Samsung 17" 170T Analog/Digital LCD Monitor

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Samsung's sleek and stylish 170T is a high-quality 17-inch (17-inch viewable) LCD TFT monitor well-suited to a wide variety of professional and home office uses. With a maximum 1,280 x 1,024 dpi resolution, 0.26mm dot pitch, and 85 Hz maximum vertical frequency, images onscreen are incredibly crisp and clean. A 400:1 contrast ratio and 220 cc/m2 of brightness result in vivid, bright, true-to-life graphics. A number of onscreen digital controls are included for ease of use, including contrast, brightness, H/V position, H/V size, color temperature, and recall. Dual analog (15-pin mini d-sub) and digital (DVI) video inputs are provided, while 160 degrees of both tilt and swivel allow users to find the perfect viewing angle. Plug-and-play compatible, the 170T is ready to use right out of the box, making setup a snap, while a single auto-calibration button makes getting the right screen settings quick and easy. The 170T is Energy Star, NUTEK, and VESA compliant with a maximum power consumption of 40 watts (5 watts on standby).

The 170T connects to Mac, Sun Microsystem, and PC systems. It weighs around 18.5 pounds with a small 17.3-inch-by-7.2-inch footprint. The 170T also comes with a generous three-year warranty on parts and labor.

Product Description

Samsung introduces its SyncMaster 170T monitor. This 17" multi-function TFT-LCD monitor is truly the 21st century product. It enables you to watch TV and play a movie with your VCR or DVD player, while using your computer without additional video card or equipments. With viewing angle of 160/160 (Horizontal / Vertical), you can virtually see the same images from different angle. At 1280 x 1024 maximum resolution, it is flicker-free with automatic adjustment in one click of a button.

Customer Reviews:

Hard to find retail, but worth the hunt online.......2002-09-18

This is a great monitor, better than you will see in the usual computer chain stores (they claim not to have heard of it). We have one of the early digital graphics cards in our computer but ran into incompatibility of the plug (different DV standards exist)and have had to go analog because of it. Check your DV plug if you are buying it for that purpose. We had a one pin difference that caused the problem. I like it as well as my 21 inch CRT at work. Looks good as part of the work area, nice asthetics. Can't go wrong here. I researched the specs a year ago when I bought it, checked the reviews, and it remains a standout even a year later.

Excellent in DVI mode, okay in analog........2002-06-09

I first connected this monitor to my old analog VGA card. It looked good, but the text looked very "anti-aliased", which is to say that the edges were a bit soft. I went out and purchased an NVidia card that had a DVI output, and connected the Samsung to that. What a difference! This is what computing should be about. The 17" monitor is big enough so that the native 1280x1024 resolution is very usable. Fonts are easily readable, and this is so crisp I can hardly go back to a CRT when I go to work every day.

If you need to use an LCD in analog mode, look at Viewsonic instead. Their analog to digital translation has always been great. However, if you can get a DVI video interface on your PC, this is the monitor to have.

I use this monitor under RedHat 7.3, and it works great.

breathtaking.......2002-03-22

Not much to say. The screen is breath-taking. You must run it with 1280x1024 resolution, since that's how many pixels it has. Otherwise it tries to scale things, and the first thing to go is the text.

The screen seems huge. It has low power consumption. It turns on instantly, so you don't wait for it to warm up like a CRT. It installed effortlessly on Windows ME and then again on Windows XP.

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