Samsung SyncMaster 971P vs Apple M9178LL/A lcd monitor comparison
Screen size on Apple M9178LL/A is larger, 23" comparing to 19" on Samsung SyncMaster 971P.
If you like higher screen resolutions than you might decide that Apple M9178LL/A is better with its 1920x1200 than Samsung SyncMaster 971P with 1280x1024.
You shall not have ghost feeling when scrolling on Samsung SyncMaster 971P due to its pixel response time of 6ms, but we cannot say the same for Apple M9178LL/A since its pixel response time is 16ms.
These monitors are not able to produce quite bright picture (M9178LL/A has luminance 270cd/m2 and SyncMaster 971P has 250cd/m2).
SyncMaster 971P has good contrast ratio (1500:1) but that is not the case with M9178LL/A (400:1).
Both monitors have good viewable horizontal angle (178º at SyncMaster 971P and 170º at M9178LL/A) so they are quite confortable for watching movies.
Vertical angle is 178º on SyncMaster 971P and 170 ºon M9178LL/A and those values makes them suitable for watching movies.
Due to lack of VGA input, you cannot connect Apple M9178LL/A to older computers.
DVI input which these monitors have allows you to use with modern video cards.