- Jul 18, 2006
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I purchased the Dell 2007FWP revision A02 on sale for roughly $400 with tax and shipping. I need advice on picking a new widescreen LCD that fits my needs.
First, here are my problems with the Dell in order:
1) Banding
2) Brightness
3) Refresh Rate
Specs of Dell:
DVI-D, 1680x1050 @ 60hz, 16ms (black to black) and 8ms (grey to grey), 300 cdm2, 800:1 contrast ratio, and 20.1'' size.
Things I like and will possibly miss about the dell:
1) hdcp 2) picture in picture 3) ergonomics (it's gorgeous)
Concerning banding, I'm tired of it. This monitor (even the a02 model) bands, just a lot less than the A00 model, but it still bands. To me, this is unacceptable and the primary reason I am getting a refund on this monitor.
Concerning brightness, I have done everything to try to get this monitor to be easy and pleasing on my eyes. The brightness is too jacked up. By decreasing the brightness, my black levels turn to junk quickly and lose all detail. If I try to adjust contrast in the nvidia control panel, I am adding banding. Adjusting gamma hasn't seemed to help very much. Like many LCD tvs (which I have experience with), by having such a bright display (300cdm2 in this case), you can produce acceptable black levels, a more jazzy showroom display, and most important, often it allows you to artificially jack up your contrast ratio. Also, reading text is very hard on the eyes for longterm as this monitor is very, very bright. Most CRTs by comparison are 100cdm2. Cleartype hasn't helped.
I am looking for:
I am looking for a widescreen monitor with a DVI-D input, proper color scales, 8bit panel, no banding period, fash refresh rate for games (preferably higher than 60hz), possibly hdcp (but if that really limits things then it isn't necessary). I am looking for a LCD that is pleasing on the eyes and not a full lit sun sitting on your desk, basically a LCD with nice black levels that doesn't need to artificially inflate them by jacking up the backlight. I am looking for a good LCD with many properties of a fully functional CRT. proper color reproduction, no banding, fash refresh rate. This LCD will be primarily for reading text (for graduate school) and Gaming. Picture in picture is nice feature of the Dell that I wish I could get again but it isn't a deal breaker. However, I hope I can get hdcp again. Quality is king. Something this Dell lacks overall or it would never have gotten past quality control.
First, here are my problems with the Dell in order:
1) Banding
2) Brightness
3) Refresh Rate
Specs of Dell:
DVI-D, 1680x1050 @ 60hz, 16ms (black to black) and 8ms (grey to grey), 300 cdm2, 800:1 contrast ratio, and 20.1'' size.
Things I like and will possibly miss about the dell:
1) hdcp 2) picture in picture 3) ergonomics (it's gorgeous)
Concerning banding, I'm tired of it. This monitor (even the a02 model) bands, just a lot less than the A00 model, but it still bands. To me, this is unacceptable and the primary reason I am getting a refund on this monitor.
Concerning brightness, I have done everything to try to get this monitor to be easy and pleasing on my eyes. The brightness is too jacked up. By decreasing the brightness, my black levels turn to junk quickly and lose all detail. If I try to adjust contrast in the nvidia control panel, I am adding banding. Adjusting gamma hasn't seemed to help very much. Like many LCD tvs (which I have experience with), by having such a bright display (300cdm2 in this case), you can produce acceptable black levels, a more jazzy showroom display, and most important, often it allows you to artificially jack up your contrast ratio. Also, reading text is very hard on the eyes for longterm as this monitor is very, very bright. Most CRTs by comparison are 100cdm2. Cleartype hasn't helped.
I am looking for:
I am looking for a widescreen monitor with a DVI-D input, proper color scales, 8bit panel, no banding period, fash refresh rate for games (preferably higher than 60hz), possibly hdcp (but if that really limits things then it isn't necessary). I am looking for a LCD that is pleasing on the eyes and not a full lit sun sitting on your desk, basically a LCD with nice black levels that doesn't need to artificially inflate them by jacking up the backlight. I am looking for a good LCD with many properties of a fully functional CRT. proper color reproduction, no banding, fash refresh rate. This LCD will be primarily for reading text (for graduate school) and Gaming. Picture in picture is nice feature of the Dell that I wish I could get again but it isn't a deal breaker. However, I hope I can get hdcp again. Quality is king. Something this Dell lacks overall or it would never have gotten past quality control.