Samsung 245bw made in mexico or china???

[carquote]

I was in the store today looking at the samsung 245bw and noticed that there were 2 different color boxes for them. When I looked further to see what the difference was I saw one said made in Mexico and one China. Which one is better and is one better to avoid? Also, I have read mixed reviews for this monitor. For around $400 is this monitor a good deal? That is really the most I am willing to spend, I was originally looking at 22" monitors, but for $400 I am now considering it. Thanks!

 

[carquote]

Surely some one knows.....

 

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[carquote]

Wow...almost 50 views and not 1 reply 🙁 I thought this was a somewhat popular model and expected one of the experts on this board to know about it. Seeing as no one has a comment on this monitor, any thoughts on the Dell E248WFP for the same price of $400. Between the two any suggestions. I was really interested in the Samsung 245bw, but seeing that they are/were manufactured in two different countries makes me wonder why the change and what the difference(s) in quality are.

 

[FinrodFelagund]

Men in this forum it seems there aren't many people expert on monitors with TN panels. I recomend you to see this forum http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=2049206&FTVAR_STKEYWORDFRM=&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

They talk about any monitor you can think of. Just make sure you read the first post and then ask watever question you may have

 

[carquote]

Thanks FinrodFelagund! I'll look into it...

 

[Cownivore]

Do not get the China made ones. On mine 204b 20", there is a major problem using DVI connection with newer video cards. Basically when you try to run the native resolution 1600x1200 on the 4:3, the monitor flickers and goes black. There is a workaround for the desktop but if you do it in a game or software the monitors goes dead. I had to learn all this during my rebuild where I thought it was some other component in my box.

 

[judy52]

I will not buy ANYTHING made in Mexico. That is a very corrupt counrty. There was a movie made from an expose about the industrial jobs that moved down there called Boardertown. Here is a link to a news article.
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=798
Please think long and hard before buying anything made in Mexico. We are losing our jobs to mexico.

 

[jaguarskx]

Electronic companies have assembly / manufacturing all over the world so you will not know where the item was made until you receive it and check the label.

For example, Samsung monitors / HDTV can come from China, Korea, Mexico, or Hungary (IIRC).