This kind of thing (via Ed Foster) makes you wonder whether Samsung's execs are familiar with the phrase "false advertising". In an ad for a snazzy monitor, they wind up with this:

And it's all topped off by a height-adjustable stand and optional integrated speakers. With the Samsung 225BW, it's not hard to imagine.

However, as Ed Foster notes, those speakers don't exist:

As I write this, more than a week after the reader complained to Samsung, the description of the 225BW monitor on Samsung's webpage remains unchanged. And a quick perusal of the online retailers that have the monitor for sale finds several that echo Samsung's description of the optional integrated speakers, but I can't find any that actually offer the option for sale.

It takes a special kind of stupid to make an offer that you can't fulfill. There's no upside to it, only negatives. What were they thinking?

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