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A couple of years ago I was given a 24inch CRT monitor when one of my friends upgraded to the forerunner of the 2407. A 24inch crt is quiet a big beast, totally dominated my desk, but it did true high definition (1080p) 1920x1080 which meant having a huge desktop. Once you have had that much desktop real estate you cant really go back. I decided if I was going down to buy a tft it had to be capable of this.
TFT monitors have dropped dramatically in price over the last few years though at the top of the range where you easily pay twice to three times more for the highest resolution. Dell is a leader in low cost panels, undercutting the competition by several hundred pounds.
This is the latest generation of the 24inch series it has an better panel giving very fast screen refresh. I haven't encountered any problems with ghosting (after images on fast moving graphics), I have played movies and games without problems. The panel is very bright, next to it the old model (and my Apple Powerbook for that matter) look dark and washed out.
In the box I got a dvi cable, usb (for the built in usb hub and memory card reader), and dsub cables so no need to buy anything else. There is a small manual (I didn’t actually look at it) and a cd.
The CD contains the drivers Windows XP needed to be manually told to use the driver from the CD though detecting it as a standard plug and play. Its worth getting the driver on as it has a colour profile file which seems to have made the colours a little more vibrant. No if you don’t care about such details the installation is a piece of cake. Just plug the cable from dvi to dvi (or dsub to dsub) depends on your graphics card.
There are also S-Video, component and composite video adaptors, so you have plenty of options to plug video devices in. There is even picture in picture though this only works between either the computer ports and the analogue ones, so you cans picture in picture a singnal from dsub into a dvi input.
The inclusion of 4 USB ports and a card reader is a neat trick, giving you the option to plug in devices like cameras and usb memory sticks without bending ad fiddling behind your pc. The card reader accepts most types of cards, like compact flash, SD, MMC, Sony memory stick.
The screen itself is mounted on a plinth and is adjustable in height tilt and swivel. You can also rotate the screen 90degrees into portrait aspect if you wish! The design is pretty industrial and I think nice though I prefer the Apple HD monitors silver look. The Dell is far more mobile and produces a better picture though for a lower price.
Overall this is a stunning monitor great for high end gamers and computer professional.
You forgot to add that 24" CRT has in real something like 22.8" of usable space (rest is hidden under plastic housing), while TFT give you all 24" to enjoy.
Advantages: Plenty of ports and connectors, including a built-in flash card reader Disadvantages: Needs calibration to get best colour - a yellow cast straight out of the box was readily correctable.
hootsmon69 22.12.2006 (22.12.2006)
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Review of Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP
Advantages: Plenty of ports and connectors, including a built-in flash card reader Disadvantages: Needs calibration to get best colour - a yellow cast straight out of the box was readily correctable.
hootsmon69 22.12.2006 (22.12.2006)
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