Product Description
Indulge in luxury while doing something for the planet. The Samsung XL2370-1 23″ widescreen LCD monitor features an LED backlight that yields a brighter screen, yet requires less energy, and contains no halogen, mercury or lead. The XL2370-1 also features a Samsung Touch of Color finish that appears to be a liquid black in ambient light, and reveals a rich charcoal gray gradation in brighter light. A crystal-like acrylic neck and bezel trim add to the luxurious feel. The Samsung innovations continue with a 5,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and measuring just 3/4″ at the top, the XL2370-1 is stylishly thin…. More >>
Samsung XL-2370-1 23-Inch Widescreen LED LCD Monitor – Rose Black
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This monitor produces a phenomenal image. It is very thin and light, but it real beauty is in the accurate color and high contrast. This monitor produces a better picture than the LED Dell Ultrasharp monitors I use at work and a far better picture than my laptop screens. Flickr has become very interesting now that I can see all the details in the “interesting” photos.
Rating: 5 / 5
The Samsung XL-2370 is a beautiful monitor. It is an early generation LED monitor without much competition at the moment. Externally, I give this a 5/5. You cannot beat the beauty of this monitor compared to its competitors. The sharp black lines and tempered glass exterior. The barely noticeble thickness. The stand that just seems to flow from the monitor. All these come together to create a beautiful piece of machinery that will catch anyone’s eye who glances at your desk. However, functionally, I think this device could do better.
Image quality on this monitor is pretty good. I can see sharp images, great 1920 x 1080 HD resolution. It’s well manufactured without any visible defects or dead pixels. However, I feel the colors aren’t as sharp and vivid as other monitors I’ve seen. Compared to my old 19″ sub $150 Westinghouse, I feel that colors aren’t as vibrant. I’ve played with every setting this thing has and still can’t come up with that vibrant image I was expecting for this thing. Additionally, this monitor cycles through every input when you turn it on until it finds the right one. I find this strange and I’ve never seen it before. You turn on your machine, and it switches for about a minute input after input until it finds the right one. There is no way to default it, as far as I know.
A few other quirks. Because of the beauty of the external design of this machine, you are unable to rotate the monitor. I don’t know if this is a big deal to everyone, and it wasn’t a dealbreaker for me, but it would have been nice to have that option.
Finally, the last bad thing I’ll say. This is marketed as a great gaming monitor. I do agree that it is! But it doesn’t have a 120hz refresh rate. For all you gamers out there, you are paying $300+ for a pretty monitor, great for gaming, but you’ll never be able to do 3D gaming on it. You’ll have to pick up the Samsung 2233RZ non-LED similarly priced monitor. You would think that Samsung would release all these features together on this recently released monitor, but unfortunately they did not.
In conclusion, despite its several shortcomings, I give this monitor a 4/5. I can’t give it any below that because it simply doesn’t not deserve that. It’s a great monitor. Would I buy it again? I don’t know. I probably would have opted for the one I mentioned above. But hey, I have it now and I can deal with its shortcomings. Do I love it? Do I think it’s the best? No.
Do your research and see this monitor in person before you buy it. It’s a large money commitment, and I don’t quite feel it’s worth it.
Rating: 4 / 5
Great monitor, LED backlight is very even, sharp resolution, extremely well built. Very light, nice design with the glass looking stand and monitor edges. Extremely slim. Power supply is external (via a power brick).
Cons: cables coming out of the back make it look messy, stand is only for tilting panel up and down, but no height adjustment.
Rating: 5 / 5
Technical:
* It’s a TN panel. They may be using 9-bit dithering to get you 16.7M colors. It looks okay for straight-on viewing of movies and games. Color critical work? Go look for an IPS panel based monitor. But then, what do you expect at this price level?
* Screen is matte, which surprised me. Good job, Samsung. But then, I bet there are people who would prefer glossy screen.
* I hate the finger sensing buttons. It’s extremely unpredictable. Looks pretty, though. Obviously, this thing was designed by the marketing department instead of the engineering department.
Physical:
* There’s no way to mount this on a monitor arm because it does not have VESA standard 4-point mounting points. You could tell in the picture of the back of the monitor already. I’m just mentioning it, just in case. Also, the included arm mechanism has very limited range of motion (angle adjustment only).
* Shiny acrylic material is a disaster! It attracts dust like there’s no tomorrow, and it gets scratched easily. And it’s a static electricity magnet. I got shocked right after taking the protective film off.
* Screen itself is matte, but the surround edges are shiny, so stuff reflects right off the indented edges perpendicular to the screen. What an annoyance!
I’m keeping mine, but I’m thinking maybe I should have bought an LG E2350V instead for less money…. But that one has a lot of the similar issues as this one anyway.
Acer was also an option, as their model wouldn’t be a dust magnet, but I’m not sure if they have LED back-lighted model. I’m big on power savings, after all.
Rating: 4 / 5
I’ve had my 2nd XL-2370-1 for over two weeks now. I returned my first one after the lighting mechanism failed on the 3rd day of use (power light was on, connections were good but the screen went permanently dark during use on the third day).
For the price, it’s a beautiful monitor. It is much thinner than my Samsung SyncMaster 245T or my LG Flatron W3000H LCD monitors. The housing for the XL-2370-1 stays remarkably cool due to the LED lighting.
The colors are great, the refresh is insanely fast and the brightness is greater than I expected. It really is a beautiful little monitor.
However, I really don’t like how the monitor hardware is non-adjustable. There is no height adjustment nor swivel. After you plug the base into the LCD screen, you are left with one complete rigid product. The monitor face is tilted up slightly but then you are left to adjust your chair height if you want your eyes to be at the perfect level with the monitor.
The electronics also seem to be little flaky. Like I said earlier, I had to replace the first monitor because of an electronic failure (with the lighting). And even with this new one, the monitor will occasionally act like the DVI cable is disconnected (the monitor displays a “searching for signal” message). This happens randomly and about every other day. I swapped the monitor between two computers to rule out a faulty graphics card but the behavior is the same.
So I don’t know if Samsung just went on the cheap with the manufacturing for this model (my other Samsung monitors and Samsung HD TV are wonderfully flawless) but when it’s working, it is an impressive little 23″ display.
Rating: 4 / 5