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I'm still wondering, if the Dell 2209WA would be a better buy compared to the U2311H, does anyone have some input on that?
It seems like the 2209WA doesn't have the tinting problem - despite that i'd prefer a 23" screen if not 24".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM9SbBB2ng0I'm still wondering, if the Dell 2209WA would be a better buy compared to the U2311H, does anyone have some input on that?
It seems like the 2209WA doesn't have the tinting problem - despite that i'd prefer a 23" screen if not 24".
Are you bs'ing or did you really see this for $235?
I have the 2209WA personally and I've inspected a U2311 when I purchased for a family member.
The U2311 had very poor uniformity. While not at the level of obvious, glaring tint, the panel would be disqualified were it not in such a cheap monitor.
The 2209WA is fairly good in terms of uniformity. I would rate its image quality as higher than the U2311. Of course, this doesn't mean much because I've seen photos of other 2209WA units with the same tint issue.
Does every U2311 suffer from this bad uniformity? I've been replacing these recently hoping to beat the odds and get a good one. But if it's an inherent or unavoidable flaw then I'll stop spinning my wheels and try finding another monitor.
Also, the 2209wa has been popping up a lot in various threads, but aren't they discontinued?
That's not tinting, that's IPS glow. You'll only notice tinting on a white or very light coloured screen.
Does anyone know if this will work? (The U2311H only has 1x VGA, 1x DVI & 1x DisplayPort - Graphics card will have either 2x DVI or 1x VGA and 1x DVI):
I'd like to hookup a DVD player (or possibly BluRay player in the future) to the U2311H, so I'd need a HDMI to DVI cable. Am I right in thinking there's isn't such a thing as Active/Passive cables with HDMI > DVI as they're pretty much the same thing, so any cheapo cable will do?
I also want to connect my PC to it at the same time as well, so I'd need either use VGA to VGA or ideally a digital connection so DVI to DisplayPort. Now I won't be using Eyefinity or more than 2 monitors, so am I right in thinking I don't need an Active cable for DVI > DP to work?
I'm a little bit confused with what Single Link cables are and how they differ, but I'm hoping I don't need them?
Fair point about the BluRay and is what I'd do myself, except I'm setting this up for my Dad who (being old-fashioned) likes his external equipment.Personally, I'd just get a BluRay DVD drive for the PC itself, but yeah, HDMI and DVI have the same signal so a basic HDMI-DVI cable will work fine. I use one myself to connect my 360 to the U2311H.
I'm aware I need an adapter, but not sure if a passive one will do, i.e. this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=15-158-138No, DP and DVI/HDMI use different signals, you would need an adapter. It'd be easier if you grabbed a DVI switch box, plug both things into there and just switch whenever you wanted.
U2311H $259 on dell site now.
Does every U2311 suffer from this bad uniformity? I've been replacing these recently hoping to beat the odds and get a good one. But if it's an inherent or unavoidable flaw then I'll stop spinning my wheels and try finding another monitor.
Also, the 2209wa has been popping up a lot in various threads, but aren't they discontinued?
Mine doesn't. The A00 ones seemed to have really bad issues. The A01 ones, there have been some with issues like backlight bleeding and tinting, although there have been others that have been without issues.
The only gripe with this panel is the poor viewing angles (compared to other IPS - much better than a TN, and rivalling a PVA), and the lack of the A-TW polarizer (although even the new PA series doesn't have them), which you don't expect at this price point.
Otherwise, it's an awesome panel (if you get a good one anyways). IPS panel at TN prices! Good response time and input lag for gaming, contrast is pretty good, and colour accuracy is said to be better than the U2410.
I wish had received one like yours. My replacements so far have been A01 and they all have one issue or another, mostly with bad uniformity.
The latest replacement seemed alright, but turns out it has way more bleeding than I thought. It's showing through the top right and the bottom corners. I didn't notice nearly as much before because I didn't test it out on a pure black screen, I was too wrapped up making sure uniformity was good enough.
Well, back to Dell customer support for me on Monday.
I ordered two of these panels, what are the criteria I must meet in order to have a valid reason to return? I know lit stuck pixels, as low as 1, but what about tinting and backlight bleeding?
I don't see that today. Hmmmm...
I just bought a U2311H and had been trying it with different video and movies.
I'm quite happy with the monitor as a whole - it's great for reading and photos as far as I'm concerned but when I watch Original DVDs there seems to be a problem with it (I have these ripped full quality in my computer - so I'm not using the DVD-Rom to play them - when I do it's still the same).
The thing is that the movies seem badly compressed (pixelled and with moiré) - I've watched the same movies in my old Sony 19" monitor (and with my new 13" MacBook) and they are perfect. I'm using the DVI port of my Dell U2311H - last night I tried connecting it via VGA and it was slightly better yet I'm not convinced with the quality.
I have 3 days left to return the monitor to Dell in case I'm not satisfied with it so do you have any ideas or advice you can give me - does this happen to you or it might be defective?
Thanks a lot
did you try to turn off all the stupid so called image enchancments in the drivers for you video card? and what software and videocard do you use?, newer cards has better scalers than the older ones, btw vga is the worst input to useI just bought a U2311H and had been trying it with different video and movies.
I'm quite happy with the monitor as a whole - it's great for reading and photos as far as I'm concerned but when I watch Original DVDs there seems to be a problem with it (I have these ripped full quality in my computer - so I'm not using the DVD-Rom to play them - when I do it's still the same).
The thing is that the movies seem badly compressed (pixelled and with moiré) - I've watched the same movies in my old Sony 19" monitor (and with my new 13" MacBook) and they are perfect. I'm using the DVI port of my Dell U2311H - last night I tried connecting it via VGA and it was slightly better yet I'm not convinced with the quality.
I have 3 days left to return the monitor to Dell in case I'm not satisfied with it so do you have any ideas or advice you can give me - does this happen to you or it might be defective?
Thanks a lot
1920x1080@75Hz is possible over DVI (Displayport also, haven't tried VGA).
I uploaded the .inf here: http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/u2311h.inf
Credit goes to ToastyX for providing the timing information. I tried to get 83Hz working over Displayport, didn't work though.
Just to add to my previous post, I've taken some photos to illustrate the tinting. I would be interested to hear what you think. You should be able to see pink tinting over the first 23-35% of the screen or so then moving to green.
The first one has slight level adjustment to make it more obvious:
Then this one has even more level adjustment to show the tinting even more clearly:
The final pic is from my other U2311H which has NO real tinting problems as a comparison:
that looks like what i got, half of my screen is greenishbrown and the other purpleish blue seems to be related to view angle when i sit right on front of it, its annoying when watching a movie i can realy see it on 2.35:1 when there is black bars, and half the screen looks just like a grayscale without the black
1920x1080@75Hz is possible over DVI (Displayport also, haven't tried VGA).
I uploaded the .inf here: http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/u2311h.inf
Credit goes to ToastyX for providing the timing information. I tried to get 83Hz working over Displayport, didn't work though.
anything special you need to do in win7 to get this to work? i installed the driver, and 60hz is still the max resolution selectable, even after a system restart
also here's the video of my screens with a white background
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWGcVMc2HZU
you can see the red/pink color shift when i move the camera around, is that pretty much the glow effect?