Just ordered the Dell UltraSharp 2209WA

Mines shipping today I'll have it tomorrow. And 90 days is plenty to get one I like with zero defects :)
 
I am so satisfied with the 2209WA - even though we did not get the same price as others. No matter what I could not get them to budge on the price, maybe we are just noobs.... In any case - even at that price - this monitor is a godsend.

And it was here in my hands 2 days after buying it (last week)
 
I agree their. When I tried to get them to go lower like others have been, they said no way take it or leave. And I tried at least 5 different sales reps. I don't know how those people got others to come down so much. But I'm happy with paying $161 for one :)
 
Is it true that the 2209WA is not exactly 22 inch? That its more like 21 inches????
 
Forgot to ask. Is the 2209WA all black? Some pictures I saw showed the neck silver and other showed the neck black. Which is it? I'm in the usa btw..
 
Exactly 22". Measured with a ruler, no lasers or anything, but I think I'd notice half an inch. To the 1/16th - exactly 22"
 
Cool that's go to know. I get mine tomorrow so does a friend of mine...
 
vladenko said:
Here is a review od Dell 2209WA:

http://www.lcdreviewz.com/review_Dell_2209WA

I think it highlights monitors good and bad points really well.
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I half-heartedly agree. It's a good first try ;) (no offence meant)

Some things are well illustrated like the off-angle IPS glow, brightness range, and gamma issue but the gamma problem only really exists at factory default 75 contrast. At 50 it magically is very close to 2.2. A lot of the factory settings aren't the best accuracy wise, which is fairly obvious. But

My only question is how did I get 0.15 cdm/2 at 0 brightness for blacks and they got 0.24? That's a big difference. And I got 800:1 contrast ratio at default contrast, and 500:1 at 50 contrast, so there is something amiss here.

Also at 50 contrast the brightness of white goes to 80 cdm/2 which is not over bright at all.
 
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my estimate shipping is 4/28 sucks i had to pay 191 since there was no coupons

but it was shipped and if u go to your carrier mines fedex ground and will be here on the 22nd
now just need to wait for these slow asses to processes my credit card on the BFg 285gtx and ill have my new pc in a week
 
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These damn socialists running California caused me to pay $191 shipped for the refurbed monitor but oh well, it would cost me $250 or so for a new one even if the dell reps gave me the price of $212.

what tests should I run to make sure the monitor I have is good? I know I need to look for dead pixels but anything else?
 
I'm jumping in late on this. I have the Spyder 2 express and the software stinks. I have installed a demo copy of the Spyder 2 Pro software (which I can't buy anymore) and it bombs trying to calibrate my display. Either way it's kinda schlocky software.

I haven't used the Eye-One Display 2 yet, but it gets good reviews and its compatible with ColorHCFR on windows. I am keeping my Spyder probe so I can use it with ColorHCFR on OSX, but from everything that I read the Eye-One is the best colorimeter out there without spending a mint on it.

I have also read that the Huey is good and Huey pro is very good at matching monitors together with the pro version. If I wasn't going to use it to calibrate my HDTVs I would probably get the Huey Pro....

Oh, and by the way. You are penalized for having two monitors. Basically you have to get the pro version of whatever device you get... to me that blows as I haven't had a desktop for the last 10 years I haven't run dual displays on... I am down to amateur photography being the only reason I calibrate my monitors now so I would sacrifice a small percentage of accuracy for inexpensive dual monitor calibration, but NOOoooo....

Oh, and to keep on topic, I do have two 2209s myself... without question the best LCD (Note I didn't say display) I have ever had the pleasure of using or owning. I'm waiting on refurb Mac Pro to hook them up to :D

Now I just need Dell to come out with a 2409 with the same e-IPS so I can ebay these things and upgrade!!!!!
 
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mindedc said:
I'm jumping in late on this. I have the Spyder 2 express and the software stinks. I have installed a demo copy of the Spyder 2 Pro software (which I can't buy anymore) and it bombs trying to calibrate my display. Either way it's kinda schlocky software.
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I am fairly happy with dispcalgui which is a front-end of Argyll CMS.
 
jeremyc0 said:
schapman43 -- yeah, that's what I heard too. I thought I would take the risk, though...
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I'd say you'll probably be alright. You may be better off than new because with a refurb somoneon has gone through it thoroughly.

--Scott
 
Just received my 2209WA, £185 in the UK with 3 years next-day cover for any dead/lazy pixels.

No issues at all on delivery, other than it being brighter than the sun.

Running quite nicely at (as I saw a post earlier advising):

Nielo TM said:
Brightness/Contrast:

* Brightness: 30
* Contrast: 73


Color Settings:

* Input Color Format: RGB
* Mode Selection: Graphics
* Preset Mode: Custom (RGB) - Red: 100 - Green: 96 - Blue: 93
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Other screen is a Viewsonic vx1935wm.
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I just want to make sure about the 90 day warranty. In that 90 days I can return the LCD as many times as I need to make sure its free of dead or stuck pixels or any other problems? And what I don't get is. Say someone bought this lcd on monday and then decides weds he doesn't need it and sends it back. Just for that it loses the 3 year warranty and it goes to 90 days only? That doesn't seem right to me.
 
zod96 said:
I just want to make sure about the 90 day warranty. In that 90 days I can return the LCD as many times as I need to make sure its free of dead or stuck pixels or any other problems? And what I don't get is. Say someone bought this lcd on monday and then decides weds he doesn't need it and sends it back. Just for that it loses the 3 year warranty and it goes to 90 days only? That doesn't seem right to me.
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I bought a dell refurb laptop few months ago that came with 90 days warranty. When I looked up the service tag It had only been purchased 2 weeks earlier. So yes, it would seem that is the case.
 
Wow that really sucks then. That's a good way for dell to get out of their warranties.....And getting a new one is not possible now since they are on back order for at least a month...
 
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Can anyone confirm the refub ones are still great looking? Thinking about jumping on this one in a few hours or so.
 
Well I can say this. I just got my refurbed today. I hooked it up via DVI and its has zero dead or stuck pixels :) And I see no backlight bleed at all. Their is no noise coming from it, its dead silent. Text is very sharp and colors are amazing. View angles are also awesome. So it was well worth getting a refurb for $160 :) it looks brand new no blemishes at all....
 
When I lower brightness to lower than 80-85 there will be a sound comming from the monitor, anyone else got sound from the monitor..?
 
I also just received my refurbished 2209WA from dell today, and my experience has been exactly like the others. No dead or stuck pixels, no noise, or any imperfections that I can tell. To be honest, I would not know the difference between this refurb and any new monitor dell would send me, so I say that this deal from the outlet is well worth it, despite the shortened warranty.
 
zod96 said:
Well I can say this. I just got my refurbed today. I hooked it up via DVI and its has zero dead or stuck pixels :) And I see no backlight bleed at all. Their is no noise coming from it, its dead silent. Text is very sharp and colors are amazing. View angles are also awesome. So it was well worth getting a refurb for $160 :) it looks brand new no blemishes at all....
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Good enough for me will be putting out my order right now! Thanks!
 
The 2209wa is great so far. The only ding I give it is how thick it is. This has to be by far one of the thickest 22 inch lcd's around. I've seen the samsung's and the LG's and they are alot thinner. But that is the only thing :)
 
Thinking of returning my DELL 2209WA.
- when lower brightness below 80-85% the screen make some buzz-tone-noise
- black has a layer of silver/bronze if you do not view it from 90 degrees which means that corner of the screen has this effect when sitting in front of it.
- I would like to lower the brightness even more than you are able to do right now (playing i low-light conditions).
- why is the blue on/off led so bright and it can't be turned off
- stand is good but you should be able to raise the monitor atleast 2 inch more.
 
A friend of mine who ordered one as well says he sees no difference in his TN panel over this IPS...
 
zod96 said:
A friend of mine who ordered one as well says he sees no difference in his TN panel over this IPS...
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I have a Dell 22" TN at work, and I just got the 2209WA at home, and I can tell the difference. The colors are uniform on the 2209WA, vs changing due to shitty viewing angles on the TN.
 
The Refurb I got is perfect. The one my friend got, well he says their are dark spots on the lcd, and that the color is equal to his TN LG L227. Where is a good place to get a ICC profile for the 2209WA??
 
hector48 said:
what kind of settings do u use on that program for the dell? Do you leave white point and white/black level all native?
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I don't have the 2209WA, but this is what I do to calibrate all my monitors:

  • Restore monitor to factory settings (which hopefully would correspond to monitor native white point)
  • Adjust white level with monitor brightness control (use your eyes or the dispcalgui white-level reading to determine suitable level)
  • Calibrate to native white & black level, 2.2 gamma and D65 (approx 6500K daylight) white point and then profile
For the last step, some people advocate calibrating to the native white point instead of D65. What you should do is up to you.

Native white point:
  • Pro: preserve maximum monitor color resolution
  • Con: only color-aware applications have accurate colors
Fixed (say, D65) white point:

  • Pro: fairly accurate colors regardless of color awareness
  • Con: some loss of monitor color resolution
I believe color-aware applications will have accurate colors regardless of which option you choose.

I choose to calibrate to a fixed white point because most applications I use are not color-aware, and the native white point of my monitors are all over the place. The three monitors I use side-by-side have native white points at 5331K, 5704K, and 6604K, and the obvious color inconsistency just drives me nuts. Bringing all monitors to D65 white point solves that inconsistency.

After calibration, remember to install LUT Manager to load the calibration setting (VCGT table) in your ICC/ICM profile at boot up.
 
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