Samsung P2250 LCD Monitor

Samsung is a big name in LCD displays, be it for swanky HDTVs or the more functional and personal PC monitors. Today we have a 22 incher by Samsung called the Samsung P2250, so let’s see what’s in store.

Design and features
At the risk of sounding like an ad voiceover, I have to say that all Samsung monitors now come with Samsung’s Touch of Color red accents - a red streak visible on the bottom panel. The bezel of this model too is as usual glossy black, with a transparent, hard plastic layer married on to the top. This layer sticks out a bit from the sides, thus giving the front view transparent borders, which look pretty cool. The bottom panel has touch sensitive controls on its right half, while the Samsung Logo is printed at the center - overall it looks very neat and sober. These buttons light up, with red illuminated text below them, once any of them is touched. This last design aspect is the icing on the cake, thus the aesthetics get high marks for a nifty feature like this.

The monitor is fairly well built, with tilting capabilities, but not swiveling, plus the joint between the stand and panel is quite firm, with just a little wobble. We were disappointed with the connector section as there is no HDMi, only DVI-D (with HDCP) and VGA . There are no other bells and whistles in the monitor: no speakers, no headphone outs, no cameras etc.

As for rated specs, The panel is a TN panel, with viewing angles of 170/160 degrees. Panel contrast is 1000:1 (native), and brightness is rated at 300 cd/m2. The resolution is 1920 x 1080, a pure 16:9 aspect ratio. The exact size is 21.5 inches diagonal. Response time is rated at 2 ms.