Which is the best 30" TFT
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Since the Samsung is fairly new very few people will have used both enough to give a reliable advice. One thing to check is the panels scaling options. The origonal 3007 has none and with scaling broken in nVidia drivers it is a pain running games which only work in 4:3 mode.
OK. One thing I was wondering is it possible to buy these monitors with a zero dead pixel guarentee? If i'm going to spend a £1000 on a monitor I dont think it's acceptible that it may come with a one or more dead pixels and I won't be able to replace it for one with no dead pixels. Lets say i'm buying this monitor for a professional design studio, am I seriously suppose to use it with a dead pixel(s)?
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For what it's worth, I've had 3 3007WFP's and 1 3007WFP-HC pass through my hands (well, the HC is onfront of me 
), and none have had dead pixels (the non-HC's had some backlights flaws though).
My experience of their customer service has been very good (Scottish call-centre), and for your use I think you'd be able to get a replacement screen for any dead pixels (at least any that may be present when you get the screen...after that chances decrease but are still good).
), and none have had dead pixels (the non-HC's had some backlights flaws though). My experience of their customer service has been very good (Scottish call-centre), and for your use I think you'd be able to get a replacement screen for any dead pixels (at least any that may be present when you get the screen...after that chances decrease but are still good).
Mud said:For what it's worth, I've had 3 3007WFP's and 1 3007WFP-HC pass through my hands (well, the HC is onfront of me
Incidently Mud have you ever used any audio software on your 3007? The pixels per inch on 3007 is quite high and that could possibly make it difficult to use audio software with lots of small knobs :-
Also is it easy to read text? At the min I have 19" tft and find it very easy to read. How does the 3007 text size compare to a 19" text size?
Nope, my music knobs are all hardware I'm afraid. The dot pitch is nice and fine (0.25mm), but text isn't a problem...and you can always increase the text size in display properties if you like. 19" dot pitch is huge, so it will be markedly different. I gave the parental units a 3007WFP, and one of them uses it in 1280x800 (4pixels->1 effective pixel).
Have a gander into my inner sanctum (1.25MB, low-light, poor camera, sorry), see if it gives you an idea of text size.
edit: for reference purposes, the screen on the right is a 20" 4:3 screen, whilst you're talking about a 19" 5:4 screen.
Have a gander into my inner sanctum (1.25MB, low-light, poor camera, sorry), see if it gives you an idea of text size.
edit: for reference purposes, the screen on the right is a 20" 4:3 screen, whilst you're talking about a 19" 5:4 screen.
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well to be honest, i really depends what you want from the monitors, samsung is better for colour accuracy special in graphics work. But the dell has better and more brighter colours. I would say dell, their customer services is great, well just the Scotland division as was said before. Get a HC if you don't need to connect more than 1 monitor to it. But if you need more than 2 monitors then get the HP 30" lcd monitor, uses the same dell panell and both are indential except for the fact that the HP has 3 DUAL DVI inputs, A kvm switch like that will set you back £300+.
Hopefully my HC should be here sometime this week.
will let you know what the picture quality is like compares to a WFP, the HC is better but you can pick up the WFP for about £400 cheaper.
good luck either way you will love it, only problem is that when you get used to it, it starts to look average size.
dead pixels
We have about 30 of the Dell 3007's at work set up as dual monitor workstations for geological modelling and i've not come across any dead pixels on any of those. A couple have gone pop for other reasons. I find they are vast and if you sit quite close to them for long periods of time they can be tiring on the eyes.
Having said that though I wouldn't say no to one at home for watching films on
We have about 30 of the Dell 3007's at work set up as dual monitor workstations for geological modelling and i've not come across any dead pixels on any of those. A couple have gone pop for other reasons. I find they are vast and if you sit quite close to them for long periods of time they can be tiring on the eyes.
Having said that though I wouldn't say no to one at home for watching films on