Samsung SyncMaster 192MP 19" LCD Monitor with TV Tuner (Silver)

Average customer rating: 4.5

A very nice monitor
Perfect for student room, maybe a little expensive..
Great, very flexible monitor
Looks Great
An Excellent Monitor

Samsung SyncMaster 192MP 19" LCD Monitor with TV Tuner (Silver)

Manufacturer: Samsung
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0000VD3LC

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Product Description

The Samsung SyncMaster 192MP is a 19-inch TFT-LCD display with a TV tuner, HDTV ready and both analog and digital inputs. Picture-in-picture functionality lets you watch TV or VCR and DVD movies. It features a 750:1 contrast ratio, 1280 x 1024 resolution, 0.294 pixel pitch and XtraWide viewing angle of 170/170 degrees. With the 192MP, everything you do is on a grand scale. Mounted on your wall, it's a big, bright TV or video monitor and its own work of art. Placed on your desk, it's a huge computer monitor. In fact, anywhere you put it, it's all of the above. Samsung's exclusive PVA (Patterned Vertical Alignment) and MagicBright technologies combine with a fast response time to deliver a picture like no other, while built-in 5-watt speakers deliver all the stereo sound you need.

Amazon.com Product Description

The SyncMaster 192MP from Samsung is a large 19-inch LCD monitor that comes loaded with extra features, such as a TV tuner and HDTV compatibility. Perfect for a wide range of personal and professional applications, the 192MP has a high-quality onscreen image and wide 170-degree horizontal and vertical viewing angles. The external TV tuner lets you use the monitor as a fully-functional TV, while a picture-in-picture feature lets you watch TV and use the computer at the same time.

With a 1,280 x 1,024 maximum resolution, 25 ms response time, and 0.294 dot pitch, images are crisp and accurate, and a high 700:1 contrast ratio and 260 cd/m2 of brightness result in easy-to-see images and text. The 192MP supports a wide range of inputs through its 15-pin D-sub, DVI-D, S-video, component, and TV (antenna/cable) connections.

With a 17-by-7.8-inch footprint, the 192MP takes up very little space; the wall-mount option lets you free up your valuable desktop completely. The monitor consumes about 62 watts of power during normal operation and meets TCO '99 emission standards. Plug-and-play compatibility makes setup quick and easy. Compatible with both PC and Mac operating platforms, the 192MP also comes backed with by a three-year limited warranty on parts, labor, and backlight.

<B>What's in the Box</B>
Monitor, base, 15-pin D-sub cable, power cord, quick setup guide, CD-ROM with user's guide and natural color/driver installation, warranty card, remote control, audio cable, DC adapter, two AAA batteries

Customer Reviews:

A very nice monitor.......2005-09-13

I purchased mine about 5 months ago and it has been a very handy addition to my tech room.

The Picture in Picture (PIP) works great, and I have a security camera hooked up to the AV input. So now I can sit in my office, work or watch TV and also have the PIP of my front door.

The monitor is very configurable with preset brightness settings or fine tuning available. Decent built in sound is nice, and the size and footprint are just right.

Perfect for student room, maybe a little expensive.........2005-02-05

I was hoping to buy a new PC for college, and since monitors are optional, there is a wide variety of available models. But specifically I wanted something with TV-tuner so I can use same screen for both PC and TV, saving a considerable amount of space Since I also own a laptop (and all I have is a 4 to 2 ft workspace) this fit perfect. I used CRT moniters till I bought this, and after using 192MP for 5 months, the old 17" CRT back home disturbed me a lot. Also has speakers, but I also plug iPod in when I'm playing CS or some other game. I also use PiP (Picture in Picture) a lot, and that was also satisfactory. Even though you can only have two sizes (box and wide) and place it to 4 specific locations around the corners, you get used to it. Expecting more would be too optimistic..

One thing is price. It's probably 200 dollars more than its nearest competitor without a TV-Tuner, and I bet you can buy 4-5 TV's to that price. Also I paid more since I bought it a long time ago. But I can say that if you can afford it, then this product will worth every penny.

Great, very flexible monitor.......2005-01-23

This is a single device that allows selection of composite, component (progressive DVD and HD sources), PC monitor and broadcast (cable TV) video at a push of a remote control button. Basically it was necessary only to plug in the sources and up they came.

It offers a number of color adjustment and other setup options but in a month or so of usage in all modes I have felt little need to diverge much from the default settings.

Its slim size and weight are a great relief from the bulk of CRT monitors.

Looks Great.......2004-12-14

This monitor looks great. Easy to set up. At first I had it hooked up to my VGA video card and it looked good. Then I bought a DVI video card, hooked that up and it looks even better! The only drawback is it only looks this good at it's native 1280x1024 resolution, which makes pictures on web pages look small as compared to the 800x600 I was used too. If you plan on hooking up S-Video there is only one port for that on the side which will look tacky. If you need a space saving monitor and TV, this is the deal for you.

An Excellent Monitor.......2004-11-03

I just purchased a Samsung SyncMaster 192MP as an upgrade for my current computer, a Dell circa 2001. I was upgrading form a ViewSonic 17" CRT, circa 1996. I love it. I should add that I have only owned it a few days and have no current plans to use it as a TV or with its built-in sound, so I cannot attest to reliability, usefulness as a TV, or the sound quality. My current video adapter has only the standard VGA 15-pin analog "D" output, so I have not had a chance to see what things look like with DVI. I run at the native resolution of 1280x1024 at 72 Hz.

The verdict (so far): The monitor is very bright. The colors are clean. The image is sharp. I have noticed no dead pixels. I do not play really fast video games, but I have noticed no issues with latency or ghosting in normal use. It is true that any LCD would be better than my old CRT, but I have had both a Dell 19" LCD (don't remember the model) and an HP L1925 LCD at work. Both of these are also nice. I have not done a side-by-side comparison, but the picture from the Samsung 192MP is at least as good as the L1925 and probably a bit better than the Dell.

The 192MP worked correctly right out of the box, although I was careful to make sure I had set my display adapter to run in a compatible mode ahead of time. The only bad thing I have to say about this monitor is that after trying the auto-adjust feature some of the text became fuzzy. However, when I went back to the default "custom" settings, everything was perfect.

I did a fair bit of research on 19" displays before I bought this one. I also considered the Samsung SyncMaster 910T very seriously. I did not get a chance to see a 910T live, but on paper it is a slightly better monitor, although it lacks the TV tuner and speakers. The 910T is significantly cheaper, however. If you just want a monitor, the 910T is probably a better choice. For me, the ability to hook it up directly to a DVD player was worth the extra money, since I pan to upgrade my computer in about two years, and I will likely want a better monitor to go with it at some point.

***** Update *****

I have now owned this monitor a couple of months and am still very happy with it. I use it to watch DVD's (normal movies played using my computer's DVD drive.) I have not noticed any ghosting in normal viewing, although I did not specifically look for it.

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