in the game). Some ghost-pictures can be seen as soon as you concentrate on them. The game was better on the Philips.


    The 193P has a PVA-Panel, ghost-picutres during scrolling through the internet are see-able.


    Movie:
    The picture is colourfull and sharp. Just a perfect picture


    OSD:
    There are no buttons on the frame (but power-supply button), everything must be adjust by the MagicTune programm. Problematic is the adjustment as soon as you are in a game, you have to jump to windows, readjust and go back to the game.


    Delievered:
    Screen, DVI & analog Cable, CD, Power-Supply, wall holding device


    Warranty:
    3 years, pick-up-service


    Conclusion:
    The 193P is polished for office and home use. Picture quality is good and an high contrast amount. It´s good for office, picture working, internet and video. It´s not good enough for hardcore players (buy a device with IPS-Panel, like the 200P4), but good enough for occasional-players.



    Translated in short, quit bussy. Have fun with it!


    Greetings


    dP

    Thanks for the translation!


    I add the PixPerAn results:


    Mode: 1280x1024 @ 32 bpp
    Frame rate: 60.0 Hz


    Gamma factor: -
    Flag test: s->w: 100.0%, w->s: 100.0%, s->g:-, w->g:-
    Transition time: 40(33.3ms), 64(53.3ms), 56(46.7ms)
    Readability: Tempo 6
    Game: Score: 36 points, Hit rate: 21%
    Streaky picture: -



    Indeed the values are better than that of my Eizo L767 PVA
    In the Chase test (Transition time) the worse result is between 70 and ~100ms.


    So the 193P seem to be not only a great LCD for office applications, but suitable for video playback and moderate gaming.


    I hope new MVA panels will reopen the competition... 8)