Samsung XL20 Monitor

I've just finished doing a quick eval of the new Samsung XL20 LED backlight monitor.
First impression ---- Niiiice!

To be honest, the whole experience was nice. Even the box is better designed than it's rivals; instead of having to yank a heavy screen out the depths of a deep upright thing (only to have the sprung base fly out!) the Samsung lifts gracefully out of the flat side of the box, much better.

The on screen display system is a pleasure to use (you can tell they make consumer products with granny safe GUIs!). It ships with a DVI and USB cable, both of which feel high quality.

Once connected you can instantly tell that this monitor has a huge gamut and a quick profile shows that the primaries are much more saturated than our Eizo CE240W.

My only complaint is that the Natural Colour Expert software doesn't work under Leopard. But soon you'll be able to use ColorEyes Display to calibrate it using DDC controls and the internal LUT, so you won't need NCE.

All in all a lovely piece of kit.

Coming to a TFC near you soon.