bigdogn12 said:The XPS 700?
No, the 400. Given the problems shipping the 700, I decided to go with the 400.
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bigdogn12 said:The XPS 700?
RumblePen said:Are there any huge problems using this monitor with an xbox 360?
RumblePen said:Are there any huge problems using this monitor with an xbox 360?
Daggah said:OK, it gets more complicated...it will not give me the option to select any kind of aspect ratio/scaling options for 1280x960 as well...1280x1024 is an oddball res technically at 5:4...but it will remember scaling options for 1024x768 and 1152x864.
The 1600x1200 scaling is beginning to really piss me off though.
winston856 said:It's too bad you don't have a nvidia card, I can scale 1600x1200 with black bars on the sides
It's nVidia scaling with a fixed aspect ratio
Gascogne said:Got my 2407WFP today and so far I am very pleased with it. ^^
Haven't done so much testing other than looking for dead pixels which it has zero of.
Now back to testing some games.
winston856 said:Go enjoy some games man. While you're at it try out the different modes on the monitor.
Gascogne said:Tried the different modes, I prefer the desktop mode.
Multimedia mode - brighter than desktop mode
Game mode - brighter than Multimedia mode
Where can one find the vertical/horizontal banding test pictures?
Daggah said:This is just my personal opinion so take it for what it's worth...but IMHO, if yo don't notice the banding in every-day use (browsing the 'net, gaming, movies, etc.) then it's pointless for you, a consumer, to go out and use the banding test. It won't do you any good to look for banding...once you notice it in the test you'll find yourself looking for it in normal use...and once you start finding it in normal use, you won't be happy with your purchase (the extent of which depends on how picky you are.) So if you don't notice banding regularly, IMHO you're better off just letting it be and being happy with your monitor.
zerapio said:Hi all, this is my first post here yay!!
I've been following this thread for a while when deciding to buy this monitor or not. I had to give out the monitor/TV I was using at work and I needed a replacement. Since I work with content protection stuff I needed a monitor that was HDCP compliant, handled 1080i/p and had many types of inputs. The Dell 2407 seemed to fit my needs. But I noticed in the comments that there is a lot of misinformation out there with respect to content protection schemes (in particular HDCP) and the capabilities of this monitor. Now that I have the monitor I wanted to post my findings here.
HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection): the monitor fully supports HDCP over DVI. I know there's a log of a Dell rep saying otherwise but he/she is probably misinformed. HDCP only works over digital links (DVI, HDMI, etc) so don't think you can enable HDCP over component. To enable HDCP you need to have 3 things: an HDCP monitor, a video card that supports HDCP and has the crypto keys from DCP LLC (the ppl that make HDCP) and finally an HDCP capable OS, for Windows that means XP SP2 or later. Another mith is that HDCP degrades the quality of the image; far from it, the encryption/decryption process is lossless.
Connectors: I've tested S-Video, component, DVI and VGA. The output is always very nice with all of them with firmware A01. The scaler works very well and I haven't noticed any ghosting. The best quality is of course at native resolution (1920x1200) with DVI.
Features: I've tried the picture in picture and the picture by picture and both work as advertised. The downside is that not all the combinations are allowed. Asside from HDCP I've tested Macrovision and CGMS-A and all function well. These are used when watching DVD's over connectors other than DVI, HDMI or DVI.
I've got to say that after spending time with this monitor I've liked it so much that I've bought one for myself. At work I have an A01 but I home I received an A02 from Mexico. I've watched some 1080p content (trailers), DVD's (LOtR EE), games (FEAR and Q3) and it all looks good. As someone already mentioned here using driver utilities to divide the screen (nView grids) is simply awesome.
Alright, I better stop here. Take care all,
-Z
Daggah said:This is just my personal opinion so take it for what it's worth...but IMHO, if yo don't notice the banding in every-day use (browsing the 'net, gaming, movies, etc.) then it's pointless for you, a consumer, to go out and use the banding test. It won't do you any good to look for banding...once you notice it in the test you'll find yourself looking for it in normal use...and once you start finding it in normal use, you won't be happy with your purchase (the extent of which depends on how picky you are.) So if you don't notice banding regularly, IMHO you're better off just letting it be and being happy with your monitor.
Shocky said:I would agree if it was something you could ignore, but you can't, I see it as soon as my system starts up and I see the nod32 logo and my desktop background, its also blatant on the outlook background, websites and movies. I don't see how you can just ignore this.
Daggah said:Not everyone notices it though...for example...I don't. I have yet to see any banding. For me, there's nothing to "just ignore."
zerapio said:Hi all, this is my first post here yay!!
I've been following this thread for a while when deciding to buy this monitor or not. I had to give out the monitor/TV I was using at work and I needed a replacement. Since I work with content protection stuff I needed a monitor that was HDCP compliant, handled 1080i/p and had many types of inputs. The Dell 2407 seemed to fit my needs. But I noticed in the comments that there is a lot of misinformation out there with respect to content protection schemes (in particular HDCP) and the capabilities of this monitor. Now that I have the monitor I wanted to post my findings here.
HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection): the monitor fully supports HDCP over DVI. I know there's a log of a Dell rep saying otherwise but he/she is probably misinformed. HDCP only works over digital links (DVI, HDMI, etc) so don't think you can enable HDCP over component. To enable HDCP you need to have 3 things: an HDCP monitor, a video card that supports HDCP and has the crypto keys from DCP LLC (the ppl that make HDCP) and finally an HDCP capable OS, for Windows that means XP SP2 or later. Another mith is that HDCP degrades the quality of the image; far from it, the encryption/decryption process is lossless.
Connectors: I've tested S-Video, component, DVI and VGA. The output is always very nice with all of them with firmware A01. The scaler works very well and I haven't noticed any ghosting. The best quality is of course at native resolution (1920x1200) with DVI.
Features: I've tried the picture in picture and the picture by picture and both work as advertised. The downside is that not all the combinations are allowed. Asside from HDCP I've tested Macrovision and CGMS-A and all function well. These are used when watching DVD's over connectors other than DVI, HDMI or DVI.
I've got to say that after spending time with this monitor I've liked it so much that I've bought one for myself. At work I have an A01 but I home I received an A02 from Mexico. I've watched some 1080p content (trailers), DVD's (LOtR EE), games (FEAR and Q3) and it all looks good. As someone already mentioned here using driver utilities to divide the screen (nView grids) is simply awesome.
Alright, I better stop here. Take care all,
-Z
thehum said:if i'm not mistaken HDCP will downscale 1080p video only if the content has the content protection flag (which will not really be used for several years) But yes it won't degrade video.
Lack said:Hi, can anyone tell me what are the dimensions of the shipping box for this monitor? Dell support doesn't have that info...
An EXCELLENT review ... thank you Sluut!Sluuut said:Calibration:
I read a lot about calibrating the monitors on this forum. I read it could make a world of difference. So i searched a little with our good friend google and found a website with a simple calibration tool. I left this screen below uncompressed bitmap on purpose because jpeg gets to much compressed and looses color.