Dell 2407FPW - any experience?
Missileman
Orlando, Florida Icrontian
I'm looking at getting one of these monitors as a Self present
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-4335
Anybody had any experience with one of these? The specs are real good for a 24" (6ms). The Dell forums say the current revision has the bugs worked out now. Just wanting a little insider opinion on it before I pull the trigger.
Dell has it for 799 - 15% and free shipping meaning it is about 680 for a 24". Kinda hard to pass up.
Let me know what you think.
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-4335
Anybody had any experience with one of these? The specs are real good for a 24" (6ms). The Dell forums say the current revision has the bugs worked out now. Just wanting a little insider opinion on it before I pull the trigger.
Dell has it for 799 - 15% and free shipping meaning it is about 680 for a 24". Kinda hard to pass up.
Let me know what you think.
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But for $300 less you can get a 22"....
2" for $300.....kinda hard to swallow...
and can your video card handle 1920x1200 for gaming...
course I'm gonna tell you to get it so we can all be envious
Actually I have XFX 7900GT Extremes
I found some of those 22" monitors, but it just doesn't seem like a big enough upgrade from a 19". Wanta get that WOW factor for a bit.
Sounds like I should at least give it a shot and see how it works out.
I was answering fatcat. I've got 2 7800GTs, which will easily support WQUXGA.
I agree about 19" > 22". It's just not enough. 19" > 24" *and* widescreen will definitely be a difference. Plus my current LCD doesn't rotate, which the 2407 does. That should be good for internet viewing.
I was contemplating getting another 19" and running dualie, but that sucks for gaming. You want a single display, not two with a big gap in the middle.
http://media.digitaltrends.com/digitaltrends/gateway_fpd2485w_24in_lcd_monitor.html
$679 but I had some BestBuy rewards and got it for $625.74 including tax.
I've been looking at it for about an hour and am quite impressed so far, and thats coming from someone who has a Dell 2005FPW....I havent calibrated it or anything yet...
Features:
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
1920 x 1200 maximum resolution
1080P HD Support
DCDi® by Faroudja for Clear Viewing
Picture-in-picture feature
4 USB 2.0 Ports
ill do a review soon...
Mine comes in tomorrow.
Can't wait now
Nice...you are going to love it. I always loved my Dell 2005FPW.
I am really impressed with its clarity. I only play WOW but it plays it at 1920x1200 flawlessly. No ghosting that I can see even when mouse looking as fast as possible.
I went back and bought the multimedia speakers for it (only 29 bucks). That way I can hook my HD cable box up and use it as an HD TV and it will have it's own speakers without having have my computer involved.
I think you'll like it.
I played around some with the modes and I settled on multimedia. Gaming mode seemed to lose a bit of the crispness. I didn't notice any other differences between the modes performance wise.
I'm running with a 12ft DVI-D cable and haven't had any issues. I hooked the cable box up with the component video input and left the sound just stereo analog.
The worst problem I had was that it requires a DVI-D cable and will not allow a connect from a DVI-I cable which is what I had and most video cards support (has 4 extra small pins for analog signal). I went and bought a monster DVI-D cable and it worked til I got to 1920x1200 and then it said out of range. The 6ft cable that comes with worked fine, so i ordered a cheap DVI-D cable from the "Egg" and it works perfectly with it. Took the faulty $120 Monster cable back and am now running on a $8 cable
DVI-D is Dual DVI. DVI-I is DVI-D with extra analog pins, Specifically the 4 small pins around the large blade.
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52930