Dell S2409W 24" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor - Black

demon8991 · 19 Sep 2008 at 12:36

What do you guys that own this or have seen it think of it?

Its on offer this week and i am very tempted by it...

PAz · 19 Sep 2008 at 18:25

Theres a review here:
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14311

What you get for the price looks excellent, I myself am interested so will be keeping an eye on this thread.

zero-one · 19 Sep 2008 at 19:16

I bought one! It should be coming on Monday. I'll do a mini review on Tuesday probably.

PAz · 19 Sep 2008 at 19:40

Think I might pick one up too, it must be an upgrade from my 2 year old 20" Dell. Price is very good!

demon8991 · 19 Sep 2008 at 20:52

The part that i am a bit uncertain with is the resolution being at 1920 X 1080 rather than the normal 1920x1200 with most 24" monitors. Also the pixal mapping bussiness im not sure about either...

neoboy · 19 Sep 2008 at 20:59

I'm sure most modern games and older games (with persuasion) would play at 16:9 ratio and pixel mapping probably won't be an issue since this is already 16:9 ratio. For the price it's a good deal indeed.

Kalpsn2000 · 19 Sep 2008 at 21:07

There's no metion of viewing angles in the description, I assume its a TN panel.

zero-one · 19 Sep 2008 at 21:54

It is a TN panel but from what I read a quite good one. I read it's an AU Optronics panel if that means anything to anyone.

I wouldn't worry about scaling as i think most gfx cards can do that for you.

Tombo · 19 Sep 2008 at 22:00

It is a TN panel, 160:160.

PAz · 19 Sep 2008 at 22:14

Everything I've read suggests the TN panel in this monitor is fairly decent though?

EsaT · 20 Sep 2008 at 12:05

demon8991 said:
The part that i am a bit uncertain with is the resolution being at 1920 X 1080 rather than the normal 1920x1200 with most 24" monitors.

16:9 is total waste for computer use.
Most of the time you need more vertical resolution instead of very low screen.

But maybe they can sell that cut away 1920x120 strip as ultra hyper super wide screen!

tbh · 20 Sep 2008 at 12:48

EsaT said:
16:9 is total waste for computer use.

I agree, I'll miss the extra 120 vertical pixels that my current 24" has but since I'm getting this for a secondary system instead of a 22" for around the same price I see it as gaining additional horizontal pixels rather than losing vertical pixels.

demon8991 · 20 Sep 2008 at 12:58

Ahhh i dont know what to do!!!

demon8991 · 23 Sep 2008 at 13:02

Last day this monitor is on offer should i go for it or not?

Happy · 23 Sep 2008 at 14:35

Just go for it

demon8991 · 23 Sep 2008 at 15:17

Lol i just dont want to find out in a year that games wont suport the 16:9 resolution...

bee · 23 Sep 2008 at 15:38

demon8991 said:
Lol i just dont want to find out in a year that games wont suport the 16:9 resolution...

course they will, i've been playing 1920x1080 for a few years now and its easy to force custom resolutions anyway

demon8991 · 23 Sep 2008 at 15:49

Do games look good? at that resolution or do things look squashed?

bee · 23 Sep 2008 at 15:57

demon8991 said:
Do games look good? at that resolution or do things look squashed?

all decent games have aspect ratio correction, the few that don't will look stretched on 16:9 or 16:10

list some games if you want and i'll tell you what their like, no games look squashed though. as i say i've been playing on a 1080p hdtv with an nvidia card for a few years now

demon8991 · 23 Sep 2008 at 16:23

Well i play

HL2
CSS
TF2
C&C 3
Age Of Empires 3
Far Cry
Pro Evo 2008

But will be playing crysis, fear, bioshock etc when i get my new comp which will be in the next month or so.