The LCD Buyers Guide

I also have a 25% coupon that I am giving away. I got it off of ebay last night for $2 and found out that it isn't stackable with my $45 off coupon. PM me to get it. It expires tomorrow.

pchangover,

Check the online deals forum too. I posted in there for somebody to PM and get it. Maybe you can post yours there too?

Moonraker, check your PMs... Unfortunately it only works for the 50 US states. :(

Got Chow...what panel revision did you get? I'm curious to see if Dell is shipping the A02's yet.

It's an A02. They've been shipping these for quite a while now.

Oh yea I am pretty sure no one is getting A0 or A1's now, if you do call Dell and they will send you a new one ASAP.

I'm pretty confident Dell is shipping the A02's now. Someone from Bit-tech did get an A01. He ordered on July 13. Even still, he did not report any problems.

Thanks for the help Chow and SS. :)

Make sure you guys test all the inputs/outputs on that monitor as well.

Yes, ALSO if possible test to make sure 1080i works properly, that is another issues people were claiming problems with.

Ah bugger. The US get it all....

We pay stupid prices, get over taxed and don't even get anything like a "coupon" :mad:

1. Banding still present in A02
Banding is fixed in desktop mode. For multimedia, gaming and non-prime modes, we have left the complete set of Faroudja video processing enabled so banding may still be visible in some cases when the color enhancement processing kicks in.

2. Doesn't support 1600x1200
2407WFP supports 1600x1200 in fill mode only. 4:3 aspect ratio is not supported.

3. Doesn't support 1080i over DVI
The DVI connection is designed for PC connectivity. Simliar to the 2405FPW, 1080i is not supported in this mode. We support 1080p over DVI for HDCP usage. Progressive video has better performance over interlaced formats.

4. Incorrectly displays 1080i over component giving an usable image
We recommend 720p over component for the best image quality. 1080i deinterlacing is enabled but you may experience artifacts in some images.

5. Video tearing on 720p over both component/DVI when in 1:1 mode
We are investigating this issue.

6. Banding has been fixed on horizontal graidents, but it has not been fixed on verticle graidents.
This question hasn't been answered by Dell yet.

For Dell owners and interested buyers. This comes directly from the dell forums. These were problems that users were bringing up. The text in Red is Dells response from Chris at Dell. If anyone here can verify some of these problems have been fixed that would be great.

I didn't have a chance to use the monitor much more last night. Busy with work... The only thing that I will add is that:

1) The gaming mode does not look very good. Not that I saw any banding through regular usage, but I think what it basically does in that mode is increase the gamma. Doesn't look right.

2) In Multimedia mode, I don't see any banding. But it might just be me? Maybe I have bad eyes. :D

3) This puppy can get hot! The top, back, right side of the casing was HOT! I'm guessing the casing was about 40*C. Doesn't bother me a whole lot, should be just normal operation temperature, but I bet this guy can suck up some wattage.

I haven't tested anything else unfortunately. I would really like 1600x1200 in 1:1 mode with the black bars, as some games still may not have a 1920x1200 setting. Not that I have tried it, but in SS's post, it looks like it won't work.

Will try out some HD stuff and more games and DVDs later in the week... I've just been swamped.

I got my viewsonic today and hooked up. Wow this thing is pretty amazing. I will have pictures and a better review a little later. Woohoo.

As far as i'm concerned it depends what you want this monitor for. It sounds like if you want it for widescreen gaming then go for it, you aren't going to use most of the other "modes" or inputs/outputs on this thing anyway. If you want it for movie viewing, you may as well look elsewhere because this thing, as Dell said, "is designed for PC use". I wouldn't buy a PC monitor for that anyway.

Am I wrong?

Finally retiring the Beast...the Gateway 21" CRT.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...Picture044.jpg

Just replaced it with this:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...Picture040.jpg

The Vx2025WM is a pretty sexy monitor. I haven't had a chance to play to many games with it yet except Civ 4 which supports the 1680 by 1050 nicely. I got no dead pixels and everything seems to be working greatly. There is a little black light bleeding in the corners on pure black backgrounds, but nothing too annoying. Only thing I don't like so far is the non adjustable stand, you can tilt it but can't height adjust.

Love the Desktop,
What model is that Viewsonic?

heh heh thanks. Its a Vx2025WM

Nice!!! The monitor is cool too! :D

Congrats...

nice Viewsonic monitor have there..

i will be getting VA1912WB soon. i hope its a nice monitor

After reseaching for over a month I bought a VX2025wm a couple of months ago I have never looked back

I "upgraded" from a Mitsubishi 19" 93sb so the actual picture clarity is not as good with the LCD but the size is just right and colours are more vibrant :banana:

and its only 300 at NE! hmmm I think I know what I want for Xmas.

The price definitely turned me onto the monitor as well as its specs. Its holding up against the best I think. Use some dells at work, not the newer models but some 05F and they just aren't as bright as the viewsonic. It can almost light up my room.

i just got the dell 2407 from +5 year warranty

I dig it

no issues for me that i notice
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Okay.. I just ordered my 2407 from Dell.. even though it went up in price since yesterday :(

I should have it by the end of next week and I will let you know how it is.

So, after reading the first page, I got the feeling that this os probably the best gaming monitor under $300:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116355
Is that a good assumption?

I've decided on mine linky