Pressing the menu button brings up the OSD menu. Here you have options for brightness and contrast, in addition to options for setting how long the OSD remains on-screen when idle (up to 200 seconds). Presets include text, Internet, game, sports, movies and dynamic contrast. Choosing each preset appropriately adjusts the brightness of the display. The VX2265wm includes no OSD menu and only has button controls for brightness and the built-in speakers' volume. The 2233RZ doesn't include any built-in speakers.
Both the 2233RZ and VX2265wm include a DVI connection, but lack HDMI and VGA connections. Both are HDCP compatible, so high-definition content is viewable on them. The VX2265wm's DVI port is easily accessible, with no obstructions or awkward angles preventing access. The 2233RZ's DVI port is tucked in more snugly, making it awkward to access. Each screen has an aspect ratio of 16:10 with a 1,680x1,050-pixel native resolution.
The 2233RZ and VX2265wm are two of the first consumer LCD computer monitors with a 120Hz refresh rate. Supported by a dual-link DVI cable, the 120Hz refresh rate ensures the displays' compatibility with the Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision stereoscopic 3D glasses. The glasses give added depth to 3D games. For example, when playing Unreal Tournament 3, your map and menu items look like stickers stuck to the screen, and the rest of the graphics -- other characters and vehicles -- look much further away.
Performance
We tested the 2233RZ with its DVI connection. The display posted a composite score of 89 in our DisplayMate-based performance tests, besting the VX2265wm's 85. We expected the 2233RZ to perform similarly to the VX2265wm and, for the most part, it did. But there were a few key areas in which it beat the VX2265wm.
Overall colour reproduction was more impressive on the 2233RZ, with our low-saturation-colour test providing a prime example. This test evaluates the LCD's tendency to oversaturate the greyscale -- a bad thing -- when producing a bright white image. When the greyscale is oversaturated, colours appear washed out. The 2233RZ scored well in this test, while the VX2265wm did not. When we played our War of the Worlds DVD on the 2233RZ, we saw accurate colours and a deeper black level. In comparison, the same scenes looked washed out, with a yellowish tint, on the VX2265wm.
This difference between the two sets' performance in this test is due to the fact that you can customise the 2233RZ's picture beyond simply adjusting the brightness, whereas adjusting the brightness is all the VX2265wm offers. We found that the movie and dynamic contrast preset worked best for movie watching. With dynamic contrast on, we only noticed the screen darkening in scenes where the screen was 90 per cent black or more, such as the end credits.
The 1080p Blu-ray version of House of Flying Daggers exhibited the same full colours and deep blacks that we saw with the War of the Worlds DVD. It's not going to blow anyone's mind, but, for a 22-inch, 16:10 computer monitor, we were impressed.
The 2233RZ posted a brightness score of 280cd/m2, according to our test, which is somewhat lower than the 300 maximum claimed by Samsung, but higher than the VX2265wm's 266. Our tested contrast rating for the 2233RZ actually exceeded Samsung's 1,000:1 claim by scoring 1,024:1, slightly lower than the VX2265wm's 1,057:1 tested contrast ratio.
We tried out Crysis on the 2233RZ and, while our testbed cannot come close to the hardware requirements the game demands to run with all the graphic features turned on, we liked what we saw. With a 3ms response time, there was no evidence of streaking and ghosting. Colours looked accurate and the game preset worked appropriately. The VX2265wm also ran Crysis well, with slightly more washed-out textures.
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