Samsung SyncMaster 213T: The Glass Ceiling for Enthusiast LCD
by Kristopher Kubicki on February 20, 2004 4:24 AM EST- Posted in
- Displays
Subjective Analysis
| DisplayMate/CheckScreen/VESA FPDM 2.0 | ||
| Test | Monitor | Observations |
| Intensity range check | 213T (digital) | 5, No problems |
| 213T (analog) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 5, Good | |
| Black level adjustment | 213T (digital) | 5, Very Good |
| 213T (analog) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 4.5 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 4.5, Acceptable | |
| Defocusing, blooming and halos check | 213T (digital) | 5, None |
| 213T (analog) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 5, None | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 5, None | |
| Screen uniformity and color purity | 213T (digital) | 4, Backlights noticable |
| 213T (analog) | 4 | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 4.5+ | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 4.5+, better than 192T, but still small imperfection on upper right | |
| Dark screen (Glare Test) | 213T (digital) | 4.5 |
| 213T (analog) | 4.5 | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 4.5 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 4.5, Improvement over 1702FP and 192T | |
| Primary colors | 213T (digital) | 4, Attempted to correct with software, OSD color correction disabled |
| 213T (analog) | 4.5, Some color correction allowed within OSD; more accurate results achieved | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 4 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 4, attempted to fix curves with OptiCal | |
| Color Scales | 213T (digital) | 3.5, read errors |
| 213T (analog) | 4, corrected with the OSD | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 4, red errors | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 4, red errors | |
| 16 intensity levels | 213T (digital) | 4.5, Good, red is the only real problem here |
| 213T (analog) | 4.5+, Corrected with OSD for slight improvement | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 4+ | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 4.5+, Improvement over the 192T | |
| Pincushion/barrel distortion | 213T (digital) | 5, None |
| 213T (analog) | 5, None | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 5, none | |
| Geometric Linearity | 213T (digital) | 5, no curvature |
| 213T (analog) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 5, no curvature | |
| Focus check | 213T (digital) | 5, Acceptable |
| 213T (analog) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 5, Uniform | |
| Horizontal color registration | 213T (digital) | 5, Level |
| 213T (analog) | 5, Level | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 5, Level | |
| Vertical color registration | 213T (digital) | 5, Level |
| 213T (analog) | 5, Level | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 5 | |
| Fine line moiré pattern | 213T (digital) | 5, None |
| 213T (analog) | 4, Streaking | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 5, No moiré, but intense streaking | |
| Screen regulation | 213T (digital) | 5, no problems |
| 213T (analog) | 4.5, Streaking along sides | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 5 | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 5 | |
| Streaking and ghosting | 213T (digital) | 5, None |
| 213T (analog) | 4, Decent reproduction but streaking ineviable | |
| 2001FP (digital) | 5, None | |
| 2001FP (analog) | 3.5, Extremely present at 1600x1200. Analog signal is not capable. | |
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araczynski - Friday, February 20, 2004 - link
so the bottom line is that for the serious gamer there's still no reason to get an LCD.PrinceGaz - Friday, February 20, 2004 - link
Do you have any CRT monitor reviews coming up or only LCD ones?damage75 - Friday, August 5, 2011 - link
I have been running two 213T monitors continuously for 7 years. Both displays, including the CCFL's are working perfectly. Zero dead or stuck pixels. If there is a diminished brightness, which there has to be, it is not causally visible.I think I am tempting fate by posting this ;-)
The only negative items are these:
1) I bought them when very first available - $1600.00 each.
2) After about 5 years one monitor became unable to hold it's weight. It would slump. Even after disassembly and reassembly it would not hold it's position. This "can" be corrected, but frankly at this point I can live with it.
In 2004 I blew away my colleagues with two amazing 21.3" PVA monitors (powered by a 9800XT). Here we are in 2011 and they are still running perfectly. I know I am "lucky", but it is worthwhile to post that they are still in use and still excellent monitors. I would like to thank Anand and Samsung for this outstanding purchase. Even at that very high cost, they have amortized themselves into nearly free service. The points made by Anand are true - slow response and the black level is not optimum. That has not affected my pleasure/perforamnce with using them.