SamsungS80A Computer Monitor, 27 Inch 4K , Vertical , USB C , HDR10 (1 Billion Colors), Built-in Speakers (LS27A800UNNXZA),Black

I’ve had this for about two years. It’s a beautiful monitor, especially for the price. Color is good, connections are many, and the stand is quality.There are two caveats that you may or may not find helpful.I was disappointed that my Apple silicon Mac mini can’t change the volume on this monitor without a software app. (OS X limitation, not the monitors fault)I actually use this in 1440p. 4K at this size is overkill, and makes many UI elements too small. Using the clean resolution scaling of 1080p is too big.Knowing what I know now, I probably would have looked for a 1440p monitor without speakers, which could have saved me a few bucks, or jumped up to a 32” 4K or even an extra wide 2x 1440p monitor (49” double width). That said, I’m happy with this monitor and haven’t ever felt it was a bad purchase decision. I’ve used with hdmi input and usb-c from a Mac mini without any problems. I use eqMac for volume control and do actually use the speakers on the monitor since my 2.1 speakers died—the quality is sufficient for things that are not music or movies, but for those uses I’ll just put in my AirPods.

I bought this monitor late last year but it had several issues:- Too DimSamsung shipped the early batch of this monitor with Eye Saver and ALS sensor on by default. This is why early owners complained about monitor being to dim/dark. You could fix this by diving into the settings and disabling both options, but many people didn't know about this including the reviewers.- Coil Wind NoiseEarlier batches of this monitor exhibited noticeable coil wind from the integrated USB-A ports on the back, especially when it was idle/asleep. This could be very distracting unless you're wearing headphones all the time. Some people said the issue could be fixed by switching the USB-C mode from "High Resolution Mode" to "High Speed Data Mode" but this option did not help my unit. I learned to ignore the noise, but it was not ideal for a 250-300 dollar monitor.I'm happy to say that the second monitor I received in March 24 fixes both of these issues. The brightness is bright out of the box, due to the two options being switched off by default. And the coil wind is completely gone. Now the monitor is completely silent and plenty bright. Samsung must have collected feedback from units that were returned and made some improvements to the units that are shipping to customers now. This is great to see, although I'm still stuck with an older version of this same monitor that has the coil wind defect, maybe Samsung support will repair or exchange the unit for a newer one.FYI, the only difference I found between the older unit and the newer one was the manufacture date, and the color of the label affixed on the back of the monitor. The older one has a dark gray label and says it was manufactured in October 2021. Newer unit's label is slightly more blue (blue-ish dark gray) and says it was manufactured in November 2021. If you can find this information in the box, I wouldn't even bother opening the old unit and would send it back to Amazon.Overall, I'm glad Samsung made meaningful revisions mid-cycle to address the top two issues that was besetting this otherwise great monitor. I'm glad I bought this instead of waiting for the Apple Studio Display. Apart from the lack of webcam and better OS X integration, this monitor does more than the Apple monitor. It also has, in my opinion, a batter stand that has height adjust, pivot, tilt and swivel, while taking up very little depth on the desk due to the tilted post. I also love that the base is super thin, leaving very minimal step.I highly recommend this monitor after the recent update.

This monitor has a lot going for it and at a price that you just can't find elsewhere (especially if you get it during one of the very frequent discounts). Main features are 4K, single-cable USB-C connection, speakers that are actually loud, full featured stand, and USB hub.After reading many of the recent reviews and what people have said, I thought I would respond with my experiences (I'm an IT guy). I've connected it to both a 14" and 16" MacBook Pro M1 via USB-C. The screen is beautiful and side-by-side, I can barely tell the different between the Liquid Retina XDR display of the MacBook and the Samsung. Fiddling with settings on the monitor, I disabled ECO mode and set the screen refresh to high (60Hz). Some report that at high-refresh, the USB ports slow to USB 2.0, but I did not have that experience. On a M1 MacBook Pro, set at 60Hz, the USB ports on the monitor report to be USB 3.0 5Gbps according to System Report on the Mac. On a Windows PC (XPS 13) via USB-C, 60Hz does slow down the USB ports to USB 2.0. Not sure why Mac and Windows work differently in this respect.Using USB-C, both MacBook's are charged via the monitor just fine. One issue I did have on both MacBook's is the monitor keeps waking up every few minutes once the MacBook and screen go to sleep. I've had to revert to either unplugging the monitor or manually powering it off via the button under the monitor. Speaking of which, Samsung's multi-button system UNDER the monitor is annoying but you get used to it.Speakers. Best speakers I've heard in a monitor. Most are so low volume, they are worthless, but not this Samsung. Nice and loud. One issue is I cannot control the volume of the monitor speaker from my Mac. The volume control is greyed out. Sort of a bummer I suppose.As others have said, disable ECO mode if on out-of-the-box to increase brightness. Colors, as I said earlier, are fantastic.Overall, I'm very pleased with this monitor, especially at a <$300 price (if you can grab a couple when on sale, do it!). You won't find all these features in a monitor at this price anywhere else.