info: Dell 2209WA review

[IlllI]

a review

review from lcdreviewz

and another


link to the massive 100+ page topic at hardforum


short cliff notes:

- amazing lcd for the price.
- has an e-ips panel, which is better that pva and FAR superior tn panels
- can occasionally be purchased for around $200 shipped. for example: recently back on sale for $208 Text

edit: this monitor has since been replaced by the 21.5-inch U2211H and 23-inch U2311H (which has a slightly newer e-ips panel- but most people probably won't notice much difference).


LCD monitor test pages

calibration guide and information

Anandtech Monitor Profiles/Settings Thread

calibration profile downloads: (can search alphabetically) A-G, H-N, O-T, U-Z

 

[Winterpool]

I can't wait for Stateside reviewers to get hold of these. At $300 (US), it will easily sweep the board of 22-inch displays if it truly is an IPS display. With Apple moving to 24-inches for their midlevel Cinema Display, I don't know if there are any 22 or 23-inch IPS monitors out there.

 

[africanleopard]

This monitor is available here in Canada.

Dell 2209WA

And it is an IPS....

 

[thilanliyan]

Nice...too bad it isn't 24".

 

[Phew]

Will it have horrible input lag (>30 ms) like the larger Dell IPS panels?

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: Phew
Will it have horrible input lag (>30 ms) like the larger Dell IPS panels?

That was because of the scaler wasn't it? AFAIK this doesn't have a scaler.

 

[n7]

OMG.
A non-crap 22" 1680x1050? :Q

Amazing.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I'd like to see one of these for sale next to a TN panel to better compare.

I've used Dell Ultrasharp monitors in the past, but never side by side with TN panels. I always thought they looked good, just not sure it was worth the premium over TN panels. Maybe if I saw it side by side. I think something like this would be worth it over a TN if it was going to also be used for watching movies areas of a room where the greater viewing angle will come in handy.

Is response time not so much an issue with non-TN panel LCD's these days? I know that was their downfall in the past, at least for gaming applications.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Very exciting. Hopefully they will be in America soon. Then I will just need a coupon...

 

[Sophia]

Link @ Dell Small Business

 

[Avalon]

I'd be really tempted to ditch my CRTs for one of these if coupons start floating around.

 

[MyLeftNut]

If the price is right during a sale, it'd be a pretty interesting. Though I already got an NEC 20WMGX2, would there even be any point in getting that 2209WA.

 

[Avalon]

Just found out I can get it for $249 through the campus computer store with alumni and old club association discounts...shit...do I do it?

I'd have to sell my laptop and CRT to get the money, but I don't use my laptop and well, the CRT wouldn't be used either if I did.

 

[mmnno]

If this was available last year I would have saved so much money :laugh:

 

[Winterpool]

Last week it was unclear whether the 2209WA was in fact an IPS panel. Over on Hard|Forum, there are punters who claim to have confirmed its IPS goodness with Dell reps and obtained special deals ordering over the 'phone ($210 rather than $300)!

No one appears to have received the displays yet, and there are no Stateside reviews still.

If this is confirmed as 1.) IPS and 2.) good samples (ie adequate quality assurance), I recommend ordering straight away, as the turn of the Dell panel lottery will inevitably yield a crappy TN panel in this model eventually.

I suspect we'll see confirmation by the end of the week.

 

[acidoangel]

Hello, I've contacted Dell support and they said me it was a true IPS panel. But I don't know what "e" meaning...

 

[kmmatney]

Originally posted by: Avalon
Just found out I can get it for $249 through the campus computer store with alumni and old club association discounts...shit...do I do it?

I'd have to sell my laptop and CRT to get the money, but I don't use my laptop and well, the CRT wouldn't be used either if I did.

That's a great price - hard to pass that one up. Good luck selling a CRT, though. I can't even them them away at work (19" trinitrons).

 

[Phew]

As long as the specs say 178 degree viewing angles on the website, it can't be a TN panel. Pending input lag measurements, this could be the cheap widescreen IPS panel a lot of people have been waiting for,

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Phew
As long as the specs say 178 degree viewing angles on the website, it can't be a TN panel. Pending input lag measurements, this could be the cheap widescreen IPS panel a lot of people have been waiting for,

Surely this must be a trick by Dell. Introduce an excellent, cheap, high-quality IPS-driven LCD, then once the reviews are in replace the guts with the cheapest TN they can get and call it the same thing.

 

[NYHoustonman]

Wow, this is exactly what I was looking for a year ago when I bought what I have now... I may still buy one o.o.

 

[ZetaEpyon]

Now available on Dell's small business site for $299.

http://accessories.dell.com/sn...orp&sku=320-7825&s=bsd

 

[exar333]

This look's like a great buy for anyone who wants a quality 22inch monitor; especially for anyone who wants to do some photo-editing or needs a good viewing angle. Add some coupons to this price and this would be very sweet at ~$250.00.

 

[acidoangel]

My 2209wa photo available here :
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/H...09wa-sujet_46122_1.htm
In french, but the photo not

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Phew
As long as the specs say 178 degree viewing angles on the website, it can't be a TN panel. Pending input lag measurements, this could be the cheap widescreen IPS panel a lot of people have been waiting for,

Surely this must be a trick by Dell. Introduce an excellent, cheap, high-quality IPS-driven LCD, then once the reviews are in replace the guts with the cheapest TN they can get and call it the same thing.

Companies have done this before...

 

[gorobei]

Originally posted by: acidoangel
My 2209wa photo available here :
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/H...09wa-sujet_46122_1.htm
In french, but the photo not

wow, you dont get the input lag test do you.
http://www.hiboox.fr/go/images...76b0df4a72512.jpg.html
you have to take the picture while the clock is running not when it is stopped. sorry 0 input lag on any lcd is pretty much impossible. (clue: the flatpaneldk app has the start button showing instead of the pause button)