Samsung 2232BW

The build quality on the 2232BW isn’t as good as the other Samsung we have in this roundup (which I swear to you Alex described as having “an air of arrogance and professionalism” to it –Ed). It’s obvious that when the money shears came out, it was the chassis that got a pruning. The swivel stand is gone, replaced with a strange knee bone joint that just feels flimsy. The whole unit is about a kilo lighter, which really isn’t a good thing. It just feels a bit disposable.

That said, our complaints stop right there. All of the performance issues we had with the 226BW have been cleaned up nicely, even the overbright power LED that niggled us has an adjustment. The result is that it’s throwing punches with the LGs.

Colour was spot on out of the box, The DisplayMate tests were all excellent, the extreme greys were all discernable and the jitter in the dark greys we saw in the 226BW are now gone as well - ticks in all the boxes here. Like the LGs, the 2232BW seems to command the cream of current TN driving technology.

Overall, the 2232BW is a very strong contender. The build quality issues we had are easy to ignore, but the price mightn’t be. As the equal most expensive of the bunch, and $70 more expensive than the almost identical LG 2252TQ, this one’s best bought with someone else’s money.