Samsung 226CW panel question

[mle]

I've heard that the CW uses the "S" panel.

But the question is, if you have the 226BW with the "S" panel, do you have the extended gaunlet of colors, just like the CW, or does that require a special chip in the monitor

 

[crazlunatic]

The CW guarantees you a C panel and uses an 8-bit panel.

 

[Typical Gamer]

ignore him,

It guarentees you a true samsung panal and the color enhancement, which they claim is the only difference but we know better then that..

 

[Tamlin_WSGF]

I've heard that the CW uses the "S" panel.

But the question is, if you have the 226BW with the "S" panel, do you have the extended gaunlet of colors, just like the CW, or does that require a special chip in the monitor

To get the wide gamut of colors (the amount of colors are the same), then you need another backlight. Its the backlight that determins the gamut range, not a special chip.

 

[mle]

ahh I didnt know it was the backlight that made the difference. Is the back light part of the panel samsung is selling (say to HP for their w2207), or is that a seperate component manufact ureres can source from anywhere

 

[madgun]

by the way 22" LCDs have a higher PPI than either 24" or the 20", so if you do a lot of browsing a 22" LCD would have the biggest text amongst the three, which looks convenient to the eyes and we don't have to focus too much on smaller text.

 

[THRESHIN]

just to toss my knowledge in here...the CW is nearly identical to the 226BW in every way except for the enhanced backlighting.

its a TN panel and its 6 bit not 8, it simply uses rather good dithering to fake 8 so thats why samsung advertises it as 8 bit. according to samsung, they guarantee an S panel as the enhanced backlighting is apparently a complex affair and the other companies can't get it right - so samsung is forced to do it all themselves.

i have yet to see one but i hear some really like them while others find its very over-saturated in its colours and although range is increased, accuracy is lost. i'd be interested to see some proof of that so i'll give you some salt with that statement.

personally i find the price way too high for what it is. you can usually find a 245BW for the same price or less and any other sammy 22" is much cheaper but i'm not sure of where this panel lottery is sitting at. all 245BW's are samsung panels btw

 

[mle]

So is the HP w2207 an extended gauntlet of colors at all, or just a tweaked (exaggarated colors) deal