Looking for feedback on a Dell UltraSharp U2412M...
I'm about to purchase this monitor, but I have no experience with IPS panels. The only con I see is the 8ms response time, and since this will be used for gaming, I'm not sure what kind of impact this will have. Any owners with first hand knowledge would be greatly appreciated.
Also, is there is an alternative in the $300 price range? The 24" and 16x10 AR are preferable, but no deal-breaker.
Thanks all!
Also, is there is an alternative in the $300 price range? The 24" and 16x10 AR are preferable, but no deal-breaker.
Thanks all!
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It is possible that has been eliminated in production since that review, and @fatcat bought three of those for a friend and fatcat is a gamer, and the monitors are for a gamer-to-be. Fatcat said he likes them.
I do not have that model to tell you what I think about it first hand. Depends partly upon where in the world you are, how old a production-aged U2412M you might get. US will get recent production, for the most part. Newegg now has close to the best price.
You WILL need to adjust the settings. I can give you mine if you like. It is WAY too bright out of the box.
The HP ZR24w is a similar model/price. When I researched the Dell, the most common advantage over the HP was the Dell ran much cooler and had better blacks.
I love the 2412m. I want 6 of them. x1200 resolution is great.
I used to try adjusting our TV of early color TV kind with one eye closed, and then with other eye closed-- it had a knob for each of red, blue, and green, and one for contrast, and one for brightness. My dad thought I had adjusted the TV too reddish/warmish and kept trying to readjust it, my mom thought it was too dark but not too reddish-- and thought my dad's settings were too greenish. My modern Lenovo laptop had a panel that looked calibrated pretty good but a little blue, so I fixed it as best as I could over time.
Lesson, it may be individual color perception that yields some of the color distortion effect comments.
i was able to get the whites, white and the blacks, black(as can be on LCD) to my eyes.
R=96, G=93, B=87
Contrast=75, Bright=65.
If you can suggest any software, that would be great. I don't think I've ever had to calibrate one before. Thanks again, man.
Brightness: 27
Contrast 75
R: 96
G: 93
B:87
Sharpness: 80
Energy Smart: Off
DDC/CI Enable
LCD Conditioning: Disable
thats what I got. use a +1 gamma in games. find it gives me very good black levels
Thanks, all, for the feedback.