The T200 is a first in a long line which includes the famous T220P and T220HD, two 22 inch screens.  The bezels are identical although in size and ergonomics they differ slightly, the T200 being more modest.  There are no video inputs other than DVI and VGA and no extras.  It’s quite an attractive screen and the red lighted strip turns out to be very discreet.  It’s centered in the middle and not on the entire length of the monitor as we might assume from its photo (unless our test model was different, which is unlikely).

However, the real good news is that the T200 is very reactive.  There is no reverse ghosting and colors are accurate – on the condition that you slightly modify presettings in order to obtain good results in these two areas.

Two adjustments and the screen becomes very good

To improve reactivity and make the dark outline behind objects in movement disappear, set the RTA option (the name given by Samsung for overdrive) to 2.

For those who like to carefully scrutinize our test results and compare afterglow graphs, they will notice that the T200 isn’t the most impressive in terms of colored ghost images (the average number of colored images trailing behind the main one which ideally should be without afterglow).  At the same time, the number of transparent afterglow images (= white) is almost nil.  In the end, the T200’s display rivals the current most reactive monitors on the market.  This represents considerable progress that is appreciable when compared to the previous generation of Samsung monitors (SyncMaster 2032BW), which in fact took a step backward in this domain.  One defect should be mentioned:  the T200 displays images with a small delay (27 ms, or on average it’s a little more than one image behind a fast screen; however, only the most extreme gamers will notice this).


Colors were already good with presettings and our sensor picked up an average difference of 3.3 between ideal ones and those actually displayed on the screen.  However, this can be further improved upon by changing color temperature to Warm decreasing this figure to 2.7.  Despite these good results there was one persistent defect: black slightly lacks depth (0.37 cd/m²).  Samsung has gotten us used to better in the past!