U2410 Quesion

Chris, 
  I'm having the same issue in Moscow.  I bought this monitor, Czech built in Oct, Rev A00 obviously, and while I have minor dithering in all modes, what I really seem to be experiencing is massive "posterization" in many applications.  I've currently got a Dell E6400 laptop running to the U2410 via Displayport (Issues remain but are less blatant using my only other option-VGA), and the problems start right on the Windows 7 splash screen where all the blue color changes built into the background have halos around them creating this odd and very noticeable wave or halo effect across the screen.  The other primary place I see this is in photo editing in Photoshop and other programs in various skies for example where gradient changes show up with sharp edges and this creates various halos around clouds or across gradual color changes.  Oddly, this doesn't seem to show up in desktop backgrounds though, no matter what picture I happen to be using as a wallpaper. 

   The other major issue, that I assume is related, is that all gradients such as the ones on the edges of this webpage show up as a series of color blocks rather than the smooth transition from white to dark grey that I expect.  When I drag the browser over to the laptop screen itself the image reverts back to a smooth gradient.  

  Currently I'm using SRGB mode (However posterization is the same in all modes), as I didn't like the over-saturated desktop in Standard mode, and I've color calibrated with a Sypder 3, which has improved the colors, although I'm not able to get a particularly good black point out of any calibrations settings. For example on the oft used Lagom LCD test I can only see the squares up to about #9, whereas the laptop display allows met to clearly see all the dark squares up to #1, and there is clearly not dithering on the laptop LCD,all the squares look distinct and sharp, while the U2410 has dithering evident on the last few you can make out, but I don't think to the same extent that others are complaining about.

In any case, my laptop is also saying 59 hertz (oddly even while the U2410 said 60Hz under Display Info), so I did a custom profile and forced it to 59.9 Hertz, which is what happened when I put 60 in manually into my Nvida card panel, and the problem remains.  If I could fix the halo issue and the gradient banding I'd probably be content, I don't think my version has the dithering issues to the same extent that others complain of, but with an internal LUT and the various high end touches included in this hardware, obviously I'm saddened to see my onboard Dell laptop LCD basically outperform the U2410 in many areas. So, I'd certainly appreciate any suggestions on what to do to fix these issues.  With Dell having a limited presence in Russia, I'm forced to deal with third party repair shops, and if I need to wait for the A01 Rev, then I'm not even going to take it in until I know it's been released, and can perhaps direct these third parties to the right solution.  Thanks in advance for the help!

Regards,

  Scott