I just got a samsung 932b, but the problem is, the picture looks kinds of ugly in my windows. The icons are kinda blury as though the icons are stretched. The colour is really bright and the color doesn't seem very good.

I was wondering whether the problem is with my windows, GC, or lcd? Or maybe it is due to my surrounding? My house lighting is not very bright making viewing the lcd very straeneous.

Is there a program that I could use to set/optimise the setting? The default program that comes with the lcd doesn't seem to do much.

Maybe a 932b user could post their setting so I could try replicating it ans see if it helps?

Edit : I have set my resolution to the proposed resolution of 1280 x 1024 @ 60hz but still no difference.

This post has been edited by legiwei: Jun 3 2007, 07:13 PM

I think almost all 17 & 19" optimal resolution is 1280 x 1024. But I do not think it's the resolution that is the problem more like the colour. It is totally different with my 17" crt. However, when in game, the colour don't look too bad as there is more contrast. But sometimes, it seems that there is artifacts in the graphics or it's just better colour, I really couldn't differentiate .

Yeah, it is VERY bright. The first time I got it installed, I had to virtually close my eyes, as my surrounding is quite dim and the lcd was so bright. The default setting of brightness and contrast of 100 tune down to close to 30 makes not much difference.

I suspect as this has gotta do with my GC. I went to GC settings and lower it down too. Currently, my gamma, brightness, contrast is set at a very very low level due to the brightness.

I was just hoping that it's faulty setting and not a faulty card or monitor. When installation, the graphics that appear on screen was terrible, you could see blocks of pixel, it really gave me a very terrible impression.

I was just hoping you guys here could point me to something. Btw, if you are a 932b user, how do you tweak it? By the brightness, contrast, color tone, gamma?

Thanks.

My screenshot

This is a "print screen" screenshot taken. Wonder whether you guys could see what I'm seeing over here.

Just notice the colour difference. And please advice whether should I send it back to the shop.

The actual site the screenshot is taken is http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/viewing.html

SkyDriver: Oh but it seems there is so many good reviews about 932b, it couldn't be that so many got it wrong and still give two thumbs up to it can it?

This post has been edited by legiwei: Jun 4 2007, 12:07 AM

^Use both analog and dvi, makes no difference at all, still so ugly. I was wondering also could it be a faulty OS >.<, because when it display the windows xp startup screen, it is also very ugly, same goes to the bios screen, like 256 colour, could see clearly all the pixel.

I tried your setting previously, and it was really bright and the colour is terrible in desktop. Using standard font, ClearType font and standard doesn't seem to have any difference.

Also, I too am using the plus version, it seems that the plus and non plus is exactly the same, no difference at all. Specification mention says it all.

You could try looking at the screenshot I posted and tell me if you could see what I'm seeing. Please compare with the original by visiting the website that I've visited.

However, in games, it isn't that as bad as desktop. Some games that I could previously play very smooth however now appears laggy and tired. But it might have to do with the resolution setting as the game doesn't seem to support 1280 x 1024. So, it looks to be stretched to my 19".

This post has been edited by legiwei: Jun 4 2007, 12:25 AM

The difference is not alot like I've reported earlier . The colour remains terrible, a bright colour will be very bright whilst a dark colour is too dark.

But well, after getting used to it, I don't think it's that terrible anymore but the sad part is it's me getting used to the LCD not the other way round. I simply had to bear with it.

Using magictune's dynamic contrast is still not feasible or for the matter any of magictune's setting, it's simply too bright unless I wish to wear specs very soon and I really mean real soon.

The trouble now is in order for me to use internet explorer, I need to customise the brightness and contrast to a very very low level, current setting is brightness on 18 contrast 38. Dynamic contrast default setting is 100 and 80. With that setting, all the white background will really simply just "blind" me. It's really taxing to use the LCD at the moment. It's suppose to be the other way round >.<.

A question, is your surrounding very bright when you use the LCD?

Base on user experience, I strongly advice against 932B, it's the worst LCD I've come across so far, even every single office LCD that I've been to beat this, it practically score a zero in my rating test.

I really have zero idea why people recommend 932b.

Is your LCD sharp? Anyway, could you provide your settings for your LCD? Or you're using magic bright? Or simply at default setting?

Also, what about your GC? Is it at default setting?

Yes, tested with my secondary PC, looks just as bad. I am now only considering the fact that my monitor is not calibrated properly or that it's defective, gonna bring back to shop for checkup again.

Seriously, I kinda lost confidence on samsung, I actually didn't want to get a samsung lcd but due to quite a number of people recommending it, not forgetting websites as well, I decided to go for it, thinking it couldn't go any real bad considering so many people love it, but now, I'm stuck with a bad LCD IMO.

All my colour is jumble up, this is most apparent in desktop and internet explorer.

In desktop, my icons are blur. In internet explorer, the "background white" is blinding me.

So the only feasible option was for me to lower the brightness and contrast to a very very low level. And my gamma too.

So, I am trying to get people to tell their settings or at least how to calibrate this LCD monitor to display the colour it should be.

So far, seems that most use the settings at default or magicbright and all isn't feasible to me, it's to bright, light colours appear too bright/light and dark colour appear too dark.

When I visit sites that test your monitor by displaying a set of shades of colours, it look terribly ugly to me. I don't know whether those sites are accurate or not as I have yet to get a good LCD running at those sites.

All I can say is it's frustrating to pay more for this 19" LCD and yet to me it seems much more inferior to others. It post 5ms but to me, in some video, I could really feel there is ghosting effect.

But well, this is my experience with it but it seems there is tons of many others who are having good experience with it so I may be exceptional, I don't know.