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Samsung 245bw made in mexico or china???

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I was in the store today looking at the samsung 245bw and noticed that there were 2 different color boxes for them. When I looked further to see what the difference was I saw one said made in Mexico and one China. Which one is better and is one better to avoid? Also, I have read mixed reviews for this monitor. For around $400 is this monitor a good deal? That is really the most I am willing to spend, I was originally looking at 22" monitors, but for $400 I am now considering it. Thanks!

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Reply to carquote

Wow...almost 50 views and not 1 reply :( I thought this was a somewhat popular model and expected one of the experts on this board to know about it. Seeing as no one has a comment on this monitor, any thoughts on the Dell E248WFP for the same price of $400. Between the two any suggestions. I was really interested in the Samsung 245bw, but seeing that they are/were manufactured in two different countries makes me wonder why the change and what the difference(s) in quality are.

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Men in this forum it seems there aren't many people expert on monitors with TN panels. I recomend you to see this forum http://forums.anandtech.com/messag [...] TMP=Linear

They talk about any monitor you can think of. Just make sure you read the first post and then ask watever question you may have


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Thanks FinrodFelagund! I'll look into it...

Reply to carquote

Do not get the China made ones. On mine 204b 20", there is a major problem using DVI connection with newer video cards. Basically when you try to run the native resolution 1600x1200 on the 4:3, the monitor flickers and goes black. There is a workaround for the desktop but if you do it in a game or software the monitors goes dead. I had to learn all this during my rebuild where I thought it was some other component in my box.

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I will not buy ANYTHING made in Mexico. That is a very corrupt counrty. There was a movie made from an expose about the industrial jobs that moved down there called Boardertown. Here is a link to a news article.
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=798
Please think long and hard before buying anything made in Mexico. We are losing our jobs to mexico.

Reply to judy52

Electronic companies have assembly / manufacturing all over the world so you will not know where the item was made until you receive it and check the label.

For example, Samsung monitors / HDTV can come from China, Korea, Mexico, or Hungary (IIRC).

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