Sorted my mum out with a 17" LCD monitor with built-in TV tuner:
- Nice solid built.
- It has SCART, TV Aerial, SVideo, PC (15 pin D-type) and Stereo audio inputs (from PC to speakers).
- 1280x1024 pixel best resolution, at other resolutions the fonts look odd as columns of pixels get chopped out.
- Picture is very bright, characters look kind of thin and spindly as I had to set large fonts for mum's eyesight. Wasn't bowled over by the picture.
- TV works fine, auto-tuned itself in ok. Tee'd into a loop aerial on old portable TV it had a noisy picture but good sound. With a decent aerial feed I think it would be a very good bedroom TV.
- Comes with remote control (with batteries).
- There is a button on the remote and front panel to step between the various inputs (PC, TV, SVideo, EXT3) and it takes a while to switch from TV to PC, as you have to step through three or four other blue screens and it takes a couple of seconds for the picture to appear at each step. This was a bit annoying.
- Has teletext for nostalgia victims.
- I realise that I am typing this on my notebook with a 1400x1050 resolution 15" TFT display. I would say it was a slightly better picture, letters look crisp and smoothly detailed.
I think in conclusion that if I was buying myself a Monitor/TV I would look around to see what else was available before buying myself one of these Samsungs. It's OK but not breathtaking.
Peter's Moblog
