Compared with the other DisplayLink display we've reviewed recently, the LG L206WU, the Samsung did slightly worse on our color and sharpness tests but turned in better results on our grayscale test, which evaluates how well a display is able to produce the shades between true black and true white. In the end, the Samsung was unable to keep pace with the LG unit, finishing with a lower composite score on our DisplayMate tests while also posting lower scores on CNET Labs' brightness and contrast ratio benchmarks.
While the screen does darken noticeably at a low viewing angle, you'd have to be viewing from an unreasonable angle in order to see it, unlike the LG L206WU in which your viewing angle only had to be a couple inches below center before the screen darkened noticeably. World of Warcraft looked great on the display when using DVI. You can't play 3D games when connected via USB, however, because the games and DisplayLink are both vying for the same CPU resources.
To test for the possibility of a degradation of image quality when multiple monitors are daisy-chained together in clone mode, we connected three SyncMaster 940UX displays together via USB. We initially had trouble getting an image to show on one of the displays, which Samsung figured was because of the corruption of memory on the offending display. After unattaching all three and then reattaching them, everything worked fine. We did not see any degradation in quality across the displays.
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
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Service and support
The warranty period for the SyncMaster 940UX is three years for parts and labor, which includes the backlight. Also included is 24/7 toll-free support for the display. The drivers (including the DisplayLink drivers) and manual were very easy to find on Samsung's Web site.
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