Samsung T260HD 26-inch Full HD 1080p Widescreen LCD TV/Monitor with Freeview (5ms, 1000:1, HDMI, Gloss Black)

Just a quick note to say this is a lovely monitor/TV, but if you're planning on hanging it on a wall you can't without an adapter as there are no mounting holes (of any kind) for a standard VESA wall bracket (or any other bracket for that matter).
Samsung make a speacial little adapter that replaces the desk stand with a mount that has a VESA100x100 plate on the back. It's called a TWMB-2400 and you can pick one up on-line for around £25.

Hope this helps someone...

I spent a long time researching screens before settling on this one. I'll keep this brief:

* Picture quality is excellent, 1080p games from my 360 (though there are few native 1080p games available) look outstanding.

* The screen is capable of displaying a 16:9 image despite natively running in 16:10 (its a simple menu option) so don't worry about it stretching the image of movies, games etc.

* my pc is plugged into this and I use it at full res as my monitor. The image is spot-on. Fonts are clear and easily legible and working in Photoshop is a dream with this screen.

* Haven't tried the tuner yet but my housemate who has a smaller version says it works great.

* Built in speakers are pretty naff as I kind of expected, run this into an amp and good speakers otherwise you will be disappointed. There doesn't appear to be a regular audio output so I use the headphone plug on the side to run to my amp.

* As far as connectivity goes its well fitted, though do note that the 2nd hdmi connector is on the side of the screen so if you do use it you will have a cable sticking out of the side of your lovely monitor/tv.

* viewing angle horizontally is superb (and the base swivels). Viewing angle vertically isn't great but its not an issue if you aren't standing over the thing or lying well below it on the floor. (also the base does not tilt)

* also the screen is apparently actually 25.5 not 26 inch, didn't bother me but some people might be.

Overall, very very happy with this screen inded.

After weeks of reading reviews and tech specs on all kinds of monitors and displays, I decided to invest in the Samsung T2600 HD when my LaCie 21 inch CRT died 2 weeks ago. I couldn't find a specific review for what I do, so this may be of help to you if you do what I do.

I'm a professional freelance graphic designer working mainly in QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat and In Design. I don't use it for games or video or DVDs, although it is the ideal choice should I choose to.
For me it is critical that the colours I see on the monitor are the colours that will be reproduced once the presses roll, especially when adjusting photographs in Photoshop and creating digital illustrations.

A word of warning; The reviews all state Mac suitability, and it is indeed running fine on my G4, although I was so eager to link it up when it arrived, I didn't pre-set the resolution correctly before connecting it and it blew my operating system necessitating a 5 hour re-build of OSX plus the updates. I also invested in a Radeon 9800 pro graphics card to be able to use the digital connection and the results of that are truly amazing. Be warned though that the SyncMaster software CD that comes with the T260 only has PC drivers and there are no Mac drivers on the Samsung web site either. I'm fortunate that my Mac Tech support friend helped me to calibrate it exactly manually and it is now perfect. It's wonderful to get a full A3 spread across the screen and have the tool menus down the side also, or even 3 A4 pages to view across the screen.

Aesthetically, it looks smooth, big and very impressive, yet in-obtrusive in my studio. The stand is a dust magnet and needs dusting every day, but that's not a problem really. I made the right choice. We just had to enhance the yellows a little and you have to view the monitor from dead centre to see the exact colour, but that goes for all LCD displays I've seen, the colour changes depending on your angle. I would recommend it for graphics pros like me, and at £300 on line from PC World, it's a great investment.