Banding is a different issue, and yes, the 2408 has it too.

For dithering, this article should help you out:

http://www.geocities.com/icecow88/970p-dithering-en.html

It's my assumption. What else would be causing the dithering artifacts?

the 2408WFP is 8-bit, NOT 6-bit!! The most common color depths that users will see when dealing with PCs are 8-bit (256 colors), 16-bit (65,536 colors) and 24-bit (16.7 million colors). True color isr 24-bit color.

the 2408WFP is TrueColor, but few brands will list the actual per-color depth. If the manufacturer lists the color as 16.7 million colors (TrueColor-16.7M colors), it should be assumed that the display is 8-bit per-color. see these links

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_2408wfp.htm

http://compreviews.about.com/od/multimedia/a/LCDColor.htm

When referring to LCD panels, however, the number of levels that each color can render is used instead of color depth, and therefore panels are often either 6-bit or 8-bit. Make sense?

I am on my second 2408 in a week. I got my first last week, and it had the brightness with a pink tinge in the left quadrant. Technical assistance replaced it, and the replacement has the same issue, to a slightly lesser extent.

I like the monitor, other than the brightness issue. It is particularly distracting on a white background. I do not plan on asking for replacements until I get one that is perfect, but for this price it should be.

Liking the monitor, but being irritated with this issue presents a quandry. If anyone can speak with authority on the issue of an updated version, I would appreciate it.

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@Gary Coyle wrote:

I love mine and i hadnt even got round to calibrating it before i decided to make the call, 95% of the screen was perfect but the niggling 5% of the left hand side which was lighter was something i just couldnt live with i have been promised it will be a revision im sent tomorrow.

 

I beleive the term is backlight bleeding which ive never come across before even on the cheap nasty Dells we use at work

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@HenryFarpolo wrote:

I am on my second 2408 in a week. I got my first last week, and it had the brightness with a pink tinge in the left quadrant. Technical assistance replaced it, and the replacement has the same issue, to a slightly lesser extent.

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I have the exact same issues, Chris asked people to post their PPID number if you have the red tint problem.

in this thread

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_monitor&thread.id=88494&view=by_date_ascending&page=3 

As for the "bit issue", here's something I captured with my digital camera:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6690/frckp1.jpg

The image I photographed (top gradient):
http://www.geocities.com/icecow88/img/gray-gradients.tif

I also looked thru a rotating fan and by varying the speed I could make the pattern stand still (it's called strobe effect).

If it's an 8-bit panel, why is it using FRC?

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@cashflow6 wrote:
So you're saying that I paid $1150 for a monitor that can never be fixed? (=

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Yes. I am sorry. For that reason all are brighter on the left side, and no one is brighter on the right side. You can expect that it improves, but not that disappears completely (again, unless a new revision changes panel type).

Regards.

WOW someone that speaks the truth and understands what is going on Argonauta is 100% right. Issues are

plagued from the type of panel that is used.....I can't imagine it getting better...ever 

Oh and they should change the panel type... why put IPS panel in 30in but new 24in use a MVA.... that

technology was originally developed in 1998 by Fujitsu!!! IPS was developed in 2006

Why would we want old technology in a 700.+ panel? 

I thought the 2408WFP was based on S-PVA from Samsung* and not on MVA. Both technologies are VA, but they do differ, right?

(*Same panel as the Samsung SyncMaster 245T which does not have uneven lighting across the screen! (But has problems of it's own, like buzzing power supplies on huge amounts of the shipped units - I had one which I returned and now I have a 2408WFP with it's own share of problems... Oh the joy of cheaply produced, premium priced displays...)

this is the best link and explains the differences.... I wish I had found the link before I purchased...

http://www.pchardwarehelp.com/guides/lcd-panel-types.php