After a few minutes of configuring our netbook’s Core Graphics Software, the installation failed, citing an issue with the display, then the network.
Other than making the horrific blunder of making people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland choose ‘England UK’ as their country (as if anyone would confuse North and South Korea!), the drivers are simple enough to install, though the three-minute gap between clicking on the icon and the drivers actually beginning to install did cause us to start troubleshooting at the first hurdle.
Located on the product page, this device driver software – which is called Central Station – sizes 76.98 MB and works with Windows XP upwards. Having to hunt for the correct software online immediately removes a a large portion of the convenience argument. The C24A650X is ideal – perhaps even designed – for getting a big screen experience from a netbook, so why Samsung has included a set-up CD to host the critical HUB monitor setup software is beyond us. The C24A650X also uses a rather old hat TN, not IPS, panel, which will mean watching from the wings drains colour and contrast. If you're after something that’s capable of beating a mere tablet on resolution, there are a few 27-inch monitors that achieve 2560x1440 and some 30-inchers with 2560x1600. LED-backlight and bright enough at 250 cd/m2, the 24-inch C24A650X offers a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, which is enough for most applications though does look paltry when compared to the 2048x1536 figures achieved by the 9.7-inch iPad 3. In terms of connectivity and versatility, the swivelling (vertically and horizontally) C24A650X lives up to its unique ‘hub’ claims, though we’re not totally convinced about its resolution. It even includes D-sub and HDMI slots and four USB ports (two are USB 3.0, though to take advantage of fast data transfer speeds and rapid charging of peripherals you’d need a USB 3.0-equipped computer). Meanwhile, the C24A650X can also connect to a wireless router to get online itself, with a hard-wired Ethernet RJ45 option, too, which it can share with connected computers. Better still, this particular incarnation of the C24A650X – indicated by the X on the end of the model number – includes a dual wireless USB dongle arrangement that allows this monitor to acts as a display for a netbook, laptop or desktop PC.
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