Sunday, December 27th, 2009...9:54 pm
Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD HDTV Widescreen LCD Monitor
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- Glossy Black Cabinet; Built-in ATSC/NTSC HDTV Tuners
- 23-inch widescreen display; 16:9 Aspect Ratio; 1920 x 1080 Resolution; 300 cd/m2 Brightness
- 10,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio (1000:1 Typical); 5 ms Response Time; 16.7 Million colors
- Viewing Angle: 160 degree Horizontal/Vertical
- Built-in MultiMedia Speakers (3W x 2ch)
Product Description
Be enchanted by the elegance and beauty of the SAMSUNG 2333HD monitor. With its delicately patterned design, sensuously sleek contours, and phenomenal picture quality it will deliver images that delight your eyes and bring a fresh perspective to the way that you view your world… More >>
Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD HDTV Widescreen LCD Monitor
Although this is good looking tv for the price it has two major drawbacks that makes me wish I hadn’t bought it.
Firstly I didn’t notice there was no composite video in so I have no way of connecting my Dish receiver or PS2 except through the lower quality antenna input. The other problem was the badly designed stand connection, my stepson moved the tv and it fell off the stand and guess what, the antenna socket broke off so now I can’t connect them at all unless I buy a $50 converter box. Thanks Samsung for saving a few bucks by omitting a composite video input!!
Rating: 1 / 5
I got this little 23″ 1080p receiver for my stepson. The price is very attractive and since we had a HD satellite box in his room already. I also passed down a 1080p Blu-ray DVD player. And there lies the rub.
I originally wrote “There is only one HDMI connector. This means to play a Blu-ray he must disconnect the HDMI from the box and plug it into the Blu-ray. When I grew up, we had three channels (plus the “educational” channel) and no remote controls. Everything was in black and white and when color became available everything was in green and purple. there were no remotes. So plugging in a cable is hardly a big deal, particularly when you get what is now being called “Full HD”. which apparently means 1080p. ”
However I was wrong. There are two. The second is under a cover on the side. A strange placement but one which upped my rating from 3 1/2 to a full 4.
On a little set like this 1080p looks great, but as far as I am concerned “full” high def requires 120Hz, which produces images that make you feel like you are sitting behind the camera operator in some scenes.
I originally posted this review under model number 2333SW and got a lot of negative comments because the 2333SW does not have a HDMI connector and I must be an idiot to say it did. Well I checked the stupid box and it was mislabeled although the back of the set was properly engraved. My point remains the same one HDMI is not sufficient for today’s digital environment.
Rating: 4 / 5
Pros
Very stylish
Works well as a computer monitor, you can choose between 16:9 or 4:3 viewing
Cons
Makings an annoying buzzing sound when used as a TV
The unit sometimes makes a cracking noise and shuts down when I turn it to the left or right for a better viewing angle.
Not many connections; no s-video or composite inputs for hooking up older equipment
I really wanted to like this HDTV monitor, unfortunately the buzzing and cracking noise prevented this. Talked to the people at Samsung, and while they were nice, they were of no help to me. The first person I talked to couldn’t even find my product in her computer even though I gave her the model number. No more Samsung products for me.
Rating: 1 / 5
Short and sweet … If you need to use this TV during the day, you will need to adjust the brightness. You can do this, but the TV does not store that setting when you turn it off. So, everytime you use the TV, you have to use the remote control to go into the settings and change the video settings. There is no “Custom” option so that the settings you choose will store.
We called Samsung’s customer service twice. Nice people both times, but they only had the same information that we had in front of us already – the manual.
So, if there is a software update or fix for this … the CSRs did not know of it. We have boxed the TV up and are returning it.
Rating: 2 / 5
Just got this TV, hooked it up to my cable and loved it. I decided to use it as a monitor for now but soon will be bringing it up to my lake place to use it as a TV again. Works great either way. If I had to complain about anything I would say, just like all Samsungs, the speakers aren’t the greatest but, good enough for short distance TV watching. Buy it you won’t regret it.
Rating: 5 / 5