ViewSonic VG2021M vs Samsung SyncMaster 205BW lcd monitor comparison

Both VG2021M and SyncMaster 205BW have 20" screen size. With its declared 1680x1050 maximum screen resolution Samsung SyncMaster 205BW monitor beats ViewSonic VG2021M with its 1400x1050.

These monitors have decent response times of their pixels.

With its brightness of 300cd/m2 we can say that these tft monitors can provide very bright picture. SyncMaster 205BW has good contrast ratio (600:1) but that is not the case with VG2021M (500:1). Horizontal angle is 170º on VG2021M and 160 ºon SyncMaster 205BW and those values makes them unsuitable for watching movies. Verical angle is 160º on SyncMaster 205BW and 155 ºon VG2021M and those values makes them unsuitable for watching movies.

DVI input which these monitors have allows you to use with modern video cards.