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not including its tablet uses Samsung's proprietary pls technology was used just once before on the Samsung sync master s 27 a 850 D however that monitor was geared towards professionals but now Samsung has finally given us consumers a monitor that uses a panel tech as well hi I'm Eric Franklin and today I'll be taking a first look at the Samsung sync master s 27b 970 the 970 takes a few design cues from the Apple Thunderbolt display with a minimalist design a fairly thin panel screen tilt and actually goes a bit further with screen height adjustment something the Apple monitor doesn't have it's quite pretty looking with this nice striking chrome neck and this kind of Flying Saucer looking foot stand that gives it kind of a retro sci-fi vibe unfortunately there are a few design issues that really really annoy me first off there's no swivel feature now the thunderbolt monitor didn't have swivel either but at least you could easily slide it around but with a rubber on the bottom here it's really hard to slide it second the DisplayPort input is embedded too far into the foot stand this is fine when plugging it in but DisplayPort requires you to depress a button when I'm plugging it and as you can see it's not the easiest thing to do here actually it's almost impossible unless you have razor thin fingers or a CD you're willing to sacrifice the monitor just kind of gets in a way of itself finally the cover of the foot stand can easily be pulled off from the front like this it's just not what I expect from a monitor that cost $1200 now this is a pre-production model so there's still a chance that some of this will change before release so I'm still holding out hope that I'll see some improvements by the time the actual release version comes in other than those annoyances I really don't have any complaints so far in addition to the display port it has HDMI DVI a USB upstream port and on the side here to USB downstream ports the OSC is here on the bottom of the neck and glows all blue LED they all sea itself has most of the options I expect from a Samsung OSD like five different presets brightness contrast sharpness and red green and blue adjustment options there's also some really cool eco saving options performance on the pre-production unit was impressive viewing angles are why colors are accurate and pop from the screen movies look good with no sense of any color tint problems and games especially look amazing running at that crazy X HD resolution the $1,200 price will definitely give some people pause last year Samsung released the T twenty seven eight nine fifty and while that monitors performance wasn't as impressive it included Samsung Smart Hub which provides streaming video games and apps including Netflix Hulu Facebook and Twitter as the first consumer pls display the 970 should have had those options well that's my first take look for a full written review with a final verdict in the weeks to come once again America Franklin and this has been a first look at the Samsung sync master s 2017 970