Ultimately you'll be the coolest kid on the block if you
hook up the Samsung LTM405W to a DVD player or HDTV signal, but thanks to a
generous assortment of inputs round back we can use the display for much
more practical reasons. The Samsung LTM405W comes equipped with
DVI port that connects directly into a computer just as a desktop LCD
monitors do.
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| The Samsung LTM405W will connect via its' DVI port to any computer with an analog or DVI video connection. The display properties must be set to 1024x768 @ 75Hz or lower on the computer. |
Among the bundle of cables which arrive
in the large LTM405W box there are a set of DVI-to-DVI and DVI-to-Analog video
cables. Because LCD display's are digital devices, it's always best to use the DVI
port if your computer or videocard is equipped with one.
If your computer lacks the white DVI port never fear, the LTM405W
works just about as well with the analog video signal. As a computer monitor, the largest resolution the Samsung LTM405W will support is 1024X768 @
75Hz.
Icons, text and images are rendered very clear on the LCD screen so
it can be viewed from far away quite easily. We connected a computer to
the Samsung SPL4225 Plasma display a while back and tested out its computer display
capabilities, but I have to say the Tantus LTM405W is far superior for this
task.
The Samsung LTM405W transforms quickly into the worlds largest LCD computer
monitor. Though, with a maximum (native) resolution of 1024x768 pixels, icons
and text on the screen are quite large. Hence, any individual using the Samsung
LTM405W for a computer monitor would not benefit from a larger screen real
estate than what is available on standard 17" monitors, just one larger in
size.
When it comes to illustrating points to a large group of
people (say, showing off a new software application at a boardroom meeting) the
Samsung LTM405W is first rate. Because the computer's desktop is displayed at
the native resolution
of the
40" LCD (and this is very significant to image quality) text, icons, and images are shown
very crisp and legible. Image dithering usually causes computer screens which
are being pumped through larger rear screen, or plasma display's, to loose some
of their clarity. Thankfully that isn't the case with the Samsung LTM405W
whatsoever.
On a side note, persons with vision disabilities who
need to use programs which blow up the size of text on the computer screen by
several hundred percent could find the 40" LTM405W display quite handy, assuming
they can afford the price tag.
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| The half-screen PIP option is good, but there is a fare amount of picture distortion to meet the constraints of the slim screen size. We like the other PIP option (left) better since it displayed the second feed under a true aspect ratio that wasn't distorted. A movie playing in the corner of a WindowsXP desktop may seem small, but on a 40" screen it is roughly 16" across! |
A few clicks of the Samsung LTM405W remote and we even had PIP of a DVD off in
the far right corner - and at very nice resolution I might add. The only draw
back is that PIP is limited to basically one size, or half screen. It would have
been useful to be able to adjust the size of the PIP screen beyond these two
options, and I can only hope that future revisions will address this.
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