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Well I've been searching for a 24" lcd for a while now and after all the complaints with the Dell 2407wfp I figured, hell, I have to see it myself. It is hands down the cheapest 24" monitor you can buy and dells return policy is fantastic, so I thought I might as well try it out. So here we go into my review, I'm not gonna get technical this is just my opinion:
This was my first lcd so I was a little hesitant to pick one up but I got tired of lugging around my 60 pound crt. All I have to say is I'll never go back to a crt, nothing against them it's just that picture/text quality is so much sharper and bright, I loved it.
To start off the monitor showed up (A02 revision) with zero dead/stuck pixels and perfect backlighting. I very much like the ergonomics and design of the dell and it looked even better in person.
It scales very well with non native resolutions and text is super sharp at any resolution.
As expected component inputs are TERRIBLE, you really have to see how bad they are first hand, my 360 looked liked it crapped all over the screen
. Vga is much better but the colors are still a little washed. All other inputs looked pretty good.
Now the ultimate question, is banding still apparent in A02 revisions in Desktop Mode?
UH, HELL YES! Anyone who says they cant notice banding should be clinically considered blind. I work a lot with photoshop and all you have to do is lay down a simple gradient and you'll see it clearly. True, that most gamers and office users will not notice its there, but the fact of the matter is that it IS! I found it to be totally unacceptable for the work I do and in general most ppl should NOT except this as Dell clearly screwed the pooch on this one. With so many reviews online saying it was clearly fixed I was pretty upset at how blatantly apparent it was.
Also I noticed no ghosting or input lag during my time with it and I game pretty heavily.
So in conclusion I WOULD recommend this monitor only if you can deal with the banding, which I'm sorry is clearly a fault of Dell and not of the panel itself. To me its just too damn annoying. BTW if you're serious about 24" lcds pick up a Philips 230WP7NS, its a damn gorgeous monitor, blacks are a little weaker than the dell but overall a much better monitor, picture wise. I just wish there was more choice in this market too.
Dell wins only in price as it is about $150CDN cheaper than any other monitor and about $300CDN cheaper then the philips, so I see why a lot of ppl are attracted to it.
This was my first lcd so I was a little hesitant to pick one up but I got tired of lugging around my 60 pound crt. All I have to say is I'll never go back to a crt, nothing against them it's just that picture/text quality is so much sharper and bright, I loved it.
To start off the monitor showed up (A02 revision) with zero dead/stuck pixels and perfect backlighting. I very much like the ergonomics and design of the dell and it looked even better in person.
It scales very well with non native resolutions and text is super sharp at any resolution.
As expected component inputs are TERRIBLE, you really have to see how bad they are first hand, my 360 looked liked it crapped all over the screen
. Vga is much better but the colors are still a little washed. All other inputs looked pretty good.Now the ultimate question, is banding still apparent in A02 revisions in Desktop Mode?
UH, HELL YES! Anyone who says they cant notice banding should be clinically considered blind. I work a lot with photoshop and all you have to do is lay down a simple gradient and you'll see it clearly. True, that most gamers and office users will not notice its there, but the fact of the matter is that it IS! I found it to be totally unacceptable for the work I do and in general most ppl should NOT except this as Dell clearly screwed the pooch on this one. With so many reviews online saying it was clearly fixed I was pretty upset at how blatantly apparent it was.
Also I noticed no ghosting or input lag during my time with it and I game pretty heavily.
So in conclusion I WOULD recommend this monitor only if you can deal with the banding, which I'm sorry is clearly a fault of Dell and not of the panel itself. To me its just too damn annoying. BTW if you're serious about 24" lcds pick up a Philips 230WP7NS, its a damn gorgeous monitor, blacks are a little weaker than the dell but overall a much better monitor, picture wise. I just wish there was more choice in this market too.
Dell wins only in price as it is about $150CDN cheaper than any other monitor and about $300CDN cheaper then the philips, so I see why a lot of ppl are attracted to it.