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SAMSUNG SYNMASTER 930BF MONITER PRICE: 21700 TO 17600

( $543 TO $442)

The 930 BF is with the 730 BF (we took the opportunity to test this identical 17” version at the same time), the first Samsung monitor with a 4 ms panel. This manufacturer´s intentions, however, weren´t always that clear. Unveiled last March at the CeBit, this panel was supposed to be released in a monitor named 930B before summer. In May they changed direction and said the 930B would be suspended, maybe even cancelled, and replaced by another monitor to come in August at best. When we had lost almost all hope, here´s the 930BF, in a version close to the one revealed in the CeBit. With the same black plastic body, only the base changed to being round instead of rectangular. Here comes the revolution!

The first thing to notice is the panel´s origin. Was it manufactured by Samsung or, to release the monitor on time, did they use an AU-Optronic panel? 30 seconds later thanks to our saw (just kidding), we found out it was a Samsung!

It´s a completely new panel. Dismantling the monitor also helps us to see more about the product´s overall quality, which in this case was quite mediocre. Inner pieces can be taken apart and nothing is fixed down, a real pleasure for testers like us who were Lego champions in our youth. We took the screen apart, took a few pictures of the interior and reassembled in exactly 30 seconds. The cables and metal protection were moveable, and all in all, we found this to be in harmony with the screen´s unrefined appearance. Despite the lowest response time, the new panel and the DVI interface, the 930BF is an entry level monitor. Finishing touches have nothing to do with the P series, but in the end this is for the best as this monitor is more affordable.

SOME COMPANY BACKGROUND

Samsung is a very large company, which dates back to 1938, and was originally an export company which sold dried fish and vegetables. Founded in South Korea by Byung-Chull Lee, they now have over 337 offices and facilities in 58 different countries. There are 14 different companies in the Samsung family, with over 200,000 employees around the world. Samsung has companies involved with electronics, chemicals, fire & marine insurance, engineering, and even hotels and resorts.

The year 1973 was the birth of its electronics division, which was then called Samsung Sanyo parts. In 1977, Samsung began exporting its first color televisions. From there, they exploded into several different markets. Heck, they even own a soccer team! Today, Samsung makes their living engineering and selling TV’s, phones, camcorders, DVD players, dishwashers, air conditioners, hard drives, fax machines, laptop computers, memory, broadband DSL, wireless systems, and just about any other electronic component one could ever think of.

Monitor Specifications

Special Features

The Samsung SyncMaster 930BF is not one of those products that will overwhelm you with a ton of features, which in my opinion, isn’t really a bad thing. Some of the special features it does offer:

Magic Color – This is an intelligent color enhancement, which is designed to enhance selective color quality, yet preserves the natural skin tone colors

Magic Tune – helps you adjust your monitor’s settings for your particular viewing environment, and offers a number of preset display modes which can provide a quick and easy way to adjust settings.

Magic Bright – a set of presets which optimize your viewing environment depending on what you are viewing.

SAMSUNG LCD MONITER MARKET PRICES

Samsung LCD 15-inch 540N  — Rs.7,100/-

Samsung LCD 17-inch 743NX –Rs.8,300/-

Samsung LCD 17-inch 732N  –Rs.8050/-

Samsung LCD 17-inch 740N  –Rs.8650/-

Samsung LCD 17-inch 732NW –Rs.8200/-

Samsung LCD 19-inch 920 NW Wide Screen –Rs.8,750/-

Samsung LCD 19-inch 943NWX Wide Screen –Rs.9,150/-

Samsung LCD 19-inch 932NW –Rs.9,650/-

Samsung LCD 20-inch 206 BW Wide Screen –Rs.19,500/-

Samsung LCD 22-inch 2243NWX –Rs.14,300/-