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Samsung SyncMaster 225BW 22” Widescreen LCD
Page 1 of 3 Samsung has an outstanding history of producing great LCD monitors. Today we look at the Samsung SyncMaster 225BW 22" Widescreen LCD display. Its 22" size is an upgrade from the 20" widescreens that have dominated the market for the past two years. And what a welcome upgrade it is. The unit sports an MSRP of $500, however I couldn't find any store that is actually selling it for that price. The usual price is between $380 and $400 (plus any applicable shipping and tax); although at the time I checked (December 26th) prices were cut further because of the after Christmas sales. The 22" Widescreen LCD segment is a growing segment of the market, and it seems to hit on a tremendous value for consumers - displays larger than 20" at a price that doesn't make you cringe (like the 24" 1920x1200 displays that sell for over $600). Will this monitor be a good fit to use all those gift cards you got for Christmas? Read on and find out!    First Looks The monitor is big. And it comes out of the box in one piece, with a pin holding the stand to its minimum height. I thought it was kind of odd, but its just there to keep the stand from moving up and down during shipping. I have managed to put the stand into an intermediate position (not the top or the bottom) and have it stay there, so it seems the pin isn't needed during use. The bezel around the display is thin, about a centimeter on the left and right sides, 14mm on the top and 17mm on the bottom. The bottom right of the display as the power button along with five other buttons that control the OSD and the different things you can do in there.         Finally, the display came with VGA and DVI cables, power cord, a paper copy of the quick start guide and a CD that had the drivers and the calibration software for the display. The full instruction manual was on the CD in HTML, and is also available as a PDF from Samsung's website. One of the things I learned the first night I had the monitor was when it was in standby mode the blue power LED would flash on and off. This might be fine if your display is in a den, but my computer is in my bedroom. So at night my room would flash blue until I remembered to go turn the monitor off. The inputs to the display are located on the bottom rear of the display. You get the standard 15 pin analog and DVI digital inputs from your computer. Also included are the input for the power cable and an optional power output for a speaker bar. Finally, a real power switch is located next to the power cord plug. This is the real power switch, since the unit will simply go into a standby mode when you turn the unit's power off with the button on the front.
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