An A01, didn't know there were any of those left. Dell could have at least flashed it with A03 firmware first. That’s inexcusable.
It has at least one manufacturers defect, banding, and all other problems, most A02's have banding also and that won't be any good for Photoshop either.
You want an A03, but probably not shipping to AU yet, as some here are waiting for that.
Return and tell Dell, they sent you a defective monitor, wanted it for work and this monitor is unacceptable for your work and livelihood (job) don't pay restocking fee, they can set up pick up return and Dell pays return shipping. It’s their fault, defective monitor.
You'll have to wait for an A03 when they ship and hope that it meets your needs for Photoshop.
As I stated here before, Photoshop experts, graphics artists use caution when buying a 2407 A03 only, it may be good enough, but then may not be. They are great for casual users.
You can use an A02 with VGA which has no banding, I wouldn't want to, cause it’ll band in DVI.
AU and Sweden no A03's yet, unless anyone knows different.
Return it. Don’t wait for email, some are waiting weeks for an A03 confirmation. Return at Dell’s expense, now before you get stuck
sup mate, yer im 1 hour out of adelaide(victor harbor), cant get adsl+2 out here yet and coz i leech 24/7 dodo has unlimited downloads hehe, but i cant get through to ring them and they wont respond to my emails about how they overcharge me $20 for the last 3 months dude!! Years ago when i had ISDN i was with internode, many of my friends use them too, i would also but they have download limits, i like to be free as a bird hahaha.
BTW how i feel right now i wouldnt even trust dell to send me a $10 mouse........
What would you do if you did buy a 2407 & a A01 turned up? Maybe you should not answer that:smileyvery-happy:
Nice area victor harbour. I will be glad when I can get 24000k/1000k adsl+2 he he.
You must be into movies or something..... Maybe dodo changed their pricing & not told you?
Did you notice the $350us off forum users only for the dell 3007? I wonder if this applies to us 'out of the road' types? How do you send for the coupon via your personal message area?
I would think that you have been stuck with a refurbished A01 flashed to an A02 - not good. A02 had bad banding as well & it seems that only the A03 rev. is reasonable. Also as archange1 & I have stated atm there is no such animal here in aust. & we don't know when there will be. If you use your A01/A02 for photoshop or the like I am very sure you won't be satisfied.
ok very strange, i just checked the firmware revision in the factory menu it lists V1B15 which in the checklist thread states that is RevA02 ? there is a RevA01 sticker on the back of the monitor and on the box. so im confused is the A02 very bad at banding in desktop mode also and i have infact received a flashed A01 to A02 (since they use the same SAM LTM240L2 panel)?
another interesting thing is that this A01 flashed to A02 is still brand new and had 0 hours on the timer clock in the menu.
i just got a response from my dell rep today and she is confirming that i can swap to an A03 once they arrive here (finally), if i get a definate date on A03's in Aus i'll let you guys know :)
Agree. But all the A02's have to be flashed. DVI is not good in A02's.
BenQ 241W is out for sale at Newegg.com 799.00 U.S. Extended warrnty 3 yers total 6 years add 180.00.
Samsung 245T out soon, I think.
What would you do? If you had basically identical 2407's, One LCD has one dead pixel, plus one "on" pixel, white on red NE of center, that's a China A03 restickered only 100 use hours and the other, no dead, no on pixels, Mexico new A03. Which would you keep?
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c0ldaussie ,
Get that in writing, get an email confirmatiom and a "case number" established, that is the only way to prove what the Dell Rep. told you or otherwise you have nothing, so to speak.
t666,
I blinked to write a sentence and a short story appeared in front of me.:)
Cool, thanks for the information:)
So far, my plight,
2-2407's refurb's sent as new, now replaced with new good ones.
1-2407 refurb was replaced with refurb that is better than a new replcement for that second refurb. Good Grief! Dell still owes me (1) good new one. All A03's of course.
If tht chip was turned off in A01 to correct banding it would still be the same in the A02's,
as T666 is stating.
It's not till the A03, when the "soft dither" option in the service menu appears and that was the addition of a noise filter that corrects banding in desktop mode and a little in Multimedia mode .
A02's, DVI banding unacceptable for everything but Word Doc's., using VGA no banding is not what it's suppose to be. Just my opinion.
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I just did on part of what you wrote. I'll read the rest and see if there is anything else to add.
Yes I had 3-2407's A02's all banding in gradient tests and grasdient in video hgames and SD video. Not in some other apps. though.
I have 2 2407 A03's new and 1 2407 refurb that dell owes me a new one.
The A03's eliminate the banding in Desktop mode, that's the version everyone wants now and don't let anyone tell you anything different.
If you exchange, keep the best most level stands of course. My three are within 1/10 of a centimeter side to side now. the worst was 6/10 of a cm.
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Cool if mode 1 has no banding now...
Ps: 3 of my stands sloped by 6-8mm
Im intersted in these things aswell
Are the other modes fixed?
Can u save settings for each mode? otherwise modes are usless anyways
If you cant save settings you have to manualy change the settings anyways i cant see the point
Is dhcp 1080i/p possible and is component input quality been fixed atleast to the quality of the 2405?
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It has at least one manufacturers defect, banding, and all other problems, most A02's have banding also and that won't be any good for Photoshop either.
You want an A03, but probably not shipping to AU yet, as some here are waiting for that.
Return and tell Dell, they sent you a defective monitor, wanted it for work and this monitor is unacceptable for your work and livelihood (job) don't pay restocking fee, they can set up pick up return and Dell pays return shipping. It’s their fault, defective monitor.
You'll have to wait for an A03 when they ship and hope that it meets your needs for Photoshop.
As I stated here before, Photoshop experts, graphics artists use caution when buying a 2407 A03 only, it may be good enough, but then may not be. They are great for casual users.
You can use an A02 with VGA which has no banding, I wouldn't want to, cause it’ll band in DVI.
AU and Sweden no A03's yet, unless anyone knows different.
Return it. Don’t wait for email, some are waiting weeks for an A03 confirmation. Return at Dell’s expense, now before you get stuck
Hope that helpsJ
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I can confirm this for Sweden, I got an A02 yesterday.
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BTW how i feel right now i wouldnt even trust dell to send me a $10 mouse........
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Dell has to start flashing the panels to A03 minimum specs. before shipping.
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i just got a response from my dell rep today and she is confirming that i can swap to an A03 once they arrive here (finally), if i get a definate date on A03's in Aus i'll let you guys know :)
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BenQ 241W is out for sale at Newegg.com 799.00 U.S. Extended warrnty 3 yers total 6 years add 180.00.
Samsung 245T out soon, I think.
What would you do? If you had basically identical 2407's, One LCD has one dead pixel, plus one "on" pixel, white on red NE of center, that's a China A03 restickered only 100 use hours and the other, no dead, no on pixels, Mexico new A03. Which would you keep?
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Get that in writing, get an email confirmatiom and a "case number" established, that is the only way to prove what the Dell Rep. told you or otherwise you have nothing, so to speak.
t666,
I blinked to write a sentence and a short story appeared in front of me.:)
Cool, thanks for the information:)
So far, my plight,
2-2407's refurb's sent as new, now replaced with new good ones.
1-2407 refurb was replaced with refurb that is better than a new replcement for that second refurb. Good Grief! Dell still owes me (1) good new one. All A03's of course.
If tht chip was turned off in A01 to correct banding it would still be the same in the A02's,
as T666 is stating.
It's not till the A03, when the "soft dither" option in the service menu appears and that was the addition of a noise filter that corrects banding in desktop mode and a little in Multimedia mode .
A02's, DVI banding unacceptable for everything but Word Doc's., using VGA no banding is not what it's suppose to be. Just my opinion.
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Yes I had 3-2407's A02's all banding in gradient tests and grasdient in video hgames and SD video. Not in some other apps. though.
I have 2 2407 A03's new and 1 2407 refurb that dell owes me a new one.
The A03's eliminate the banding in Desktop mode, that's the version everyone wants now and don't let anyone tell you anything different.
If you exchange, keep the best most level stands of course. My three are within 1/10 of a centimeter side to side now. the worst was 6/10 of a cm.
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Ps: 3 of my stands sloped by 6-8mm
Im intersted in these things aswell
Are the other modes fixed?
Can u save settings for each mode? otherwise modes are usless anyways
If you cant save settings you have to manualy change the settings anyways i cant see the point
Is dhcp 1080i/p possible and is component input quality been fixed atleast to the quality of the 2405?
Peace
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