Samsung 955DF 19" Monitor

Features

For a budget monitor, the Samsung 955DF packs in quite a lot of features. The monitor features 21 digital user controls that include most all the features we look for in monitors. Available in 9 languages, the controls are broken into 6 different on screen menus: Position/Size, Geometry, Color, Screen, Advanced, and Menu. Pictures of each menu are shown below. Beneath each picture is a list of the functions available in the menu as well as the selectable range.

Position/Size Position Horizontal and vertical position settings Size Horizontal and vertical size settings Zoom Scales monitor picture proportionally

Geometry Parallel/Rotation Screen parallel/rotation settings Pincushion/Trapezoid Screen pincushion/trapezoid settings Pinbalance Screen pinbalance setting Linearity Screen linearity setting

Color 9300K Selects 9300K color mode 6500K Selects 6500K color mode

Screen Clear Moire Clears horizontal and vertical moire

Advanced Degauss Manual Degauss Recall Restores previous mode Video Input Level Select between 0.7V and 1.0V

Menu Display Timing Shows user and factory timing modes and current mode Menu Duration Menu duration from 3 to 50 seconds Language Select between 9 languages Menu Color Select between 2 menu colors Halftone Enables menu transparency

Menus are navigated via the controls located on the bottom front of the monitor. Menu settings are navigated and altered using the 4 direction arrow keys, while two more buttons serve as entry and exit buttons for menu functions.

The final button on the front of the 955DF is the Highlight button which brings up a whole new set of menu functions. The highlight feature of the 955DF allows the user to set a portion or all of the screen to have different image qualities than the standard screen setup. For example, if you consistently find that your monitor looks too dark when watching movies but looks fine otherwise, one can use the highlight feature to brighten the portion of the screen where the movie is playing.

The highlight feature comes with 7 user definable settings arranged in seven screens. Below are screen shots of each feature as well as what the function does.

Highlight Zone Highlight Zone Turns the feature on or off

Position Position Sets the horizontal and vertical position of the highlight zone area

Size Size Set the height and width of the highlight zone area

Contrast Contrast Sets the contrast level of the highlight zone

Color Color Sets the red, green, and blue levels of the highlight zone

Zoom Zoom Scales the size of the highlight area proportionally

Sharpness
Sharpness	Sets the sharpness of the highlight zone

All changes made in the highlight zone settings will affect only the image directly beneath the highlight zone. It is interesting to see that Samsung chose to include user selectable color settings for the highlight zone but not for the image on the whole. Left out of the highlight control settings are contrast and geometry controls.