

There was no sparkling to speak of, none.

This softens whites and as far as i could tell, was pretty much the optimal 6500 warmth for watching movies in. I watched "The Return" using the "movie" mode offered by the OSD. RTA is enabled by default, it can be turned off, however, it enables itself again once the moniter is power cycled. RTA didnt stutter the frames, and i didnt notice the black and white frames inserted, surely playing a game with higher requirements would show some jitter, but I have not heard any reports of such (therefore it must be minimal). It probably isnt 2ms GtG but ghosting still was nonexistant. I could tell the response time was faster than my 8ms 193p+ which exceeds my expectations. The game was undeniably ghosting free, Dota can have alot of fast action going at at one time, which means it is sensitive to ghosting affects. The results impressed me, keep in mind I've used the 193p+ for gaming up till now so I am comparing it to a superior panel type as the 193p+ is not TN. I played a quick match of DOTA, the game is highly texture based and very colorful, so I felt it was a good game to test the quality of the monitor.

However, like i mentioned earlier, gaming with magicolor can make things look prettier, my preference is color accuracy. Optimal color resulted by turning off Magicolor as it seemed to wash out deep reds and provided an unrealistic hue to it. Using the calibration tool provided with my sammy 193+ called Natural Color I had to do very little changes, really, the only setting to change would be the contrast about 3 points lower. First off, the stand is not height adjustable, but it swivels and bends. My first impression of the 226bw is just how big it is! I've always liked samsung's style and liked the quality even better.
#SYNCMASTER 226BW BESTBUY SOFTWARE#
Note, if you want to dual moniter the 226 and the 193+ you will not be able to make changes to the 193+ settings, the software magicbright will not load and error out. Magicbright is part of the OSD now, my sammy 193+ uses the software varient.
