Samsung SyncMaster 226cw
The SyncMaster 226cw is one of the monitors, whose high price makes it immediately clear that this is not another run-of-the-mill in addition to already over-1680 x 1050 22in market. You see, the relentless competition in the fastest-LCD millisecond response times seems to have stabilised at 2ms (pictured 226cw sport too), and now there is a new horizon that seems to have captured the popular imagination, and thus the manufacturers’ budgets for a broad colour gamut.
Wide colour gamut is not a new technology, is present well before the HC to update the Dell 2407WFP pushed it more mainstream. Unfortunately, most manufacturers quote their figures in NTSC, which is much lower than the AdobeRGB colour space. But nothing better than none, and a wide range of colour gamut monitors are slowly making their way into the enthusiast entertainment section 22in monitors, claiming a better experience for gaming, movies and cool photo editing.
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