Dell P2211H vs U2211H - same price

[Lifted]

The P2211H is LED and is currently $239. The U2211H is an IPS (LED or LCD?) and is also $239.

Edit: The P2411H is $229 with the purchase of an Optiplex.

I'm guessing my account rep will give similar discounts on both, so assuming they will both remain at the same price, which one to get? These will be used in an office environment, for basic office work, so no gaming, movies, or photo/video editing.

One review of the IPS said it was horrible for reading text:

In most respects, it is a good monitor for the price. But in one respect that is important to me, it utterly fails:

Looking at black text on a white (or light) background is uncomfortable. Light backgrounds exhibit a glittery effect. It appears that the very anti-glare coating used actually creates a crystal-like glittery surface effect.

Very nice monitor for looking at pictures but while the LCD on my business laptop is comfortable for reading text all day long, this U2211H is simply NOT.

Any ideas on if this guy is just expecting to much, or is the IPS panel actually worse for read black text on light backgrounds?

 

[darkswordsman17]

Depends on the person and how sensitive they are to it. Most people seemingly can't tell major differences in quality unless they're side by side (and even then, they'll often say whichever one was brighter looked better), so I doubt it'd be a big deal.

For me personally, the anti-glare coating on displays does tend to bother me with the slight shimmering. I tend to mostly get used to it, but its still very noticeable to me, so, all things equal, I'd choose the glossy display myself. Unfortunately, glossy tends to be low quality panels, so all things aren't equal.

Oh, just a note, I don't know that its ever bother me on text specifically, so maybe they're particularly sensitive or don't have ClearType enabled (or something else, like too low or high shaprness setting).

I'd call the Dell rep first, they might be able to offer a better deal on one of the displays (probably the LED one as I'd guess the margins on the other are pretty miniscule).

 

[dawza]

We have a ZR22W, which from what I can surmise, is pretty much the same as the U2211H- someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe they use the same panel. In any event, the ZR22W replaced an S-IPS 2007WFP, and as far as we can tell, it is certainly no worse. Text is just fine, whether in a Word document, web page, PDF, etc.

There is a bit of a sparkle/grain/screen door effect, but no worse in my eyes that what I have come to expect from IPS-based panels. Is it noticeable? Yes, if you look for it. But it does not bother me in the least bit- I am currently surrounded by 4 IPS panels that I am using for writing my thesis, if that says anything at all.

 

[khara]

Sorry for resurrecting this thread, but I'd like to know which monitor you bought, OP. I have a U2211 right now, and the P2211 is on sale for 139$, so I'm really tempted to buy a couple of those. However, I need to know if they're still good in portrait mode. If you bought them, do you mind taking a couple of pictures in portrait mode?

 

[Petey!]

Both are WAY overpriced.

You can pretty much get a U2311H every month for $239 during any number of the Dell deal days.

I'd wait, theres one going on this week and every time they have those monitors on discount.

Edit:

Bah necro'd

Any TN panel is going to be junk for Portrait mode. I have a few P23's int he office, and they'll do for the occasional use, but you really want an IPS panel if your going to be using Portrait mode a lot.

 

[khara]

Both are WAY overpriced.

You can pretty much get a U2311H every month for $239 during any number of the Dell deal days.

I'd wait, theres one going on this week and every time they have those monitors on discount.

Edit:

Bah necro'd

Any TN panel is going to be junk for Portrait mode. I have a few P23's int he office, and they'll do for the occasional use, but you really want an IPS panel if your going to be using Portrait mode a lot.

Yeah I know it's normally overpriced, but it's going for 139$ right now, and I'm waiting for the U2211 to go on sale . So I guess I'll just have to keep waiting for it. My main use for them is coding, so portrait mode is kind of important. Thanks for the input!