Dell 2007WFP - is this normal?

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icetrey47

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Well I just received my Dell 2007WFP ... it's revision A01 and has no dead pixels, practically no gradient banding over DVI.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i115/icetrey47/DSC00939_resize.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i115/icetrey47/DSC00938_resize.jpg

Now, while this all sounds miraculous, there is something that stands out to me as unusual ... but since this is my first LCD i don't know if it's normal or not.

when i look directly at my 2007WFP on a solid black screen, it looks totally normal, as shown in the following picture:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i115/icetrey47/DSC00942_resize.jpg

now, when i start moving my head around even by the slightest bit, the black color starts to look like an orange glow. examine the following pics to see what i mean:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i115/icetrey47/DSC00943_resize.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i115/icetrey47/DSC00944_resize.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i115/icetrey47/DSC00945_resize.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i115/icetrey47/DSC00946_resize.jpg

on a normal desktop with colors galore, you don't really notice this, but it's pretty noticable on a solid black screen or in something like a dark game. is this an issue i should consider worth a replacement? these pictures don't really do it justice, the "glowing" is more or less what i would call extreme.
 
I think it looks fine, I dont have the on my LCD, but I dont have a 2007fpw and shimh says it normal so I think it's fine.
 
I can confirm, the purplish coloring seen best in this pic is normal for an S-IPS panel. While there's surely a menu to adjust the RGB levels for more accurate color calibration, the purple "glow" is a property of the S-IPS screen type and can't be changed. If it bothers you, the solution is not to view the screen from such extreme angles :p.
 
haha, yeah when i look straight at it it looks fine, but sometimes i reposition myself in my chair and it can be annoying. does the Apple Cinema 20" have this "trait" as well?
 
Like DanK and I mentioned, all S-IPS screens behave like this, including apple monitors of course. Based on my experience, I have not seen any type of LCD panel does even close to good in extreme cases (such as observing the panel displaying solid black from some extreme angle in a dark room)
 
my Dell 1707FP at work does not exhibit this behavior ... is that b/c it isn't an S-IPS panel? the method to bring up the service menu does not seem to work the same on this monitor as it does on the 2007WFP so i can't check the panel version.
 
Yeah, sadly it is the norm for the 2007's now. disappointing i'd say
 
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