Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD

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Anthony Fiti
Kurtis
Dell
Oct. 16, 2006

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The Dell 2407WFP LCD Monitor arrives in the standard brown cardboard box complete with Dell's logo on the side. Inside the box, the monitor is in two parts - the LCD panel and the stand. Dell's latest monitors come with a new stand with a more angular and modern style than their old half-ellipse stand.

Taped to the front of the LCD panel is a plastic cover to protect the LCD while in transit, and printed on it is the native resolution and a picture of a CD with an explanation that there are drivers on the included CD. Along with the monitor and driver CD, you also get a quick start guide, "information guide," power cable, VGA and DVI cables, and a USB cable.

I thought it was funny that the information guide is filled with disclaimers and regulatory statements, but nothing about how to operate the monitor or what the different functions do.

The monitor has a built-in USB hub (that's what the included USB cable is for, you plug it into one of your computer's USB ports). On the side of the monitor there are two USB ports to plug in your digital camera, iPod, etc. There is also a 9-in-2 memory card reader. One slot accommodates Compact Flash and the other slot accommodates SD, MMC, MS and SM memory.

The bottom of the display rear has the aforementioned DVI input, along with VGA, Composite video (that's the yellow RCA jack), S-Video and finally Component video (that's the red/green/blue colored wires, usually from high-end equipment like cable boxes and DVD players). There are also two USB ports on the bottom as well, useful for connecting things like mice / keyboards that you don't unplug that often.

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: First Looks
Page 3: Taking a Closer Look
Page 4: Setup
Page 5: Testing - Display
Page 6: Testing - Features
Page 7: Conclusion

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5 User Comments

1 - Posted by sacremon on October 16, 2006 - 8:14 am

I've had a 2407WFP for about a month now. I found that the graphics card you are using to drive the monitor can make a big difference, even on something as simple as banding on a static gradient. I was using a 6800GT (AGP), but found that I was getting stuttering in games when I was running both the LCD and a 17" CRT as secondary. I upgraded to essentially the best I could for AGP, a 7800GS, and there is a marked difference. Banding that I saw in gradient tests was gone. Motion in games is very smooth now. I get that upgrading your video card will eliminate most of the display issues that you are encountering.

2 - Posted by Kurtis on October 16, 2006 - 12:16 pm

Interesting. Thanks for posting, sacremon. Welcome to the forums, by the way.

3 - Posted by Max Slowik on May 27, 2007 - 8:21 am

"after spending about 20 minutes messing with the display I couldn’t get the display to show the black bars on the sides of the display when I had my resolution set to 1600x1200."

You have to set the video card's option to not force scaling to get it to say at a fixed resolution. NVIDIA cards have a real problem with this; even when the driver-level scaling is disabled, it resets to default when you run a full-screen application.

4 - Posted by DARAB MOSTOUFI on October 29, 2008 - 5:30 pm

I Always Liked My 24" Dell Ultrasharp Wide Screen Lcd. Until Couple Days Ago I Noticed Power Button Has Become Louse, And I Cannot Turn Off Or Turn On My Monitor.
I Finally Realized If Iturn The Knob So The Line Will Be Straight Then I Can Turn It On Or Off. I Called Dell And Unfortunattly My Waranty Was Over, And Their Suggestion Was To Live With It, Because The Do Not Recomend To Open It. So I Put An Scotch Over The Knob So It Would Not Move And Stay Straight So I Can Turn On And Off My Monitor.
I Am Not Sure Why This Happened, Is It Because It Is Made In Mexico, Or Maybe I Should Have Paid More Than $650.00

5 - Posted by Kurtis on October 29, 2008 - 6:34 pm

That's weird - never heard of that happening. Without the tape there, does it just easily rotate around?

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