I did some research concerning the response time on the Dell 2001FP.
As of last week the Dell website has not posted 16ms refresh time anymore. I knew from respectable articles that that the Dell 2001FP was a rebranded LG L2010P.
I proceded to go to the LG (USA) site (
www.lgusa.com) and look at the specs of the 2010P to figure out what the response time is on the 2001FP:
Response Time: 25ms (Rise 13, Fall 12)
To make sure I was comparing the same panel, I looked at the Brightness, which matched the Brightness of the 2001FP (250cd/m^2)
At this point, i'm thinking its possible the 2001FP, despite all I have read has a RT of 25ms. I look at one more field, the Contrast Ratio:
Dell 2001FP: 400:1
LG 2010P : 350:1
So thats a good sign, maybe the Dell isnt the 2010P rebranded?? I follow some links and head over the
www.viewsonic.com to check ot the Viewsonic 201b, which is also supposed to be a re-branded LG 2010P.
201b:
response time: 16ms
brightness: 250
contrast ratio: 400:1
So maybe the 2001FP is the same as the 201b and not the LG 2010P. It may actually have the 16ms response time since the brightness and contrast ratio match that of the 201b.
Next I head over to the LG international website:
www.lg.com
I look into their products and pull the LG 2010P spec sheet from the international site:
Response time: 16ms!
Brightness: 250
Contrast ration 400:1
So I am now pretty confident that the Dell 2001FP, the Viewsonic 201b, and the LG 2010P (INTERNATION VERSION ONLY) are all the same re-branded LG panel.
In summary:
LG 2010P (USA)
Response time: 25ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast ratio: 350:1
LG 2010P (NON-USA)
Response time: 16ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast ratio: 400:1
Viewsonice 201b (USA)
Response time: 16ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast ratio: 400:1
Dell 2001FP (USA)
Response time: 16ms
Brightness: 250
Contrast ratio: 400:1
I'm a little more comforted with my purchase now. Still not sure why Dell removed the 16ms response time from their 2001FP specs. But, if they did switch to the 25ms USA LG panels, then they should have updated their contrast ratio from 400 to 350, and so this leaves room for potential return\refund\law suit, if this batch of 2001FP's is 25ms. Unless that is, LG came up with a new combination of panels which is 25ms response, but 400:1 contrast ratio.
Hope this helps a bit.