Best wishes to all for this new year. :emotion-46:

Since my old 17" TFT (1280x1024) ran into problems, i'm on the market for a new and bigger 4:3 monitor (quite hard to find these days) and the 2007FP could be a challenger.

The French Dell store features two kinds of this one (I translated the specs in French), both at the same price  : 

LCD Dell UltraSharp 2007FP 20,1 in. flat panel Black Framer (2007FP TCO99)
Manufacturer Part# 858-10043
Dell Part# 59202


LCD Dell UltraSharp 2007FP 20,1 in. flat panel Silver frame (2007FP TCO 03)
Manufacturer Part# 858-10073
Dell Part# 73486

In a matter of taste and picture editing purpose I'd rather choose the black framed one but I noticed TCO specs difference that hint me for noticeable hardware/firmware differences: the way the monitor will speak with my hardware, afaik.

• Am I wrong with that ?

What are the other changes between these?

• kind of the panel S-IPS or PVA : btw am I guaranteed to get a S-IPS?
• revision# difference

I own two Win XP SP3 computers (both with nVidia 7600GT GPU —I'm not a gamer), the main rig inputs the DVI and the back-up the VGA and I'm used to switch from one to the other via the OSD of my Belinea monitor (note my DVI cable is a third party fat, heavy cable).

• would this way be OK with an 2007FP or shall I run into some refreshing issues or whatever prejudicial for the monitor health?

I'm really picky about noise, both PCs are entirely foamed, hard-drives decoupled (luckily I live in a quiet part of a big city so the PCs are the noisiest things around).

• is the 2007FP really silent? I mean emitting any noticeable humm, crackle, buzz, whine at whatever setting?

Thanks in advance for any relevant answer.