Samsung 173P = 172X?

[kilgry]

Looks like Samsung will be releasing an new 17" LCD with 16ms response times in the US in Oct.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=440ae556e00eae5dc1ec5c82577e27be&threadid=667450

 

[ehedlund]

The 172X and 173P is not quite the same monitor. 173P has better contrast with its 700:1 ratio against the 172X 500:1. Also, the 173P is configured entirely with software (analog mode) whereas 172X settings is with buttons as usual. For those using DVI this will not make any difference since manual settings are not used here.

There is also a design difference, 173P is white and a little clumsier looking than the 172X. 172X is black

I was on the phone with Samsung yesterday and they said that the contrast ratio will not make any noticable difference, the only thing deciding which monitor to buy is your design preference and if you're using analog connection that the 173P has this software configuration thingy.

Specs I've read states that 172X has a dot pitch of .289 mm and 173P the usual .264 mm. When I asked about this Samsung said that this must be a misprint since they have the same resolution and size and therefore it wouldn't be possible with different dot pitches.

The 173P will also be about $40-60 more expensive than 172X.

 

[Sr_K]

The specs say something else:

172x uses a-SiTFT/TN
173p uses a-SiTFT/PVA

172x has a vertical viewing angle of 140º while 173p has 178º - it´s the difference between vertically uneven or uniform brightness.

172x can display 16.2 million colors (meaning 6 bit + FRC ?) while 173p displays a max of 16.7 million (meaning 8 bit per channel ?)... not sure here...

173p has pivot... 172x does't (this is secondary... )

 

[ehedlund]

This is very strange, everything in my post is information from my phonecall with a Samsung employee I was directed to when calling their switchboard and asking for someone in the product department to ask questions about their upcoming new TFT monitors. I took notes during the call so no information is wrong due to me not remembering correctly.

I will call them again with this information and see what they say.

-Erik