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The T220 is not only a good-looking LCD, but its performance is excellent. It has all the features gamers would want from an LCD, and its translucent frame will appeal to office execs.
During a recent product briefing at the local Samsung office, I was shown the monitor product roadmap for the coming months. Two monitors really blew me away. The one I cannot talk about, but the other is this shiny beauty, the Samsung T220.
You would be mistaken if you think that this Samsung 22-inch LCD is just another widescreen LCD. Its translucent red frame - the official colour name is Rose Black - gives it a distinct look and I love the ‘sci-fi looking’ touch-sensitive power button. The rest of the LCD sports a piano-black finish with rounded curves that extend down to the base of the LCD.
Along the right side of this monitor, just behind the translucent frame, you will find the configuration buttons neatly hidden. There is no doubt that this is a sexy LCD, but its design wouldn’t be justified if it didn’t offer the performance to boot.
Incidentally, I use the Samsung 226BW at home (I have the S-panel version if you are geeky enough to know what that is). It’s not the direct predecessor to the T220, but when it was released last year, it was the top LCD in its class. This gave me the perfect opportunity to run the two in dual-screen mode, to see if this new LCD is visually any better.
Once the installation was completed, I calibrated both monitors using the Pantone Huey PRO to ensure that both monitors were performing at their best. Even before the calibration, I could see that there was something different about the T220. It seemed a lot brighter and it was actually very easy to spot that this LCD has a very high contrast ratio.
The specifications claim a whopping 20,000:1 (enhanced) contrast ratio. This means that the whitest white is 20,000 times brighter than the blackest black. In general, manufacturer’s claims cannot always be verified due to non-standard testing practices, but from the looks of it, the T220 has a remarkably high contrast ratio nonetheless. With a response time of 2ms, the Samsung SyncMaster T220 just shot to the top of my list as the ultimate gaming monitor.
There is honestly very little to find fault with here. The T220 does everything it claims to do, and the fact that you can easily spot the high contrast ratio is really the cherry on top. At this point, I usually raise concerns about an LCD’s frame and the ability for it to be used in dual monitor setups without two large parts of the frame staring you in the face. While the T220’s frame is a little wide, it’s not an eyesore in dual-monitor configurations.
In all fairness, the rose-black frame won’t be to everyone’s liking, but it certainly made a few heads turn in our office.
During a recent product briefing at the local Samsung office, I was shown the monitor product roadmap for the coming months. Two monitors really blew me away. The one I cannot talk about, but the other is this shiny beauty, the Samsung T220.
You would be mistaken if you think that this Samsung 22-inch LCD is just another widescreen LCD. Its translucent red frame - the official colour name is Rose Black - gives it a distinct look and I love the ‘sci-fi looking’ touch-sensitive power button. The rest of the LCD sports a piano-black finish with rounded curves that extend down to the base of the LCD.
Along the right side of this monitor, just behind the translucent frame, you will find the configuration buttons neatly hidden. There is no doubt that this is a sexy LCD, but its design wouldn’t be justified if it didn’t offer the performance to boot.
Incidentally, I use the Samsung 226BW at home (I have the S-panel version if you are geeky enough to know what that is). It’s not the direct predecessor to the T220, but when it was released last year, it was the top LCD in its class. This gave me the perfect opportunity to run the two in dual-screen mode, to see if this new LCD is visually any better.
Once the installation was completed, I calibrated both monitors using the Pantone Huey PRO to ensure that both monitors were performing at their best. Even before the calibration, I could see that there was something different about the T220. It seemed a lot brighter and it was actually very easy to spot that this LCD has a very high contrast ratio.
The specifications claim a whopping 20,000:1 (enhanced) contrast ratio. This means that the whitest white is 20,000 times brighter than the blackest black. In general, manufacturer’s claims cannot always be verified due to non-standard testing practices, but from the looks of it, the T220 has a remarkably high contrast ratio nonetheless. With a response time of 2ms, the Samsung SyncMaster T220 just shot to the top of my list as the ultimate gaming monitor.
There is honestly very little to find fault with here. The T220 does everything it claims to do, and the fact that you can easily spot the high contrast ratio is really the cherry on top. At this point, I usually raise concerns about an LCD’s frame and the ability for it to be used in dual monitor setups without two large parts of the frame staring you in the face. While the T220’s frame is a little wide, it’s not an eyesore in dual-monitor configurations.
In all fairness, the rose-black frame won’t be to everyone’s liking, but it certainly made a few heads turn in our office.