The Official Dell E228WFP Thread! Info, Pics, Reviews

Dell E228WFP

US RESIDENTS: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=320-5205
CANADIAN RESIDENTS: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...1&sku=320-5205







* 1680x1050 pixel resolution for clear, sharp images
* Offers 300 cd/m² brightness and 800:1 contrast ratio
* 5 ms response time enables crisp and clear images
* Viewing angles of 160° vertical and 160° horizontal
* Digital DVI-D with HDCP connectors

Picked mine up for $329 CDN shipped, but it was going for $299 CDN on Boxing Week... doh! Oh well, still a beauty.

Cons to mention:
Does not come with a height adjustable stand
Backlight bleeding
6bit panel, so only 16.2 million colors (vs 8bit @ 16.7 million)

HUGE improvement to my 19" Samsung CRT.
Started playing CS:S @ 1680x1050, makes me wish I had an 8800GTX, or a second 7900GS OC for SLi.

Really enjoying this bad boy, and I would highly recommend it for an entry level monitor.

I'm just curious about the gaming.. it's my first LCD, so I'm not used to gaming. It seems like the CRT responds different. There is no ghosting, but it just seems a little different to my eyes... why is that? Like a delay, but not a delay.. I don't know how to explain it...

On to the pics:

Mine's coming in today. I'm going to hook this badboy up to my TOTALLY AWESOME AND EXPENSIVE eMachines that I bought for $270

Post pics.. I'm posting more tonight when I get home from work..

I was considering this display or trying to find a used 2407WFP ?
My current monitor, a Sony FW900 24 inch CRT was scratched recently so I have decided it is time for a LCD.

Does this one support 1:1 pixels mapping ?

I was also curious about this one and TN screens doesn't bother me since I don't do graphics work or any kind of shit. Hell, I have a 1703FP at work and it's perfect.

As for the 1:1 pixel mapping I don't believe so. I messed around with mine for a few minutes last evening and notice every resolution stretches. I didn't get a chance to look under the options but by default no.

Any buzzing noise from the panel? Or have you had time to evaluate input lag?

No noticable buzzing noice. Input lag I can't say for sure as I was only using the panel for <20 minutes. The only game I spun up during that time, after checking for dead pixels and backlight bleeding, was flatout 2 and I used a steering wheel (talk about variables).
So far it's one of the nicer TN panels I have used. For reference I have a 1907FP (another TN) on another machine and a 1905FP at work..
However coming from a Dell P1130 (Sony CRT) I noticed the black levels (or lack there of). I knew this coming into the LCD world so I'm seeing if I can get used to it on my primary machine.
The stand height is also a little to low for my taste so I may get something to raise it or try and switch it out with the 1907 stand.

Edit:
Found in my nvidia color management it was set to a gamma +10, which was the source of the bad blacks. Readjusted and I find the blacks acceptable. Still not as good as a CRT but good enough for me.

PICTURES

VIDEOS

Umm ok this camera sucks, but bare with me here... just click to play videos

Counter Strike:





Browsing:

Some Splinter Cell action

Is it just me, or does the contrast really suck in those pictures?

it's my ass camera and lack of photo taking ability. The monitor is seriously great

I'll try to take some high res pics when mine comes tomorrow. Can't wait

Yeah lemme know what u think of it

fuck i have a stuck red pixel. It's just flickering on and off red
have to send it back

well that was easy. called dell, they said OK new monitor is on the way, when you get it, package the old one with the stuff provided, UPS comes to my door and all is paid for.

anyway this pixel is now gone.. wtf? it flickers on and off red, then it's gone.. i cant get it to do the problem again now??

That back light bleeding would bug the hell out of me.

Based on the pictures, it looks pretty bad.

As usual my pictures suck but here we go:



"screen door" effect isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Really not much worse than a 20".



Back light bleed



Text looks nice



Fired up cod2 and man did it suck. Sensitivity was screwed up at 1680*1050 and the game just didn't feel right. Maybe it's becuse I play at high levels of competition with money involved, but I'd never play cod2 on an LCD.







CSS on the other hand felt fine. Tearing wasn't that bad compared to my 85hz CRT @ 200 fps and I couldn't get it to ghost like my 2005FPW did. Input feels very responsive and I can't seem to feel any lag.

http://sean.nickfire.com/index.php?dir=e228wfp
^high res versions there

Overall I'm very happy with it. Using it as a secondary display now and switching over to it when I game other than cod2.