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Dell UltraSharp 2707WFP 27" Widescreen LCD
Testing - Features
The picture-in-picture and picture-by-picture features of the 2707WFP are the same as on the 2404WFP. Two buttons on the front control the mode (off, PIP, PBP) and the input source. The PIP feature is somewhat useful to keep an eye on a TV program or other input, but the PBP mode just doesn't provide a high enough resolution of the display to make it useful if you're doing anything productive (Word, Excel, etc). The TV inputs (S-Video and Composite) are OK. You have the problem of the input being stretched from its native 4:3 aspect ratio (or 1.33) to the aspect ratio of the monitor (16:10, or 1.6), which seems to be a common theme on all the Dell monitors that have TV inputs on them. The quality of the video was mediocre, since I was inputting SDTV quality video and upscaling it to display at a resolution of 1920x1200. The PIP feature was somewhat useful, as I could adjust the size and position of the PIP window. The quality of the image in the PIP window was better since there was less scaling. The PBP feature is not really that useful, since so much space is wasted on the top and the bottom due to the 16:10 ratio of each input. If the monitor could adjust the images back to a 4:3 ratio, less room on the top and bottom would be wasted and likewise this would be a more useful feature. The USB ports work just as well as any of Dell's other monitors. The ports are USB 2.0, and they're powered as well. I plugged in my joystick and a USB flash drive and both worked properly without any issues. All four ports were tested and were operational. USB performance was nominal as well, transferring files from my USB flash drive was the same speeds as I get hooked directly into the back of my PC. As you may recall, the USB ports on the Gateway 24" LCD didn't function at all (oops!). I also tested an SD card and it transferred approximately 77MB in 13 files in 17 seconds, or 4.5MB/s. Not bad. It's about the same speed as I got on my Dell 2407WFP.
Page 1: Introduction, First Looks
Page 2: Taking a Closer Look, Setup Page 3: Testing - Display Page 4: Testing - Features Page 5: Conclusion 
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