So, Which is the Best 24 Inch Monitor Out There? (Page 2 of 2)

Here is Bright Hub's review of the Samsung SyncMaster T240HD

A recap of the Samsung SyncMaster's features: a widescreen 16:10 with 1920 x 1200 screen resolution, 1000:1 contrast, 5ms response, swivel, and tilt capability, multiple video input capability including HDMI, TV tuner and Dolby digital sound speakers. Bright Hub was also impressed with its ability to render greyscale pictures. It is also notable as perhaps the best looking of all of these monitors.

The price has dropped considerably, with Amazon.com selling it for $400 with free shipping, and at least one online merchant offering it for less than $300. Of all the monitors reviewed here, this is the only one where the sound from the built in speakers has received any praise. They are considered very satisfactory in user reviews when used through the optical output, and adequate for monitor speakers when used normally. It also did not seem to arrive with dead pixels. A number of people were dissatisfied with both the adjustability and the lack of a wall mount for the monitor. It was also not considered a good monitor for use in video editing.

A number of people found it difficult to turn off the monitor with anything but the provided remote: although the remote was very useful for using it as a TV, and it performed well there. Of all the monitors here which can be used for both TV reception and as PC monitors, this seems the most satisfactory for TV viewing. There were some comments about the lack of overall brightness and limited viewing angles - which would interfere with using it as a TV for multiple viewers. People thought that Samsung should have included an HDMI cable, but many brands of monitors are sold without included cables. There were a couple of complaints that it buzzed when the brightness was turned down. A number of users were delighted with the quality for use with console games as well as PC gaming.

Bright Hub has throughly reviewed the Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP in this article. To summarize its features: widescreen with 1920 x 1200 resolution, 3000:1 contrast, 6ms GTG (gray to gray) response, tilt, swivel, pivot and height adjustments, 178 degree viewing angle, and practically every video input capability you could imagine. It also comes with a media card reader and four USB ports. It is wall mountable. It is definitely the most expensive monitor among those we are evaluating.

The price is now down below $500 USD at some online merchants when on sale. It has received mixed reviews by users for its gaming usability. Some users are extremely satisfied, whereas others are very unhappy. There have been some complaints about input lag, and this contributes to the responses from unhappy gamers. There is considerable disagreement about the quality of the brightness as well. A number of users have found the display unevenly bright, with a pink tinge, over saturation, and washout - sometimes all on the same screen. However, other users responded that they were able to tweak the color and brightness to be just as they desired. The viewing angle advertised did not seem to be as good with actual use. There were also a couple of complaints about a wobbly or uneven stand.

Some users still had the same issues even when their monitor was replaced by Dell. In general, people were happier by far with the customer support available from Dell, as opposed to that of HP. There were many users happy with its capability as a work display monitor, as a gaming machine monitor, and as a graphics and editing monitor, so it is possible that others received monitors that were defective in some area. However, there were enough complaints that if the issues were due to individual defective monitors, Dell is having a problem with its quality control. Fewer online sellers carried the Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP than some of the other monitors reviewed in this article.

After extensive research and reviews, the monitor with the best price, performance and features is the HP 2408h. It was both extremely versatile in the way it could be used, with features that allowed exemplary performance, and it was extremely well priced. While its speakers were considered very poor, users were not making their evaluation of the quality of the monitor on the sound from the monitor. It also had the fewest user complaints about the condition it arrived in, although those people who had to go to HP support were not happy campers.

For that segment of the population, who find that the HD TV aspects of their monitor are as important as the performance of the monitor when used with their PC, the Samsung SyncMaster T240HD would probably make a better selection.