Aargh!!! Brand new Samsung monitor

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hashbrown99

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Got home today from RAGE with my brand new, very pretty Samsung 2232GW.

Ripped open the packaging and set it up.

It doesn't work FFS!!! :eek:

The screen has power but it is almost totally dark - desktop is faintly visible if you shine a torch on it. Tested the monitor on another PC using a LCD monitor but no joy

I'm thinking this is backlight failure.

Now to try and return the thing tomorrow - should I take it back to Rage or try to find one of the dealer's branches that are open on a Sunday?
 
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Take it back to Rage, lol :p Shout out loud! :D
 
Sorry dude! You obviously got a DOA. Just get it replaced.....don't know whether you'll have any luck tomorrow though :-(
 
Pyro said:
It's just an unlucky buy, you had just as much (if not greater) odds of getting a faulty LG.

That's what warranties are for.
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I know; I just seem to have bad luck with Samsung. :) and no problems with LG
 
hashbrown99 said:
Don't tease - I was like a kid at Christmas :(

I'm thinking I really should have taken the LG. How important is response time any way?
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Kids on Christmas can't ever be like a guy who just got a cool gadget :p

Response time? I don't know :p
 
teraside said:
Kids on Christmas can't ever be like a guy who just got a cool gadget :p

Response time? I don't know :p
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Samsung response time = 2ms
LG response time = 5ms

Is this a huge difference or is it negligible? I use my PC for surfing, gaming and watching DVDs or TV
 
a dead samsung lcd is better than a working lg one :P
 
Well I don't really see the response time as a problem, I'm sorry but those people out there who complain about a 4ms difference is a, well, stupid...

For me, its certainly not worth the extra $$$.

This is me from 16ms to 6ms and I don see much difference..

And hash, do what you want, they both good although I like Samsung slightly better
 
Dude I personally don't think that LG LCD's or CRT's for that matter are very good screens. The company I work for only sells the LG screens and they look cr@p compared to my 4year old Samsung SyncMaster 753S...

Samsung FTW!!!!!! :D (Yeah, Yeah.... I'm a Sumsung fanboy :D :D :D :D )
 
TheBossMan said:
Dude I personally don't think that LG LCD's or CRT's for that matter are very good screens. The company I work for only sells the LG screens and they look cr@p compared to my 4year old Samsung SyncMaster 753S...

Samsung FTW!!!!!! :D (Yeah, Yeah.... I'm a Sumsung fanboy :D :D :D :D )
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Ahh, the trusty 753S, we've got two at home ;)
 
Definitely sounds like a dead backlight, unfortunately.

And the difference from 2ms to 4ms is, in my opinion, not as pronounced as they would like you to believe ;)
 
I suppose not everybody's a fan of samsung!... but heck!, The best LCD's i've worked with were Samsung's! Best CRT's i've worked with were LG's - can't say the same bout their LCD's!
 
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