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Finally it arrived today, I am in Japan, therefore monitors are slightly more expensive here compared to US. I paid around $430 at the current exchange rate (it might sound a bit too much, but that is because the dollar has fallen against the yen over the last couple of months, if I use the conversion rate from just a couple of months back, then the price is like $350).
This is the second 26 (25.5) I tried. First I bought an LG W2600V-FP ( for ~$20 less). Factory settings were just horrible, it had a very strong yellow tint, I had to change many different settings to get an acceptable color output. However, even after spending close to an hour I couldnt get very natural looking colors. There might have been a problem with that particular unit because I cant imagine how the factory defaults can be that far off from real settings. To make things worse it had a blue dead pixel right on the middle. Even though it was not very noticeable, given all the problems I decided to return it. Then I ordered the Samsung.
Right out of the box I was impressed with the design; looks very sleek. Factory default colors were far better than the LG, with just some small tweaking I was able to get very natural looking vibrant colors. Default 100% brightness it too much, therefore I had to turn it down to around 50%.
And no dead pixels!
Monitor is shipped with 1x VGA cable, 1x DVI cable (NO HDMI) and a power cable along with a quick start guide and a CD containing monitor driver, color profiles, MagicTune, Multi screen, and Natural Color programs.
Here are some photos :
Box : Pretty colorful box, not a standard brown colored cardboard box.
Monitor:
When looking directly color shift at the top and bottom is very small, unless you look very carefully at a single color image it is hardly noticeable. I also found the viewing angles to be quite satisfactory. I think better than the LG W2600V. Here are some photos taken at various angles :
Straight
~45 degrees from side
~70 degrees from side (140 viewing angle)
~45 degrees from top
~45 degrees from bottom
Back light leakage is very little and in reality it looks very good. In the following image I think the camera picked up more light than what can be seen by the naked eye, maybe because the room was totally dark.
Blank screen (light leak)
Blue screen (to check brightness distribution and viewing angle color distortions from ~2 feet from monitor)
EVEREST Monitor info:
The bottom edge of the screen starts at 12cm from the table surface, IMO that is a little bit too high, lack of a height adjustable base can be a problem for some. I had to raise my chair to get a comfortable viewing position. I should also mention that this monitor doesnt support VESA wall mounting, however, I did see few places selling a separate VESA wall mounting bracket for T240/T260, but couldnt find any information on that.
Right now I dont have a gaming PC, but planning to build one sometime next year. Till then this monitor will be mostly used for standard desktop work and watching movies. Overall, Im quite pleased with the monitor, and I think this is one of the better 26 TN panels out there. a worthy upgrade from my previous 22" iiyama LCD.
This is the second 26 (25.5) I tried. First I bought an LG W2600V-FP ( for ~$20 less). Factory settings were just horrible, it had a very strong yellow tint, I had to change many different settings to get an acceptable color output. However, even after spending close to an hour I couldnt get very natural looking colors. There might have been a problem with that particular unit because I cant imagine how the factory defaults can be that far off from real settings. To make things worse it had a blue dead pixel right on the middle. Even though it was not very noticeable, given all the problems I decided to return it. Then I ordered the Samsung.
Right out of the box I was impressed with the design; looks very sleek. Factory default colors were far better than the LG, with just some small tweaking I was able to get very natural looking vibrant colors. Default 100% brightness it too much, therefore I had to turn it down to around 50%.
And no dead pixels!
Monitor is shipped with 1x VGA cable, 1x DVI cable (NO HDMI) and a power cable along with a quick start guide and a CD containing monitor driver, color profiles, MagicTune, Multi screen, and Natural Color programs.
Here are some photos :
Box : Pretty colorful box, not a standard brown colored cardboard box.
Monitor:
When looking directly color shift at the top and bottom is very small, unless you look very carefully at a single color image it is hardly noticeable. I also found the viewing angles to be quite satisfactory. I think better than the LG W2600V. Here are some photos taken at various angles :
Straight
~45 degrees from side
~70 degrees from side (140 viewing angle)
~45 degrees from top
~45 degrees from bottom
Back light leakage is very little and in reality it looks very good. In the following image I think the camera picked up more light than what can be seen by the naked eye, maybe because the room was totally dark.
Blank screen (light leak)
Blue screen (to check brightness distribution and viewing angle color distortions from ~2 feet from monitor)
EVEREST Monitor info:
The bottom edge of the screen starts at 12cm from the table surface, IMO that is a little bit too high, lack of a height adjustable base can be a problem for some. I had to raise my chair to get a comfortable viewing position. I should also mention that this monitor doesnt support VESA wall mounting, however, I did see few places selling a separate VESA wall mounting bracket for T240/T260, but couldnt find any information on that.
Right now I dont have a gaming PC, but planning to build one sometime next year. Till then this monitor will be mostly used for standard desktop work and watching movies. Overall, Im quite pleased with the monitor, and I think this is one of the better 26 TN panels out there. a worthy upgrade from my previous 22" iiyama LCD.