Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30-inch LCD Monitor | 
 enlarge | Brand: Samsung
Category: Personal Computer
List Price: $2,449.99
Buy New: $1,245.83
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 211
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Display Size: 30
Shipping Weight (lbs): 35
Dimensions (in): 375.6 x 272.4 x 164.4
MPN: LS30HUBCB/XAA
Model: 305T
UPC: 729507700151
EAN: 0729507700151
ASIN: B000NB7S0G
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 30-inch monitor offers a 178-degree vertical and horizontal viewing angle | | • | Millions of colors deliver a clearer, brighter image | | • | 1000:1 contrast ratio and 0.270-millimeter pixel pitch produce crisp, easy-to-view images | | • | Samsung MagicContrast processes high-contrast ratios to guarantee an abundant palette of color | | • | Connectivity features a Dual DVI digital link input video signal |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Similar to the smaller-screened SyncMaster series monitors, the Samsung 305T SyncMaster 30-Inch Large Format Digital LCD Monitor offers razor-sharp image clarity and a host of innovative features, but with some serious extra width. Take the next step with the 305T SyncMaster and bring the world into your home or office with greater clarity than before. The image quality of the massive, 30-inch screen offers wide viewing angles with bright colors for a very favorable viewing experience. With a wider viewing angle (178-degree vertical and horizontal viewing angle) Samsung makes sure you can see objects on your screen even when you're leaning over to grab a snack. With millions of colors bombarding your rods and cones, you'll be impressed with the clearer, brighter imagery that this wide spectrum monitor has to offer. Another impressive feature of the 305T is the pixel pitch, or the distance between pixels. This specification is usually measured in millimeters, and the smaller the pitch the sharper the image. Samsung offers a remarkable 0.250-millimeter pixel pitch for outstanding image clarity. The most talked about spec associated with LCD monitors is the measure of the difference of brightness levels between the brightest white and the darkest dark--the contrast ratio. With a contrast ration of 1000:1, this monitor assures crisp, easy-to-view images. Lastly, Samsung has designed this monitor with MagicContrast to process high-contrast ratios to guarantee an abundant palette of perfect color. Whether you're watching movies or videos with color-rich images, this monitor is the perfect choice. Other features include compatibility with all major operating systems and a quick 8ms response time that virtually eliminates the "blur" that is present in 25, 16, and 12ms monitors (this is especially good news for gamers). Speaking of a gaming, this monitor is compatible with the Nvidia Geforce 7900GT, GeForce 7800, GeForce 7600, Quadro FX3000 (AGP Type) ATI Radeon X1900XTX, Radeon X1900XT, and Radeon X1800XT graphic cards for some serious large-format gaming action. Connectivity is also important when choosing a monitor. The 305T features a Dual DVI digital link input video signal, a separate H/V sync-type input, and a DV-D (dual link) input connector.
Product Description
Designed for the commercial market, the 305T combines a 16:10 wide-screen design and high, 2560x1600 resolution, making it ideal for a variety of professional applications, including medical, engineering, control rooms, CAD, graphics and design, and desktop publishing.In addition to its specifications, the 305T is equipped with a number of features geared towards the professional user. This includes an 80mm height adjustable stand with flexible tilt and swivel capabilities, USB 2.0 ports and a wide viewing area that can support multi-window applications, helping to create improved work efficiency and reducing the need for two monitors. It also has wall-mounting brackets for space savings.To aid in reduced power consumption, the 305T employs Samsung's Digital Power Management Signaling (DPMS) mode to automatically assess whether the monitor is in use and switches it to stand-by mode, which uses less than two watts of power.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30" LCD Monitor - great resolution January 8, 2009
Patricia S. Lambrecht (Honolulu)
I love this high resolution monitor. I have a dual DVI card and also hae a 20" Apple cinema on the same card. I much refer the Sinymaster 305T to the Apple monitor. It seems twice as big and I can view more programs a once. Has black frame. You will need a DVI video card that handles high resolution.
I bought a 40" Toshiba monitor/(TV)for my recruiter but it is so tall you have to look up. Aloha,
 Terrible customer service from Samsung January 8, 2009
Jerry Jividen (Kent, OH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After almost two months, I got my money back from buying a 27" montor from Samsung that was broken on arrival. A long story made very short, I got the worst customer service imaginable and will never buy from Samsung again.
 Samsung 30' shows crisp details superbly on wide-screen December 29, 2008
Koby W. Hall (San Diego, CA , USE)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this through Amazon 3 months ago (great price too!). I wanted a better and bigger monitor to see better detail in my photography; my 17" was not keeping up with the better image resolution of digital photos. I do shoot high rez digital photos professionaly with a 12mp Sony SLR and the wide angle lens puts a lot of information in the frame. For very detailed photo editing I needed a large, detail revealing monitor. So, I got this in and thought - OMG, I can't believe I bought something so large! Well, after the initial shock of having a "theater screen" in my face, I moved it back further away from my prior personal space (I find this giant needs to be about 3' away from the eyes) and turning the brightness way down (had to go into the system adjustments to do this), I LOVE IT: seeing the rich detail of photos can't compare to the old/smaller monitor; for the first time I can truely have multiple windows open side-by-side for real, not just sitting ontop of each other--so great for working on project with closly related material that you constantly need to referencing back and forth. The color, sharpness/clarity is stunning. I don't use it to watch movies or gamming, but would imagine brilliant performance.
Over all: Best for those needing crisp/vibrant detials to show up larger, or working on multple open windows simultainiously; Or when photo/video or graphic editing finite areas. Just needs to be put back a few feet from your key board. Good power-saving feature.
Epic Performance -- But NOT Worth the RISK! December 24, 2008
Brendan Getchel (Waterbury, CT United States)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I purchased my Samsung SyncMaster 305T back in October 2007 from a reputable, massive online retailer. At that time I was trying to decide between competing 30-inch displays from Dell, HP, and Samsung. They all seemed to perform more-or-less identically, for all practical purposes, so I went with the best price, which was the 305T. I have owned two Samsung displays in the past, one still ticking and one inexplicably dying mere days after warranty expiration, so I was 50/50 with my Samsung Experience thusfar. From the time my display arrived until September 14, 2008 I was ecstatic with the display. Performance was stellar and I had little to gripe about with the 305T outside of a few minor nitpicks.
Until...
It was September 14, 2008 and, without notice, as I was performing the mundane task of reading the morning's emails, the 305T began displaying thin vertical pinstripes. A few moments later it began a strobe-like, headache-inducing flicker. Just to be certain it was the display I tried it on a second computer, and then with a new Dual-link DVI cable. Nothing worked. The 305T carries a full three (3) year warranty, and since I was a few days under just the first year I figured Samsung would take care of it in a jiffy, so on October 19 I called Samsung to report the malfunction and Samsung indeed *appeared* to take the matter seriously (Samsung Transaction #4002638415, if anyone from Samsung is reading). I was told that they would ship a replacement ASAP to my nearest UPS store where, upon arrival, I could simply bring my faulty unit into the store and physically exchange it for the new one and the UPS store would return it in the box at no charge to me! WOW! What a novel solution!
Or so I thought...
Over one full *month* passed without hearing a word, so I called Samsung to check on the exchange status, at which time I was informed that Samsung themselves were OUT OF STOCK (though the 305T was in stock at every major retailer I checked with) and they would have to issue me a full refund of the purchase price instead. Well... I supposed, though it certainly would have been nice if someone had notified me sooner. Samsung then informed me that they would be emailing me a "UPS Return Shipment" tag and I was to ship the unit back using that tag. Well, yet *another* full MONTH passed with no tag. I phoned weekly looking for status updates, until the tag finally arrived in my email inbox. That very same day, having long-since packaged the 305T for its return trip, I affixed the label and sent it out (same day, mind you). According to UPS tracking (and the Samsung website) Samsung received my defective 305T on 11/17/2008. I telephoned to make sure Samsung was aware of the received return and requested they hasten my refund, since it had now been TWO full months at that time since initial contact.
Well, here we are, Christmas Eve Day, December 24, 2008, well over THREE FULL MONTHS and counting, with multiple weekly calls to Samsung's "Executive Customer Relations" ("ECR") department and we're no closer to a resolution. No refund, no replacement, no contact whatsoever from Samsung! They claim that they have everything necessary to complete the refund, copy of original [..] (who, by the way, refused to publish my somewhat negative review so as not to affect sales) purchase receipt, returned unit, all paperwork, etc, but they have no idea why the refund is taking so long (their "refund department" is completely separate from their "ECR" department)! They have my $1,200.00, my defective 305T, and conservatively 7-8 full hours of my time (getting through to ECR takes ~20 minutes per call, plus another 10-20 of being put on hold to "check" for various things).
So, I make my way to good, old Google to see whether I am an isolated incident or have fellow miserable Samsung "customers."
UGH! My heart sank.
It would appear that my experience is not atypical, but rather seems to be the standard approach of Samsung when dealing with warranty service, exchanges, or refunds. Most people wait and wait and wait and may never receive either an exchange or a refund and are left with a defective, *in-warranty* product!
I'm not a negative reviewer. I'm not a hot-head. I truly try to find an amicable resolution to all problems or conflicts. This is why I waited until CHRISTMAS EVE -- over three (3) full months -- before reaching a point where I felt compelled to respond publically.
Samsung may make nice products, while they work (my upright Washer/Dryer are also Samsung from 2007 -- now I am worried), but if you value any support I can not stress enough how imperative it is to avoid a company that conducts themselve in an egregiously disreputable manner...
...Samsung.
Nice monitor December 17, 2008
Steven Wilcox (Maryland, USA)
My copy works fine and does not have excessive color gain. At 2560 by 1600 it is the equivalent of two jumbo monitors and I am able to put two full-sized pages side by side without shrinkage. It is the envy of some of the computer programmers at work, who see how a large screen area aids in keeping track of what one is doing when working with large computer programs using an integrated desktop programming environment.
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