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Now, onto the review. This thing is incredibly pleasing aesthetically. The touch of red is just nuanced enough to be perfect, and really gives it a nice touch. The bezel itself is fairly narrow (TV standards), although I guess you could consider it thick for a stand alone monitor. It is bright glossy black with the touch of red inlaid along the outside, with a very narrow clear frame that bring the unit together. The actual speakers are invisible, and if one saw this on a desk, they would probably be surprised to hear the sound coming out. Complementing the touch of red are the on-unit controls, which are normally invisible, but light up when you touch the panel, again red to match the darker accents on the monitor itself. The base is of a fairly decent size and is mostly black, with the same hint of red, while the neck to the monitor is clear plastic, which means it usually turns the color of whatever might be behind it.

As far as utility and movement goes, there appears to be considerable confusion: the unit both swivels, and tilts, albeit with caveats. Most other tvs that I have seen, including my parents 32" 2007 samsung turn from side to side along the neck, e.g., it appears that the tv, when swiveled, is facing off center. This unit has a much better setup, the base and the monitor swivel around an internal, smaller unit, so it appears that the entire monitor is turning along the surface. This is of course, not the case. This works much better than my parents tv and other setups I have seen, because the range of motion is very limited if just the neck is turning, otherwise it becomes unstable or untenable for it to turn further, therefore your range of motion is very limited. Because on this unit, the base itself rotates around a center unit, it can be turned to face completely backwards if necessary, a pretty neat trick, all while looking like it is facing that particular direction. You will know when it has reached the limit of its range, because it will stop turning. The only issue this might cause, if you are turning the monitor on a regular basis, is that you cannot have it resting on a cloth that will `catch' on the bottom of the rotating base, because it will drag it in-tandem with the rotation of the monitor. I understand how people get confused, I was trying to turn the lcd, like my parents unit, while keeping the base motionless, and it's not possible, but again, the way it does swivel is quite superior.

Now, onto the tilt. It tilts, but only up from a flat horizontal plane, it cannot be tilted down past where it would be even with the desk underneath it. Not a problem for me, but might be for someone who is sticking it on a shelf on their desk, above their viewpoint. Also, in comparison to some other monitors, it does not have any built in height adjustment. Not an issue if you are using it at a standard desk (it has a fairly long 'neck'), but something to note.

As far as performance from a , the p2570hd is incredible for the price point. I will address using it as a monitor first. Again most negative reviews involving image quality as a monitor had to do with the HDMI issue, and I admit when you plug in a standard HDMI from a computer, (either hdmi-hdmi or dvi-hdmi), the image looks atrocious, it doesn't scale right, and is very blurry and pixelated. For whatever reason, you have to do the fix outlined above. Then, like magic, it comes into perfect and absolutely gorgeous focus. It looks stunning, pictures are great, everything looks right, without any adjustments (it is very bright however, might have to turn that down a touch or two.) As a monitor, it also does an incredible job via VGA. If you are worried about your computer not being able to handle it, my parents' older 2007 dell laptop with just standard graphics (onboard intel), sends VGA 1080P to this unit flawlessly. My 2006 Dell with onboard nvidia 7600 256 looks the same via dvi-hdmi as my parents via VGA---flawless. If you have a computer from pre-2004 (just guessing), you might have some problems. Also, all of my computer were running Windows 7 without installation of any Samsung drivers, so do not worry that Samsung does not have a windows 7 driver out, it's not necessary and if your computer can run windows 7, it should do perfectly fine with this monitor. Just a note, the HDMI fix is ONLY necessary if you are using the HDMI port for the monitor application. VGA-VGA perfect... DVI-DVI perfect. The speakers are great for monitor use (again MONITOR USE, TV use later in review), because you are sitting close to it.

As far as the monitor's color production goes, it looks great, as long as you are at, or above eye level. I have a hard time imagining a desk where this monitor would be significantly higher than an individual's eye level, so you should be okay. That being said, if you are below eye level, you will see the picture darkened somewhat. The viewing angle is definitely slanted towards either eye-level or above, which makes perfect since for a monitor... you will either be sitting in front of it, or if others are around, they would be standing and looking down at it, which actually is not bad at all to do. Horizontal viewing angles are not bad at all, equal to or better than both my 2006 dell laptop's 17" with the WSXGA Wide XGA+ resolution, or my parents 2007 dell with a standard WXGA panel. They are however, limited compared to our ollllld dell desktop's CRT 17" monitor. But completely useable from a monitor standpoint.

I do NOT, however, recommend using this as a long distance monitor... anything further than about 5 feet out, and you will be squinting big time if you are trying to read text/edit documents. You might be able to boost text size via windows and make it useable, but to be honest, no monitor in this size range can perform any better from a distance. If you are using it to say, pull up Hulu from a distance, you should be fine.

As far as input lag or ghosting goes as a monitor, I have not picked up on any. I have used Netflix (Terminator 2), my computer's onboard DVD player, and some actual PC games, and everything is silky smooth without any perceived lag or ghosting effects. I know there is supposedly a large difference between the newer 120hz panels and this 60hz panel, but I'm not really buying it. I have never noticed ghosting on my parents 60hz panel, or on other 60hz panels I have seen, or any input lag for that matter, I am guessing the difference is likely techno-hype, or only discernible in very exclusive applications. I imagine some cheaper 60hz panels have some issues with this type of thing, but the Samsung handles it fine.

Now, as far as the TV itself goes, the HDMI is plug and play, and shoots out flawless HD (720p via Dish Network) picture without any issues. I imagine that the port is calibrated for this use (by default), and that is why some people have issues using the HDMI for PC purposes. Monitor also shoots out perfect 1080P via component connection through an xbox 360, a huge bonus for those that have legacy models without HDMI, like myself. The older model of this panel actually had 2 HDMI inputs, this only has one... however on the old panel, one input was in the side and hardly useable, along with the RCA out-jack, so moving everything to the back and losing an HDMI port is fine with me. You should be able to use component video cables to give yourself two HD sources for tv applications anyways. Standard definition looks fine, nothing to really brag about, but nothing to really drag on either, probably slightly below average in relation to set-top LCD tvs, but this monitor also costs over a hundred less, so I consider it a wash. More than watchable. Via TV applications, again, did not pick up any input lag for gaming, or ghosting via tv, even in very heavy action sequences.

The picture itself looks fine, I only turned down the brightness and contrast to get a picture I really liked, either via hdmi or component. The viewing angles that were not much of an issue for monitor application could be trouble here. If you plan on sticking this as a tv unit in your bedroom or up on a high dresser, you will want to buy a wall mount that lets you tilt the tv downwards, otherwise the viewing angle will be too much. Ditto if you plan on have this on an entertainment stand and people will be watching it from the floor. Horizontally it does fine, and even alright vertically if you are above it, both from a distance+close, but if you are below it, then it will not perform well. This fact is probably the single largest detraction of the unit, but when you consider what this panel is trying to do, for the pricepoint and capability it brings, they had to let some things go, and this is hardly a deal breaker. For my personal situation, it does not hurt anything, but some people might think differently. You cannot expect this to be equal in performance to a dedicated tv that costs hundreds of dollars more. The Samsung memorizes your picture settings for inputs (a nice touch), making flipping between them easy and painless.

Hopefully this review helped your decision, and I stress that this text is for a consumer, a visual professional will likely want to look elsewhere to find the minute differences that 99% of the population will never even notice/care about.

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