Samsung 226bw

I have one and many sites reckon its the best 22" lcd in the world.

It has a 2ms response and is simply the best lcd I've ever owned, seems faster than my Mitusbishi Diamond Pro CRT!!

Be aware there are 2 models - one has an "S" on the bar code on the rear of the monitor and the other an "A".

The "S" panel is made by Samsung. The "A" panel by AOC. Many reckon the "A" panel to be inferior so you will want to buy an "S" panel.

I helped someone build their computer recently (less than a month ago) and they bought the 226bw from Circuit City. It turned out to be the A model, but with the right settings the picture quality on the monitor was pretty dam good. From what I recall he paid a bit more than $309, but not too much more ($309< somewhere here <$330). If you decide to purchase the open box model, make sure they remember to include the cables.

As far as being cautious about buying a used panel...

Make sure you review their policy on open box monitors.

Make sure they give you the right display model and not just some open box monitor someone else returned for some other reason.

This monitor was released relatively recently; therefore I don't know why they would be selling their display so soon.

To check if it uses the S or A panel look at the back of the monitor. There should be an S or A letter printed somewhere near the model number (it is not part of the model #).

I have an (A) panel and I have a very odd graphical issue. I'm not sure if its the monitor or drivers.

When playing an FPS and turning around the image slightly flickers/lags/etc.

The best way for me to explain/ show it to someone is open an xp window and move it around. The border of the window sorta breaks apart, that's what happens in game when I turn around.

I will be using a nvidia 7900GS on a brand new c2d setup

I have actually seen this monitor - I will probably go take another look at it.

I love mine!

that is basically the issue here. S panels are fine while the rest are either junk or ok after calibration. Honestly I think its lame that Samsung is duping the consumer.

I second that. Its annoying because this is probably the best LCD I have seen in its price range. Lots of companies outsource manufacturing, but if the product is inferior, they need to rectify the situation. If I get this and there is something wrong with my panel, I'm going to raise hell with just about everyone I can find that has had anything to do making/selling this monitor untill the problem is solved.

i doubt the S panel is much better, A is supposed to be as good with a little tweaking, having said that id say i done as much tweaking getting my S panel setup as i like it

I'm guessing that's because you don't have vsync enabled, try going to the video options in the game and enable vsync.

Sweet crap, thanks a ton...fixed it perfectly!