Well, I've had three 2407WFP-HC sent out to me. Every singe one was the same, yet every display had a different build date. Some say they can't see it, or don't care. Good for them, but just because you can't see it doesn't mean the problem does not exist, or that it it'n noticble by others, or doesn't warrent fixing.
After getting 3 displays that all do the same thing, I'm inclined to believe that those who claim it doesn't happen simply aren't testing it correctly and will probably never know that the issue exists as they'll never use it for anything that will cause it to be noticable.
It's not that we are just super picky, it's obvious what's happening under the right conditions:
I've had many displays over the years and I've seen cheap TN and expensive S-IPS panels both perform better than this thing. I don't want perfection, I just want something that doesn't make me feel ill about spending close to $1200 AUD ($900 USD!) when I see black streaks across the screen every time I try to play counter-strike.
So I have read every page in this thread, and I have seen a few people mention this. I am 100% certain that the ghosting is related to the tempature of the monitor. Generally LCD's are affected adversly by cold, this one seems to be affected by heat. I just started up my monitor for the day and there is absolutly zero ghosting. None at all. This could be why some people have said they see no ghosting, they just havn't had their monitors on for a long enough period of time. My monitor was on for about 8 hours yesterday, at idle and in motion. It is 10:52am cst right now. I am going to keep track of the time lapse between now and when ghosting becomes severe.
The temperature doesn't seem to have any effect on mine. I turned my monitor off for half an hour to cool it down, and as soon as I turned it back on there was still ghosting.
30 minutes isn't neccesarily long enoungh for it to cool down completely. When something gets warm, there is a lot of heat saturation, especially in electronics. probably several hours is the minimum.
I just placed an order on the 13th for one of these monitors but it has been delayed all the way to the 28th?!?! Are they fixing the ghosting issue or having some type of production trouble?
Lamiafusion,
that's strange--i ordered mine on the 17th, got an estimated ship date in early october, but then they shipped it the next day on the 18th.
I order my 2407WFP-HC on Aug. 24 enter on production on Aug. 30 no is Sept. 22 and continue in production! Maybe building a new monitor version? Why this don't go to the Dell blog? Inform the people please! www.direct2dell.com
I am curious on the RMA policy since I have purchased a 2407WFP-HC from a local seller via ebay. The seller upgraded to a 27" almost immediately after he purchased the 24". It only had about an hour of run time on it. I am currently having an issue (as well as the original ghosting issue) - I get blue lines and color distortion when the monitor returns from power save mode. A simple power cycle will solve the issue but it shouldn't happen at all. This issue was also noted here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSYyAJZRMps After reading through this discussion - I would like to RMA the monitor once a new revision is released. However, I do not have a customer number or order number. I do have the original box and everything that came with it and an ebay invoice. Is it possible to RMA this monitor using just the serial number (20 digit)? Please Advise Thank you, Darren
Dracusis
6 Posts
0
September 22nd, 2007 14:00
After getting 3 displays that all do the same thing, I'm inclined to believe that those who claim it doesn't happen simply aren't testing it correctly and will probably never know that the issue exists as they'll never use it for anything that will cause it to be noticable.
It's not that we are just super picky, it's obvious what's happening under the right conditions:
http://thecoffeeboy.com/downloads/Dell2407-HC_Ghosting/P9060137.JPG
I've had many displays over the years and I've seen cheap TN and expensive S-IPS panels both perform better than this thing. I don't want perfection, I just want something that doesn't make me feel ill about spending close to $1200 AUD ($900 USD!) when I see black streaks across the screen every time I try to play counter-strike.
Message Edited by Dracusis on 09-22-2007 10:40 AM
Windscythe
36 Posts
0
September 22nd, 2007 15:00
Bob the Dino
4 Posts
0
September 22nd, 2007 16:00
rhizome
6 Posts
0
September 22nd, 2007 16:00
Message Edited by rhizome on 10-03-2007 03:10 AM
Windscythe
36 Posts
0
September 22nd, 2007 16:00
Lamiafusion
1 Message
0
September 22nd, 2007 16:00
rhizome
6 Posts
0
September 22nd, 2007 17:00
that's strange--i ordered mine on the 17th, got an estimated ship date in early october, but then they shipped it the next day on the 18th.
Ronen_L
6 Posts
0
September 22nd, 2007 19:00
SuriV
102 Posts
0
September 22nd, 2007 22:00
FixIt57
16 Posts
0
September 22nd, 2007 22:00
Yes it was last Tuesday since we've heard from ChrisM.
dhahlen
11 Posts
0
September 23rd, 2007 06:00
Badd1
34 Posts
0
September 23rd, 2007 11:00
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_2407wfp-hc.htm
Also a full review and analysis. Looks like at least we know it's not an issue with settings, colour levels etc.
Message Edited by Badd1 on 09-23-2007 07:08 AM
Stelaras
3 Posts
0
September 23rd, 2007 12:00
Message Edited by Stelaras on 09-23-2007 11:15 AM
Patrick_nejad
1 Message
0
September 23rd, 2007 17:00
dhahlen
11 Posts
0
September 23rd, 2007 17:00
Message Edited by dhahlen on 09-23-2007 11:59 AM