Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD

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Anthony Fiti
Kurtis
Dell
Oct. 16, 2006

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Taking a Closer Look

The bezel of the Dell 2407WFP LCD Monitor is black and flat on all four sides, trimmed with silver on the top and bottom, giving the monitor a very sharp look. The bottom right has six buttons, along with the input indicator.

The buttons are easier to read than the previous generation Dell LCD displays. Previously, the buttons were one solid color with the function of the button embossed in the button. With this new generation of Dell monitors, the buttons are the same flat black as the display, but the icon on the button showing its function is in white. The buttons are also recessed rather than protruding, which makes them a little easier to press. The input display is numbered 1 - 5, one for each input - VGA, DVI, Composite, S-Video, and Component.

On the back of the stand is a hole which is useful for cable management. It will keep the cables out of view for the most part, but it's even better to zip tie the cables behind the display after they come through the hole to make sure you don't see one peaking out from behind the stand.

One of the first things I did when I got the monitor up and running was try out portrait mode. Since I use a 20" 4:3 aspect ratio LCD in portrait mode at work, I was curious to find out what a 24" widescreen display in portrait mode would look like. I'm actually writing this with the monitor in portrait mode, and boy is it nice. It would be even better if I didn't have glasses and didn't have to keep moving my head a little each time I look at the top or bottom of the screen (the top and the bottom of the screen are outside of the frame of my lenses).

In portrait mode, the 2407WFP is about an inch and a quarter off my desk, and it is fully extended upwards. This is OK, but it's a little jarring to try and move the display from landscape to portrait and back. It's great to view web pages - you can read the entire front page of a most sites without a problem. No such thing as "below the fold" with this baby in portrait orientation.

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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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3 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.

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