Rather a incompetents as an all-rounder.

Rather a incompetents as an all-rounder.

Samsung T27B550EW 68.5 cm (27 inch) LED Monitor (HDMI, VGA, USB, SCART, 5ms response time, TV tuner, EEK-B) (Electronics)

Customer Review

The Samsung T27B550EW 68.5 cm (27 inches) to replace my PC monitor in the bedroom there to can also television and playing Playstation 4.

The design of the device is relatively slight of hand. The supplied accessories will be sufficient. When connecting, there were the first difficulties, however.
A connection to the PC via VGA cable was also at the time of pre-order this unit already out of date. Therefore, the connection via DVI cable should be used with HDMI Adapter. For this I used the labeled HDMI / DVI input on the device. The PC-Audio I joined with the included jack cable. However, there is no audio from the 3.5mm jack input of Samsung gave back. This only worked if I "PC" as the input source selected, but the VGA input which was meant. After some searching on the net I was lucky and was able to rename the signal sources to Samsung to move the PC audio to connect to the HDMI / DVI input. That must go differently Samsung !!

The sound quality is absolutely ok.

Now for image quality.

The image quality of this device ranges from satisfactory to unsatisfactory, depending on the source.
Anticipation my device has some white spots, normal in this price range. Except for the bottom left corner. There, the Panel appears to be live, dark images are there discolored downright blue and white. Reason for return No.1

PC operation via DVI:
Here, the monitor delivers the best picture, which does not however come up to my 5-year-old 180 LG Monitor. The specified gray-gray response time of 5 ms I think is unrealistic. In a direct comparison with other devices of 5ms cursor seems easy to swim. Even more serious, however, is an image, such as a fine pattern or texture that moves on the monitor and then stops completely blurred in motion and will then focus on an estimated period of 0.2-0.4 seconds visibly again! Strategy games like Civilasion, AoE, EE and top down view games like do not starve, etc. are so unplayable!
In addition, the device does not go into a standby mode when the PC does and does not turn on the PC again. This is a functionality which I expect from a device sold as a monitor simply.

Playstation 4 via HDMI:
Here applies ahead the same as the PC. Blurred moving pictures and then at a standstill again sharply. Dont starve, FIFA etc. so not playable. But in addition yet this is the picture quality anyway atrocious. In particular, the contrast is messed up. Samsung, you would have to really know what contrast means. the setting in the menu but does not change the maximum span between the brightest and darkest point in the image evenly but merely regulates the brightest value! so if you reduce the contrast is everything as it is, but the white in the image will turn gray. Even when compared with controls brightness. A contrast setting below 85 makes all white gray. The average counts are the unit but too dark.
Consequently, one has no other choice than to play with an image which aufweißt only to dark and bright areas. I managed by any means the contrast settings for the game Outlast set as the developers recommend it. My Acer FullHD Beamer creates problems in the dark room.

TV operating via cable:

The TV picture is very poor. At first I assumed it was up to the analog channels, but that was not the case. The first HD digital with the evening news and nearly his eyes would burst. The presenter was wearing a red jacket, the background was used blue. The red was a single wall of bright red. I did not realize times the bags to the garment. comes with all the red in the contributions between them and other broadcasters overdriven total. After about half an hour settings on contrast, saturation, the nuance, the color channels and the brightness I reached a still bad but at least recognizable image. Then my friend came in, looked at the picture and asked if they could not adjust it. No, better you do not get it! So I have not imagined HDTV! The same program in the ARD media library via PC operating provides a better picture by a mile, apparently built the TV decoder is easy underground. Reason for return No.2

But the worst case scenario: It disappear from time to time channel numbers. My channel list is only 1,5,6,12,13,15 ... channels like ZDF .. are now on channels in the 400ern.
These channel numbers are not new to prove. I have already reset the TV via the service menu to factory settings and the numbers are still missing, there are always more or. The error is described in the net at verscheidenen Samsung devices, but not really useful solutions. I reset the device, anything beyond (Service Programming using the PC, etc.) is for me beyond question, I'm not a Samsung technician. Reason for return No.3

Conclusion: This device complies with nothing what it promises a satisfactory degree. The picture is catastrophic, the software manifestly erroneous. The menus and operation cumbersome. Also in the price segment around the 300, there are functioning TV / Monitors. So not Samsung!

Came quickly Rank: 5/5
February 1
For the price a good device! Rank: 5/5
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