Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP

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4.5 stars

"Worth every penny."

by floz23 on June 24, 2008

Pros: Bright, very good black level, capable of displaying color as advertised.

Cons: Response time is not "awesome", NEEDS CALIBRATION.
Summary: This is my first review ever. I currently have two of these in my office here, both get used for graphic design and video production.

I must say, these monitors are "wild." The default brightness level is WAY to bright and the saturation of the Reds and Greens is almost blinding at first. If you are not prepared to get a color calibration device and calibrate it properly, you're in for a VERY bright and colorful computing experience.

For example, you will notice, very quickly, that you'll need to enable the color management feature in firefox in order to get a color managed web browsing experience (google it, it's a hidden option in firefox.) If you use IE, or firefox without enabling color management, the reds and greens will be so over saturated, it's almost "clown like" browsing experience.

So, to sum this up. You will NEED to properly calibrate this monitor and enable the firefox color management option, if not, while your reds and greens will be colorful, it will not be very accurate.

Final note: again, if you calibrate this monitor, you will have something which can compete, somewhat, with EIZO's top of the line coloredge offerings. Also, to all you PVA haters, I'd just like to remind you that EIZO uses S-PVA panels, just like this dell.

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reply by: hotjonson on October 7, 2008

With your graphic design on these monitors do you do any retouching?
I'm aware that you compare it to an eizo but in which ways would it fall to an eizo.
looking to purchase for photo retouching.
Thanks.
J

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