Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24″ Wide Aspect LCD Monitor

If you’ve read many of my previous post you will already know and understand that I’m a techno-gadget type of guy. For the last several years, at about this time each year (the company I work for gives a small bonus each April), I’ve treated myself to some major new major computer item. Two years ago it was a 15” 1.5ghz Powerbook G4, my first Apple Mac. Last year it was a 2.7ghz x 2 PowerMac G5. This year it was a Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor.

I’ve been very pleased with this monitor thus far. Here are a few of my initial impressions.

Sales, Delivery and Initial Quality: It was on sale for under $800, the delivery was very quick (days not weeks), and there were no bad pixels of any type. I had looked at the Apple 23in LCD Monitor but with the going price still hovering around $1200 decided this was a far better deal. Excellent!

Picture Quality & Presentation: The image on this monitor is sharp, clear, bright, and huge! I was using a very good Samsung 19” monitor prior to this. The Dell 24” is brighter and the colors are sharper. As a matter of fact in low light conditions the Dell can almost be too bright, as report by other users. This can be adjusted somewhat by using the brightness adjustment and adjusting down the colors uniformly. I don’t do a lot of gaming so I can’t speak to the performance level of the monitor. I’ve not noticed any Ghosting. The extra display area is amazing. Documents side-by-side and widescreen video at full screen. Very Good

Over-all Construction and Bonus Features: The monitor is well constructed and has many bonus features including a multi-card reader built into it’s left side. It also has four USB 2.0 ports and many audio input ports. Very Good

There are monitors who picture quanity and true color may be slightly better, the Apple 23in for example, but I can strongly recommend this monitor for those who are looking for a lot of monitor at a very attractive price.

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