Product Description
Uncompromising Screen Performance
Designed to handle graphics-intensive applications with ease, this high-performance 24″ monitor delivers stunning detail, depth and responsiveness.
High-Definition Viewing24″ Display and 1920×1200 (max) WUXGA Resolution: Experience stunning high-definition detail and the ability to view more onscreen content.
Display with 16:10 Widescreen Aspect Ratio16:10 Wide Aspect Ratio: View wide documents with ease and work in multiple windows with less scrolling and toggling between applications.
Response Time6-Millisecond Response Time2 (Typical): Discover responsive, lifelike video playback with minimal ghosting and streaking.
Dynamic Contrast Ratio80,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Rati… More >>
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We have more than a dozen of these monitors at work and I have two on my desk and one at home. The monitors arrive with an enclosed calibration sheet. Apparently they are factory calibrated now. Because I work on media I needed a color accurate monitor that could also double as a day to day working display for coding, presentations and documents. Out of the box these monitors required less calibration work than any LCD monitor or TV that I’ve used in the past five years. I saw none of the pink or green tinge referred to in other reviews. Nor was there any noticeable graduation of color tint from one side to another. In fact side by side the monitors appear perfectly matched and even.
The color from these monitors is very neutral, which is to say quite accurate. While they are not ‘reference’ quality they don’t fall far short of the mark. For the price they are a good deal. You should be aware that IPS is known for accuracy and range of colors. The display is not LED backlit, because LED’s do not allow the full range of colors you get from older monitors. This was a deliberate choice and the correct one. If you want to go green and simply don’t care about color accuracy or vertical viewing angle, get something like the Dell G2410H.
Watching bluray disks on this monitor is also a very satisfying experience – be warned that the color neutrality does not make this display as flashy as a TV or TN monitor, but what you get in return is accuracy. At home I do some moderate gaming so I watch out for latency, especially the whole-screen refresh which is always much worse than the stated response times. This is a 6mS display and I’ve seen it switch whole screen refresh in about 20-25mS. While this may not seem good, it is in fact considerably better than average. Anytime you see a claim of 2mS switching time, be aware it is like saying an amplifier produces 200W of “music power” where in fact it manages maybe 25W RMS at best. So gaming is very satisfactory although not a reason to buy this class of monitor.
In terms of performance, the processor behind these displays seems faster than almost anything else I’ve seen. The OSD is easy to use and better thought out than my 2408WFP displays. I like that the OSD puts the function graphics right next to the corresponding buttons (so for example you get a tic mark against the button used to accept a setting).
The connections for the monitor include 2 DVI, 1 display port and an hdmi port. As usual the hdmi input stops edid/hdcp support when you switch away to another DVI input. This is annoying for various reasons, but most people won’t care.
I particularly loathe TN displays due to their poor color accuracy and ridiculous vertical viewing angles. So 100% of my monitors at home and work are either PVA or IPS types. I have eight at home, including HP and Samsung. I still think that Dell peaked with the 2408 but this IPS display is a worthy successor and for the price point a good deal. I would assume if you are looking here it’s because you want an exceptional monitor rather than the high street vanilla variety. If so, you should be very happy with this monitor. It is not far short of perfect.
Dell has fallen from grace in recent years, in no small part due to a deteriorating web site and fierce competition. Dell’s website is undermined by lack of consistency, poor navigation, stupid base configurations and a pricing structure that is undermined when you find you can buy a pre-configured machine through a retail outlet at a cheaper price than you can build the equivalent machine online. Their product lines are also poorly differentiated from their competitor’s machines. But their monitors are second to none. Almost a good enough reason to buy a Dell system.
Rating: 5 / 5
Wanted to give 5 stars but the gradient slight pink tint starting around the middle of the screen to the right spoils all the fun. It is only obvious when the background is white. Sometimes, it is quite annoying when I read text with white background. Too bad, can’t return it to Dell anymore: [...]
Other than that, the text is reasonably sharp, sharper than Samsung bx2440x I had but I like the “more solid” sharpness of text from my other older Samsung monitors 245bw and 2443bw. Menu is easy to use. plenty of connection options. Photos still look beautiful from my non-professional eyes even I know they are casted by the slight pink tint.
Rating: 3 / 5
It’s not often that you need to reboot a monitor – but this one you will need to.
On occasion the pixels will become unfocused which makes the entire screen very fuzzy. You then need to turn off the monitor, wait for it to cool down and then turn on the monitor again.
While TFT monitors aren’t the best for gaming – this one especially is not good for it; and forget attempting to hook up an XBox as the monitor can’t display even the most basic XBox game well.
When it works; it’s not too bad for graphic design or using other tools that do not have much screen movement (even flash sometimes gives it issues – and forget trying to record the screen).
Rating: 2 / 5
New out of the box the monitor had a yellow tint. I tried all the various adjustments and none would fix the problem.
When I tried opening pictures in photoshop, it said the monitor had no calibration data (do you want to open anyway?). I then tried to calibrate the monitor using a Spyder Pro and got the same error message as Photoshop gave. This monitor came with a graph showing its performance from the factory. How can this mean anything. The picture was garbage! I did a search and found someone else complaining about the same problems I had, so I know that mine wasn’t a 1-off problem.
Called tech support and they didn’t know what the problem was and said they would send me a new monitor. I said no thanks. To Dells credit they took it back. I replaced it with a world-class Eizo which I am thrilled with.
One other note is that I posted a review on the Dell site and they wouldn’t publish my review. So those glowing reviews are nothing more than Dell advertising. At least here on Amazon you can be honest and get your review published.
Rating: 1 / 5
So far, I’m quite thrilled with these monitors. Have 2- don’t know how I’ve done without all these years – use autocad on one screen and pdf file on the other – no more clutter on my desk – especially as my drawings tend to be 6 feet in length!
They are very bright – found myself backing away from the monitor the first few weeks before I got used to them. I use white screen with black linework rather than dark screen with colors -so can only tell you that I’m very happy with what I use and see when I work on 3d modeling and drawing layout.
Have viewed photographs with 2 megapixel thru 10 megapixel size and you can definitely see the dots and sharpness with this screen. It’s especially great when trying to ‘edit’ the photos…I can now see where I need to do ‘touch-ups’ without squinting.
They’re still too close for my liking, but the double stand/support I bought for them is proving to be awkward Dual Monitor Flex Stand Up To 24IN 22LBS/MONITOR– so I’m using the provided support – which was quite easy to install – slide in and “snap” you’re ready to go.
The menu control on the bottom right hand corner of the monitor frame is very sensitive – if you try to grasp the frame near the bottom(as you do to adjust tilt and so on) you’re likely to turn on the menu – slightly annoying the first few times adjusting the tilt – but one learns to keep away from the corner]
Haven’t tried all the bells and whistles yet…but so far very happy. So happy in fact, I bought one for myself for home-can’t wait to see blu-ray movie on it…have a Sony 40″ Bravia – and it’s not as bright as this Dell!
Rating: 5 / 5