Typical price: £520
What is it: 24-inch flat panel monitor
What we think: Strong image quality and a great set of features with plenty of flexibility
Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC Review
Reviewed on: 23 October 2007
Performance
Compared to a similarly priced Gateway 24-inch LCD, the FPD2485W,
and a more expensive NEC, the Dell UltraSharp stayed very competitive
on our image quality tests. It tied the Gateway in overall quality, and
lagged behind the NEC by only a very small number.
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Digging into the test scores a bit deeper, we found that the Dell UltraSharp was, indeed, ultra sharp, and as good in overall crispness as the more expensive NEC. We were also very happy with the colour quality, especially during our World of Warcraft, Kill Bill (Vol. 1) standard-definition DVD, and Swordfish Blu-ray tests.
Our major complaints were that its greyscaling didn't do very well at very bright white and very dark black, and in general the scaling between shades of grey lacked the intensity of the Gateway and the NEC displays. We also found the intensity of static colour lacking as well.
Conclusion
These quality factors lead us to our conclusion that we like this
monitor much more for its moving image capabilities, rather than for
photo editing or other tasks where you need to stare at static images
for long periods of time.
Additional editing by Shannon Doubleday
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