Posted 01/07/2009 at 11:05:27am

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Yod'm 3D for those that don't want to spring $25 for DeskSpace.

Posted 08/27/2008 at 02:03:19pm

In 2005 I bought the Dell 2005FPW. It's a phenomenal screen and I've loved it since the very second I took it out of the box. Over the last 3 years I've updated my machines with various hardware upgrades. My second machine used a Viewsonic 19" crt and I had prepared myself for LCD heaven. I had read up on panels. TN bad, S-PVA good. I read good reviews like this one on the 2408 and I finally took the plunge.

Way back in 2005 I opened the box and put the 20" on the desk and was off and running. Fast forward to 2008 and I expected the same thing with the 2408. Nope. Not a problem let me just adjust the colors a bit. Hmm .. still doesn't look as good as the 2005. Let me try it with a game. Login to LoTRO and WoW. Still looks horrible compared to the 2005. So I look up the panel on the 2005 and it's S-IPS. That makes the difference. A very very noticable difference. Dell was unable to fix my problems simply because the panel type was the problem and they took the 2408 back no questions asked. I've read the 248can be made to look splendid with a calibration unit. However who wants to spend extra time and money on that?

 I ended up getting the DoubleSight 263N. I got a bigger monitor and a S-IPS panel. I also paid a couple hundred more. I guess what I'm saying is be careful with what you read. Especially if you have a set up like mine where 2 different monitors may be sitting next to each other. I also shopped online so I couldn't see the end product until it arrived. As always .. buyer beware. I learned my leasson :P

The LCD manufacturers really need to specify the panels on these things too. (As mentioned in the new issue of MPC).