News Samsung SyncMaster 211MP TFT-LCD Monitor at MODTHEBOX

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  1. GreatOldOne

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    MODTHEBOX takes the Samsung SyncMaster 211MP TFT-LCD for a spin:

    "As previously mentioned, consumers have two options for attaching the included 5 watt speakers when setting up the SyncMaster 211MP. In order to conserve space, I opted to attach the speakers to the left and right hand sides of the monitor using the magnetized double sided screws. One point that should be made about a product of this nature is that you need to have the necessary free desk space required to accommodate the size of this monitor as evidenced when I placed it next to my gaming rig."

    More here
     
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  2. Atomic

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    :eeek: What a beast!

    shame it's not DVI tho.
     
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  3. JADS

    JADS Et arma et verba vulnerant

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    Trouble is DVI isn't really up to 1600x1200 and above it simply doesn't have the bandwidth.
     
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  4. Atomic

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    Never knew that... hmm.
     
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  5. JADS

    JADS Et arma et verba vulnerant

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    DVI has a maximum bandwidth of 165 MHz, which equates to 165 million pixels per second.

    Given that:

    Resolution x Refresh Rate x (1 + Blanking Interval*) = Pixels/second

    For example, to display super extended graphics array (SXGA) resolution on a flat-panel display with a refresh rate of 60 Hz and a 5 percent blanking interval:

    1280 x 1024 x 60 x 1.05 = 82,565,360 (or 83 MHz, rounded)

    Now let us say that the Samsung is 1600 x 1200 with refresh rate of 75Hz, keeping the same blanking interval.

    1600 x 1200 x 75 x 1.05 = 151,200,000 (or 151MHz, rounded)

    Surely this is fine? Well not really, many manufacturers (Nvidia, ATI) do not implement the DVI standard properly and the bandwidth typically drops to 143MHz. It is why HDTV panels typically drop to 1280x1024 resolution when plugged into DVI it is allowing for poor implementation of the DVI standard.

    Fortunately there is a replacement!
     
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  6. Atomic

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    A useful insight into DVI there, thanks.
     
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    Yea! and youd think theyd go all out cause computer standards are moving towards DVI (read a paper by MS and intel not so long ago about the suppose'd phase out of VGA for DVI)
     
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  8. JADS

    JADS Et arma et verba vulnerant

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    Technically DVI was designed to support HDTV, 1900x1080 at 60Hz. It can do this with correct implementation, but looking at those figures you can begin to understand that DVI doesn't have much headroom.

    The new Samsung LTN545W (54" LCD flat panel) and the Samsung PS70X4H (70" Plasma flat panel) both support 1900x1080 through DVI. n.b. I just included this paragraph really to post these pictures, I mean just look at the size of these brutes!

    LTN545W
    [​IMG]

    PS70X4H
    [​IMG]
     
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  9. Atomic

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    *looks at 17" TFT on desk*

    It's too small...

    *cries*
     
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