Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Samsung S27D390H 27-Inch Screen LED Monitor

Astonishing color and clarity. But be careful if the wobbly stand is a dealbreaker for you.

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2015

An absolutely gorgeous monitor. Crisp and colorful. I use it to play the Playstation 4 I bought at the same time. I'm simply amazed at how superior the graphics are relative to a high-def television. Easy to use and setup, no dead pixels, and did I say a color palette that even after a month of owning it can still startle me?

Others have griped about the flimsy stand it comes with - and this is true. It is very wobbly. For me this is not an issue because I am using it to play console games - so my hands never touch the table while I am using it. I can imagine this would be an issue, however, if I were typing on a keyboard that was on the table. I'm not sure why Samsung would produce such an amazing display and skimp on engineering the stand. But the price on Amazon when I bought it was incredible and a little wobble is easy to overlook when the quality of the monitor is better than others I have seen for 5x the price.

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Philly

This is a "must purchase" for gamers and people who work from home

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2015

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Buyer beware - you need HDMI or VGA. If you have a DVI connector on your PC video card, get the AmazonBasics HDMI to DVI Adapter Cable. I bought that and it works perfectly. Oh, REMEMEBER to install your video drivers (it is on the Samsung disc they include) before you try to connect the monitor straight to your PC. I skipped that step and my video card would not detect my monitor (it kept alternating from analog to HDMI). Very important step - I was about to return these.

I played GTA V on this last night. Spectacular picture. You will NOT be unhappy with this purchase. My previous monitor was a 24" Dell from 7 years ago. Believe it or not that Dell was top of the line 7 years ago, and I bought two Asus monitors about two years ago to replace that one screen, and found they had an inferior picture quality to it. So, I was wary when buying these Samsungs. I figured the price was too good to be true. The *only* knock I will give on these is the stand is a bit wobbly. This isn't a big deal.

I bought two of these, so I could also use them to work from home with dual monitors. It gives me enough room to run multiple applications and not run out of space.

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Bradley

1 dead pixel and a wobbly monitor stand equals 1 less star from me

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2015

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I bought this monitor from Amazon.com back in April of 2014. As far as the looks go its very aesthetically pleasing to me. I like the transparent look of the outer frame. As other reviewers have stated, the stability of the monitor using the goose neck stand that it comes with is not there. I don't really have an issue with this since I always put my monitor on a separate stand from my desk. But if you like your monitor closer to you and you sit it on the same desk, and that desk it not heavy and stable than you may experience monitor wobble.

Just for reference, I purchased a 21.5" Samsung monitor about 2 years prior to the purchase of this one. It still works and after almost 4 years I have not detected any dead pixels. On this monitor, however, I have recently discovered a single dead pixel which is the inspiration for the writing of this review...finally. So, a dead pixel on a newer model and a literally newer monitor after having owned it less than 2 years. That I am not happy about. To add insult to injury, I don't exactly know how long the pixel has been dead because I wasn't using this monitor daily for awhile. It was hooked up to a second computer which was in a less accessible area of my house. So it got less attention.

TLDR: I am knocking a star off for 1 dead pixel and for a wobbly less than stable design of the monitor stand. Would I buy again? Yeah, 1 dead pixel isn't the end of the world. If I discover any more over the next 2 years I will update this review. Would I recommend you purchase this monitor? Yes, at the right price though. Since newer models are already available it would have to be cheaper than those models to even make sense to purchase.

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Nadia Wood

Terrible stand, beautiful picture - when it works.

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2014

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First of all, the unit I got appears to be defective. The display works for a fraction of a second, then the picture winks out of existence. I got it to keep displaying a few times by power-cycling the display repeatedly. When the display works, the picture looks gorgeous. Crisp images, invisible pixels, no reflection whatsoever, and I get the afternoon sun in my office on the screen, too! It is stunning. But, I wouldn't keep it even if I were not having disappearing-image issues because of a poor stand design.

My second issue with this display is the tiny stand, which clearly not well-designed to support the expanse of the 27" monitor. I have a great big sturdy desk with numerous displays, this is the first unit to have a bobble-head issue. Typing on the keyboard in front of it makes the whole display wobble from side-to-side! It is absolutely maddening! It will drive you crazy in minutes. The base also allows only tilting backwards, not raising up and down or any other kind of adjustment. Because of the bobble issue, I wouldn't have kept the monitor even if it were not defective.

You have to understand, I am Samsung fan girl. I own Samsung laptop, Samsung phone, bunch of Samsung accessories for both, even a Samsung microwave, and an older Samsung 27" P2770H "Touch of color" LCD. This LED display was supposed to be an upgrade, but turned out to be a major disappointment. It does not live up to typical Samsung engineering standards. The fact that I got a defective unit also does not instill confidence in their quality control. I am returning and buying something different entirely. I recommend that you, too, stay away from poor workmanship and design.

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tumbleweed

Samsung S27D390H 27-inch is an excellent PC Monitor

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2014

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I can't tell you how many days and hours I spent on trying to decide on which monitor to purchase and with Cyber Monday putting on some pricing that made for a lot of good deals it was even more difficult to decide. Another problem was not wishing to go over $300 for a monitor unless something in the $300 to $400 was superior. Otherwise I could see that going well over $400 one can get some pretty impressive technology in a PC monitor. But we are also on the edge of some major technology changes and improvements in monitors so why spend big bucks when I may need to replace this monitor in 5 years.

Why did I pick the Samsung? First of all I liked the specs for the most part. I was looking at a Viewsonic model, an ASUS model and even Dell. For some reason the Dell's just did not make the cut. It was a tough call between the other 3 but my final decision on the Samsung was probably based on the fact I have 2 Samsung LCD TV's that provide outstanding picture quality.

Would I buy one again or even this model? Yes. Would I recommend this to a desktop user? Yes. Any cons? Not yet. This is only day 1 of using the monitor.

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Gary M. SEI

Horrible light bleed, Horrible anti glare/ips glow, wobbly stand.

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2015

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I hate to leave bad reviews but I must with this one...

I received my first monitor brand new from a 3rd part Amazon dealer. After I hooked it up and got it calibrated it appeared to look great. However, I was in for a surprise when I checked for black screen quality. I set Windows to high contrast mode and noticed some pretty terrible light bleed. I tried to apply a little pressure and take pressure off from the bezel but it did not help. I figured I may have just received a defective product and RMA'd it back to the dealer. They sent me a shipping slip free of charge and they then sent me back a replacement free of charge, so that was nice. However, the nightmare continued with my brand new replacement.

My 2nd monitor has EVEN WORSE light bleed than the first. It is absolutely horrendous. My 7 year old Asus 22" LCD that cost $150 has far better black screen quality and no light bleed whatsoever. This Samsung looks like garbage in comparison. I mean, it's freaking bad! Just look at the picture I took in a dark room with a black screen. It's so bad that if I'm playing a game with anything dark in the screen at all on the entire right side I can notice a yellow haze because of the light bleed. Forget about watching a movie. The light bleed completely ruins it.

I am giving the monitor two stars instead of one because it does have excellent color reproduction and contrast. However, the screen coating is pretty terrible as well. This monitor has some pretty bad IPS and anti-glare coating glow which you can also see in the picture I attached. Even if there was no light bleed at all the screen glow is pretty bad. The viewing angle is terrible because at any angle at all the screen glow blocks out half the color and light.

I am incredibly disappointed in this Samsung monitor. I thought if I purchased a brand new Samsung with fairly good reviews I'd get a great product. But this monitor is terrible. If the screen coating were glossy and there was no light bleed and the monitor stand were more sturdy, this might be a 4/5 or 5/5 monitor. But with terrible light bleed, terrible anti glare coating, and a wobbly stand this monitor is just bad.

Pros:
Color reproduction
Contrast
Aesthetics

Cons:
Terrible light bleed (on both original purchase and a brand new replacement)
Terrible anti-glare coating and IPS glow
Wobbly stand

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Injuis

Beautiful picture but the stand is truly, truly horrible.

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2014

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DO NOT take the complaints about the wobbly stand lightly, as I did. The issue is real and is a serious problem.

I made the mistake of purchasing this monitor based on the high ratings and shrugged off the negative comments about the wobbly stand. Now I'm paying the price in full.

I will repeat what others have said about the display itself: very high quality output. Vivid colors and extraordinarily high luminosity. There is zero complaints on this aspect of the product. I actually had to lower the brightness down to 30% as it was burning my retinas out. Also, the bezel is as the pictures show: very low profile.

Then there is the stand.... the terrible, awful, stand:
- The base is thin plastic and can be flexed a good amount with your hands. I think half the wobble comes from this weak base
- The blue neck is a harder plastic material and doesn't flex much, if at all. However, it loosely fits into the base and into the display mount. You would think they would engineer the fit to be snug and make the connection tight. Not the case: you can easily disconnect the pieces from each other.
- Because of the thin neck, all the weight is distributed to the center of the base, which is not reinforced with metal. You can actually tap the side of the monitor and see the the center of the base flex and torque as the monitor oscillates.
- The socket that connects the neck to the display is not snug and also allows the monitor to move slightly. Also, there is no locking mechanism of any sort - it's just gravity.
- There is no VESA mount so you are stuck with what they give you
- I could find no third party options (as of this writing) that allow a different mounting system
- I've tried to retro fit some of my older Samsung monitor bases to this but the mounting system (between the neck and the display) is entirely unique

I was poised to return the monitor but the owner (I purchased it on behalf of someone) did not want to deal with the hassle and chose to keep the product instead.

So, in closing, the monitor has a great display. You can't go wrong. The wobble is definitely there, though. I guess if you had a sturdy desk, typed very lightly, and moved your mouse with the grace of a Tai chi master you might be happy with the mounting system.

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LankyFrenchman

Great Monitor for the Price!

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2014

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Pros:
1. Extremely thin screen
2. Big sharp color display
3. Glossy Black and Blue Sleek design and stand
4. Pretty good selection of settings and adjustments including game mode and eco mode.

Cons:
1. Stand is a bit wobbly (doesn't affect my needs as I don't constantly touch or move my screen)
2. Only 1080p (I feel with a screen this large I wish the resolution went higher but for the price you won't find better, anything 1440 or 2560 is going to be 100-200$ minimum more than this)
3. No DVI (again not a deal breaker as most modern cards have hdmi out and gaming cards usually have multiple)

All in all very happy with this purchase for my needs none of the cons are worth taking a point off. Monitor arrived with not dead pixels and relatively quickly. I'll update after I get some more usage on it.

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Donaleen Kohn

Like having a big dent on a shiny new car

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2016

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The monitor does not seem to get along with my new Dell Inspiron 3647 system, purchased at the same time to go with this monitor. Sometimes the monitor screen is black and won't respond. Dell says not all monitors are compatible with their systems though they would not comment specifically on this monitor.

It could be a WIndows problem or a computer problem or a monitor problem. Dell won't talk to me about the monitor because it isn't a Dell monitor. Microsoft won't talk to me about sleep issues with Windows 10 because I bought the system with Windows 10 on it so they say I have to deal with Dell. I spent an hour and a half on the phone with Dell struggling to understand the accent of the person I was talking to. It was exhausting and frustrating but no help. I'd rather stick pins in my eyes!

So we plugged the monitor into a power strip and turn off the power strip. So far that has worked but the problem is intermittent so it will be a while before we are confident.

Update: the power strip really works. Here is the link to the Dell community site with more info if anyone want it. Might be useful to you.

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Michael Luhrs

Console gaming/Macbook use 10/10

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2015

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I don't normally review things, but this guy I'm going to give my thoughts on. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars, was the monitor is slightly wobbly on the stand. It isn't to the point I thinking it would snap off it axis, but if your table is not sturdy, or gets knocked, the monitor COULD shake. And if you plan on using this guy with a playstation/xbox you will most likely have to use an external sound system that plugs in through the back of the monitor, through the AUX input.

Alright onto the good!
For $200 or so it is a steal. Samsung is a good company IMO when it comes to displays. I love my iPhone, but I know galaxy blows iPhone display away. I mainly use this for gaming on a xbox, and this experience is very quality. If you are in the market for a small T.V. for gaming/P.C. use, buy this, it is quality. I also plug my MacBook pro into it and the calibration process is clean, and the picture is a crystal clear 1080 (along with on the xbox too.)

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