Samsung B350 Series T24B350ND 24-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor

I bought this monitor to replace my old one that I had dropped and broke. As a result, I went from 1152 on the old one to 1080 on this one, and I expected to see the difference in the resolution. I don't know why I had such a wrong assumption, especially given this one's generous 24" screen.In short, this is an incredibly good monitor with perfectly sharp, full HD resolution and a perfect size for sitting only a few feet from a viewer on the desk. The fact that it is LED also means it is the brightest monitor I have ever owned, and it uses less electricity at the same time! (The Energy Saver Guide that comes with it shows monitors in this one's range as using $9 to $19 a year. This one is rated off the scale at $5.) :-)The remote is nice, and controls my Samsung TV and Blu-ray player (not that I really need it to, but it does anyway), but as I use this for a computer monitor, it's not really needed. But that brings me to the next point on this "monitor."It is a television! Coaxial input, two HDMI inputs, built-in 2.0 speakers, and a tuner!For the price, you'd be hard-pressed to find another TV/monitor this size with this resolution and these features and still have the Samsung quality.I would have liked it if this one had a DVI input like my last monitor had, but that is such a minor complaint, I actually feel foolish for writing it here.EDIT (6/2/13): The remote has a very good use for a PC monitor; if you need to switch between 16:9 resolution and 4:3 resolution (for whatever reason), the remote makes it much, much easier than trying to do it with the on-front touch buttons, which are virtually invisible in low-light surroundings (like my computer desk). So, yet another point in the monitor's favor: a useful remote!! :-)

The product description is typically unclear as to what cabling is included. I don't know what product other reviewers bought, but this garbage came with nothing but a VGA cable. Samsung was even so bold as to put a supposedly impressive splash on the box ("Free VGA Cable Included!!!"). Groovy. Can I get a pair of parachute pants with that?These statements from other reviewers are FALSE:"The monitor comes with an SVGA cable and an SVGA-to-DVI dongle." Not true. I don't know what a "SVGA" cable is (It's "VGA", Sparky.), but there is no convertor or, as you say, "dongle" included."In the box they provide 1 DVI cable". Lies. If it did, I would be using these devices right now and, likely, typing a 5-star review.Yeah, that's great. I bought FOUR of these LED/LCD monitors to hook into VGA computers...maybe to accept input from a Apple IIe while were at it. No I did not. Why not make RCA cables the default? That would just as worthless, but at least I could make use of them elsewhere.So, what do I have right now? $800+ worth of paperweights. Judging by the prices for decent DVI-output-to-HDMI-input cables (~$60.00 a pop), I just got boned. Hard.Thanks for nothing. I don't even care how well the products end up working after I sink another $200+ into them because they're not worth it.VGA. Are you s****ing me? VGA. Really. What's up Samsung? Have a bunch of those laying around the factory? Recycle them instead of trying to pawn them off on your unsuspecting customers.I'll update this later to let you know how much money I had to spend to get these four monitors to work with two modern PC's with dual DVI outputs, each.As for the monitors? Of course they'll work. They're Samsung. Getting video data from your PC that was built this millennium into them, however, is another story.Update Edit:I have one PC with dual DVI outputs and another with separate HDMI and DVI outputs. There are a million ways to skin that cat in terms of getting things connected. For example, I could choose to use DVI cabling and convert it at the input (monitor) side. However, I chose to use HDMI cabling because those cables will doubtlessly be useful well into the future (i.e. they are used for all sorts of AV devices, game consoles, etc...). I did have one DVI cable on-hand, so I chose to use that to save a few bucks. All that being decided, what I ended up having to purchase were three HDMI cables, two output (video card) side converters (change DVI --> HDMI for HDMI cable), and one input (monitor) side converter (change DVI cable --> HDMI input). The local Sam Walton establishment had what I needed (wasn't going to wait around for another internet order to be shipped). The converters were about ~$20 each and the HDMI cabling (6 feet), when bought in packs of two (cheaper...and I ended up with four when I only needed three...used the extra for the XBox), were about $20 per pair.So, for about $100 I have resolved the problem (ridiculous dearth of information in the product description regarding cabling and apparent variance of what is included with the product notwithstanding).From there, it was easy to get things setup. The driver installation for Windows 7 x64 was easy to find (I never bother with packaged software...much more prudent to go find the latest drivers online) and, once installed, the Device Manager recognized the monitors by their exact name.The initial run through was a bit confusing because these do not behave like "normal" computer monitors. This is a function of the multi-use aspect of these monitors, so don't freak out if it defaults to TV reception the first time and shows you the "ant races".As expected, the performance of the product was superior. This is why we buy Samsung. I'm assuming the monitors arrived with the factory default settings (they were all configured the same). I found that to be too bright. For example, I use a plain solid black background for my desktop and it was showing as dark gray. I settled on changing the "Backlight" to 10 out of 20 and "Brightness" to 25 out of 100. I left the "Contrast" at the default 100/100 and "Sharpness" at the default 50/100. My black backgrounds are now actually black. Outstanding.My wife's work laptop (on a docking station) is also running through one of the monitors. I just used VGA cabling for that. It is just a matter of changing inputs via the "Source" button on the front for her to view her laptop when needed. As expected, VGA performance is pretty terrible compared to digital DVI/HDMI (i.e. solid patters contain "waves"), which served to remind me why I was justified to be tweaked about the default cabling packaged with the products.These monitors do NOT react to your attached devices, however. When your PC goes into "power saving" mode, the monitors will NOT sleep, but will, instead, show "NO INPUT" dialogue. This is also the case for when you turn your PC off - the monitors will stay active. This is sort of ridiculous in this day and age - certainly a monitor's operating system driver (under Windows 7 or 8, especially) should be able to communicate with the device and tell it when to power down or enter "sleep" mode - but this is a direct result of these monitors being "multi-function". That being the case, it is hard to ding the product too much over it. The devices will power themselves off after 15 minutes of "No Signal" by default. That is the shortest setting available.I am updating from a one star to a four star review. I do not like "mystery box" purchases even if the end result is very good.

This monitor had a short in it and kept shutting on and off. Poor Quality

I had to return this monitor as I noticed several dead pixels after plugging it in initially. Dead pixels, unlike stuck pixels cannot be fixed. The base also felt very flimsy and made the screen difficult to tilt. Picture quality was ok for an LED but the benq I replaced it with put this thing to shame. Overall, I like Samsung products, but this monitor was a real disappointment and cannot be recommended.

This is great light monitor with Hi-Def for both PC and TV at reasonable price. I liked everything when I decided to buy it and still do except I have been noticing that it occasionnaly flickers out and the resoution and frequency changes and the image goes away. In a couple of seconds, it reverts back automatically to its correct resolution and frequency and the image comes back. I am using DVI (not HDMI). I doubt if its due to the fact I am not using HDMI. The only issue I can think of is the graphics card on the PC itself though the graphics card or any other driver etc. did not give any such problem on my earlier monitor (Sharp 32 in LCD panel).