Since the Samsung 240T is built to take on RCA and s-video we added some extra tests to see how it could handle video signals. Knowing that the price of the unit is dictated by the costs of manufacturing a 24" TFT panel, and not its' video capabilities we were curious to see if there would be any visible ghosting or inner-pixelization with fast moving scenes. In another review currently underway of an LCD television, we had been noticing some issues popping up, and dubbed them "inner-pixelization."

Basically what we were looking for were scenes from our test DVD, The Matrix, were explosions occur. Other fast moving scenes can be used to hunt for this inner-pixeliztion issue, but explosions tend to work best. Essentially what happens is that certain small areas of the screen tend to look as though they are pixelizing - possibly a result of low pixel refresh rates, or because the colors tend to be lightly shaded. LCD's after all, can only display 16.7 million colours, and in some instances of lightly shaded ares stepping is visible. In any event, we tested the Samsung 240T looking for these issues and thankfully saw nothing awry - which is very good.

Conclusions

The Samsung 240T is obviously reaching out to the higher end markets and providing those users with a massive screen space that the rest of us can only dream over (heck,Dealtime's lowest price is just $4,050USD). I suppose you could try an convince yourself that more screen space leads to more work area, which leads to more work being done; but you could accomplish this with two 19" LCD's for less than what the 240T costs. That would be the easy solution, but not the elegant nor, extraordinary option.

The 240T is probably the only LCD display I will ever say this about... it is the ultimate monitor for workstations, home theatre rigs and high end consumers - there simply isn't any competition. The only display I know of that comes close to the 240T in terms of size is a 24.1" display by SUN Microsystems (not exactly a household brand).

With its 1920x1200 screen resolution, contrast ratio of 450:1, brightness of 230cd/m2, and viewing angles of 80/80/80/80 the Samsung Syncmaster 240T is technically on par with today's higher end LCD a-si TFT/PVA displays. Add to that support for digital DVI and analog 15-pin D-sub, plus video via RCA and s-video and you are left with an extremely capable monitor that doesn't lack much, if anything. Armature mounting is accounted for via 100mm VESA mounting points and a removable base ensures a clean zero footprint for wall installations.

I suppose a TV-tuner would have made it the ultimate TV / computer display, but given the corporate and high-end user markets the Samsung 240T will really appeal to, this would have been a step backwords. Ultimately, this is one of those rare moments where a picture of the product speaks more words than anything we can say - the Samsung 240T is the largest LCD we have ever had a chance to review, is one of the largest available anywhere, and is plainly awe inspiring.