2407WFP - Out of the box

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Took delivery of a 2407WFP about 24 hours ago. A03 version - Mexico assembly Nvidia 7600GT (256MB) - dual Out of the box, the monitor is physically and technically flawless. Not a single dud pixel to be found. Running in desktop mode. I have not played with any settings other than to reduce the brightness (to 40%). Default is VERY bright. The 2407 is running next to an NEC/Mitsubishi and it makes the latter model look practically dingy. Some tweaking will have to be performed, but overall I am very pleased. I am not a gamer. Response times and performance under stress are not considered. The unit is destined for desktop work. I considered the purchase to be a capricious one at first (on sale - Dell Canada), but not now. Recommended.

SR45 · Answer

Another good 2407 story. Its still too bad that the other Modes still have banding, but my old 17 inch only had the one Mode, so not a big deal for me using the Desktop Mode only. My only flaw was a scratch on the stand, not noticable, and Dell gave me a coupon instead of me sending it back for another complete monitor and stand. Since my monitor to is flawless in the Mode I'm using, it was nice of Dell to give me the coupon, and have to go through the return process.

Good luck with the monitor. Its big, but I can never go back now to a smaller one :smileysurprised:

Dim 4400
2.6 Ghz 400 FSB
1 Gb 2100 DDR memory
Windows XP Home
24 inch 2407 WFP
XFX 7800 GS O/C AGP ( 91.47 driver )
Dual 16x DVD-R
410 watt ( PcPower&Cooling )
PC-Cillon Internet Security

Message Edited by SR45 on 10-24-2006 08:54 AM

Klinn · Answer

I guess I'll add to the success stories. My 2407WFP finally arrived last week after Purolator took it on a tour of the city for two consecutive days. But the monitor is great, same A03 Mexico version. First thing I did was to toss up the gradient test images found in this forum, no noticable banding in either direction. No dead/stuck pixels, no noticable backlight leaks. Edit: no cursor trails either, but I'm using the DVI connection.   I also found the display too bright, must be intended for office environments. Following the great advice on this forum (thanks all!) I adjusted the RGB levels down instead of using the brightness control.   MS's new Flight Simulator X looks pretty sweet at 1920x1200! :-) Message Edited by Klinn on 10-24-2006 11:07 AM

Klinn · Answer

Check out this post by MikeA423, he explains it better than I can:   http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_monitor&message.id=66742&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

pax1 · Answer

@Klinn wrote:

I also found the display too bright, must be intended for office environments. Following the great advice on this forum (thanks all!) I adjusted the RGB levels down instead of using the brightness control.

Could you elaborate a bit on how to do this?

Maybe there is a temporary "cure" for us with greenish/pinkish ghosting having to turn the brightness down to 27 for it to become acceptable?...

hdtv00 · Answer

Thats jacked up lol, mine had many scratches wheres my coupon, course I never contacted them about it either only posted about it here, but being I got it replaced after it fell over I guess that will do.

The only issues I've seen with two of them now is slight backlight upper right issue, minor banding(yes in desktop mode) which I dont really consider a serious issue, component input quality issues is a major issue you ask me as thats supposed to be a high quality input.

I see no pink nor greenish anything while moving anything anywhere. But I've calibrated mine for playback of high def movies so brightness is way down, yet it still totally lights up the entire room at night.

SR45 · Answer

hdtv00 wrote: Thats jacked up lol, mine had many scratches wheres my coupon, course I never contacted them about it either only posted about it here, but being I got it replaced after it fell over I guess that will do. The only issues I've seen with two of them now is slight backlight upper right issue, minor banding(yes in desktop mode) which I dont really consider a serious issue, component input quality issues is a major issue you ask me as thats supposed to be a high quality input. I see no pink nor greenish anything while moving anything anywhere. But I've calibrated mine for playback of high def movies so brightness is way down, yet it still totally lights up the entire room at night. Of course, you could have asked for a coupon, and kept the damaged monitor instead  :smileyvery-happy:  I'm sure Dell would have been real happy if you did that.  I did not send mine back.  It had a pretty deep scratch in it.  Wonder how that was done ?

hdtv00 · Answer

Like you no way I was sending it back with series of scratches on front bezel, when everything else about it was working fine. Didn't wanna take a chance for non A03 or dead pixels or something else just becuase scratch.

I'll tell you one thing even after mine fell over it didn't get a scratch on it from that, yet mine came with bunch of them on front, it must take one of an impact to scratch bezel.

all the facts · Answer

China A02 bezels were all scratched. The Mexico A03' are not. OH OH OH and the screens are cleaner. Good Job Dell QC.

hdtv00 · Answer

Well cept mine, it was a mexico a03 and it was the one that was scratched. The replacement I got no scratch but screen dirty, but it was a refurb who knows what its been through.

jgdiaz · Answer

I have had my 2407WFP rev 03 since September 9 and it is the best LCD I have had to date with zero problems and no dead pixels at all, it replaced a Viewsonic VP201s and this is by far a much better monitor, even though the Viewsonic is a good monitor and I still use it on my second backup PC.

yhd · Answer

Question: Driver or no driver (Dell)? What does a driver DO in this instance? thx

SR45 · Answer

Good question yhd. I have my 2407 monitor on without installing any monitor driver for it, and using the Microsoft generic driver that it automatically uses. Did same with my old 15 incher and 17 incher as well. From time to time I did use the monitor driver for the 17 inch LCD, but really saw no difference of any kind :smileywink:

Dim 4400
2.6 Ghz 400 FSB
1 Gb 2100 DDR memory
Windows XP Home
24 inch 2407 WFP
XFX 7800 GS O/C AGP ( 91.47 driver )
Dual 16x DVD-R
410 watt ( PcPower&Cooling )
PC-Cillon Internet Security

yhd · Answer

Thank you for confirming my suspicions. I omitted the driver after reading (here) that some had linked it to display difficulties. Message Edited by yhd on 10-25-2006 05:23 PM

ArchAnge1 · Answer

hi there, the driver on the CD is the safe one to use, the driver available off the DELL website is/was possibly suspect.

jgdiaz · Answer

Yeah, the Dell driver mearly tells XP it has a Dell LCD (it's just an info file) and that is about it, XP detects the capabilities of the monitor automatically when it installs the generic driver, so the Dell driver is not really necessary.

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