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Rick Rizner, Chris Manners
If monitors entered beauty contests, the Samsung SyncMaster 970P could count on a bouquet and a tiara. With its soft lines, one- button design, and translucent white finish, it certainly attracts attention (the button turns on the unit). Its screen, though acceptable for most uses, doesn't excite the senses as well as the design does. And its price of $615 is nearly as breathtaking as its design--in a different way.
The 970P shows text tolerably well; Microsoft Word documents looked crisp on our test screen. But text looks better on most other recently tested LCDs. At default settings, the 970P stumbled on the small type in our real-world Excel and...