Samsung 226BW: the whole A panel vs. S panel thing

[JohnJSal]

Ok, I'm a little slow and just discovered this whole controversy! Is there a way to know which panel you get by looking at it, so if you buy it in a store you can ask them to open it for you first, if possible? What do you need to look at?

 

[MBGraphics]

Dont take my word for it completly, but im pretty sure it's on the back of the monitor, you will see the serial code i think, and at the beggining or end of it, it will have an "A" "C" or "S" you want "S"

 

[JohnJSal]

Dont take my word for it completly, but im pretty sure it's on the back of the monitor, you will see the serial code i think, and at the beggining or end of it, it will have an "A" "C" or "S" you want "S"

yeah, i just read an article that talks about this, but it seems even this can be wrong sometimes...there's another way you can find out by doing a certain key combination, but of course that involves having the monitor on...hopefully the store would let me test it out before i buy it and i can check this