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August 21st, 2006 19:00

2407WFP - UK - very pleased !

I have just received my 2407WFP monitor (A02 version) today after paying just £619 last week in Dells sale. I had read all the moans and groans on the internet and was dreading finding dead pixels or banding problems. It was manufactured in the Czech Republic and this monitor is pixel perfect. I cant see any sign of the banding problems that was so widely reported either. All in all I am very pleased with my purchase.

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August 22nd, 2006 21:00

Not really intend to ruin your day but there is indeed banding problem with this A02 version as well. The banding only occures vertically not horizontally. I have noticed it when I switch the image mode to "Gaming mode". The "Desktop Mode" is the only mode that can be used as it minimises the banding effect. I am runing Windows XP Media Centre Edition. When starting the Media Centre application, the screen looks absolutely dreadful if not in Desktop Mode. I also noticed it when I browse www.ea.co.nz. The blue background of the top half of the web page are clearly banded as you can see them as multiple horizontal bands of different blue colours.

However I guess all LCDs have this and that kind of problems. The other aspects of this monitor seems to be pretty good.

August 23rd, 2006 00:00

619GBP is quite alot man, how come its way cheaper in the US & Canada??

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August 25th, 2006 13:00

Also we almost never get the giant discounts you guys get that sometimes more than half the price of the computer or monitor or whatever... I guess it's due to lack of rivals...

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August 25th, 2006 13:00

Because they're ripping us off here in Europe. The prices here in Sweden are usually the same as in UK.

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August 27th, 2006 22:00

I agree.

Mine arrived last week - same deal. All in all an excellent purchase and a great price for the UK.

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August 28th, 2006 08:00

I've run run all the tests and am happy with the results.

There's absolutely no banding in desktop mode, minor banding in media mode and more banding in gaming mode. I don't see myself switching often from desktop mode and I can understand the trade off for faster response times in the other modes.

Here's one test image used: http://www.spronkey.com/sdc-gradients.png

I guess it all comes down to expectations.

Perhaps dell should've realeased the monitor under the pretense that it has: Two extra "post processing" modes that "increase response time, brightness and contrast with a relative decrease in graduation range". I'm sure most people would've though that seemed like a reasonable trade off.

August 28th, 2006 18:00

did you test its HDCP functionality? I heard that the 24WFP and 2007WFP don't function well for HD resolutions like 1080i and 1080p.

August 29th, 2006 02:00

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