Dell 2007WFP Flicker problem - on all of them?

[Commander Flops]

I need some help from Dell 2007WFP owners.

I've got a Dell 2007WFP, about 2 weeks old and it has a very annoying flicker problem. It doesn't show at the settings the monitor ships with, but as soon as you reduce the brightness down to something that is not going to burn your retinas off (oh, and is useful for colour matching in Photoshop) then it comes in to view.

A search of the internet reveals that quite a few people believe this is a design flaw of the model and no matter how many times you get it replaced, you won't get it fixed. However I also find a lot of people saying they are more than pleased with it.

What I want to know is are the happy owners those who have left the monitor at or close to the default settings and really they all have the problem.

It really shows at low brightness - down around 15 to 20% is good for showing it up. Then, get a mid-grey background - the colour you want is the one which photoshop uses as its empty space background. If yours is like mine, you'll see it straight away - a kind of shimmer or flicker.

I've tried VGA and DVI with the same result. I've tried more than one cable and as I've replaced my graphics card now, it's been tried on more than one video source. All have the same effect.

The only adjustment I can make to remove it is to put the brightness back up to at least 50% - but that is just not usable for photo work.

Mine is the latest revision too - A03. And although it has the S-IPS panel, it has some backlight bleed to the left edge. No dead/stuck pixels however.

I basically want to know if it is possible to get a "good" one. One thread I read on a forums somewhere was somebody on his 4th swap out and still had the flickering... Gah!

So - if you've got one, has it got the problem mine's got?

Thanks!

 

[Jonny ///M]

Hmmmmmm i put my brightness from 39 to 15 and i see no flicker

on the other hand.....looking at the grey background using my phone camera = something like 50hz on crt screen

 

[Jonny ///M]

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-1963893752719607369

You can see it in that video.

 

[fish99]

I've noticed the flicker on mine (IPS A02), mostly on grey backgrounds, but sometimes on blue too. As you say it does it via both VGA and DVI. It's pretty subtle though, and I rarely notice it.

Btw make sure you have the screen in desktop mode. It's just that the image processing chip that is enabled in gaming/multimedia mode makes the screen flicker badly.

Funny you should say 50 brightness is no good for photos, because I notice as soon as you drop the brightness below about 45 the bottom end of the spectrum falls off the end of the scale (dissapears) and you end up with the bottom few percent of colours absent. Hence I always use mine on 45 brightness.

 

[Dcode]

Hmm ive notived this on our clan forums. Its noticeable in the second colum (left to right) under the shout box. I wonder if this could be related to the 360 issue? Either case i dont use this monitor for work, if i was going to do any serious work id use my NEC IPS panel as its higher quality. If i jus had the 2007 i would maybe return it for and swap for a differnt brand all together.

 

[Jonny ///M]

I dont get it.......i cant physically see it flickering.....so its no problem for me. Must be these people who can see 100fps that see it.

 

[fish99]

The funny thing is with the settings Commander Flops described (photoshop grey background, brightness 15-20) I can't see the flicker, but I can see it on brightness 45. It's not obvious though, it's more like something you see every so often out of the corner of your eye. If you actually stare straight at a section of the screen close up you don't really notice it as much.

Actually, the background to this 'reply to thread' box I'm typing in right now shows it quite well on mine.

 

[Massive Attack]

this happens on every screen under 100hz when a video camera is focused on it, happens on tvs to, just some people can see it , i have my broghtness on 10 though

 

[Tachyon]

I had a fiddle with the settings & I honestly couldn't see anything. I have my brightness on 35 then adjusted using my cards colour correction, maybe you could try something like that & see if it helps.

 

[fish99]

It is a very minor thing, on my screen at least.

 

[Massive Attack]

dont see it at all on mine what revision u guiys using how do i find out mine?

 

[fish99]

Says revision on the label on the back, just above where the USB lead to your PC plugs in. Mine is A02 IPS.

 

[Massive Attack]

mine is an A02 IPS aswell

 

[agnes]

i dot get this on my 24" dell :s

got brightness to 46 and nout :s

and i used a 21" crt for over 3 years, so my eye sight picks up very minor issues.

ags

 

[mrk]

I have a A02 Sips 2007wfpb and don't see it BUT before this i had another a02 ips which got replaced by dell a week later as the delivery guy dropped it, i noticed the same flickering as the video on that one when connecting via VGA but NOT DVI, I have a 7950GT 512MB and refresh rate is 60hz, I set for normal use the brightness to 45 and it was visible even then to my eyes.

The replacement though has no such issues at all.

 

[fobose]

I have two A02 IPS's and on the one connected via DVI I cant see anything on 30 brightness (which I have it set on normally) or when I set it to 15 but on my VGA connected one I can see a slight flicker on 30 and the same on 15 aswell (with photoshop loaded).

I have never noticed this before though and am slightly annoyed seeing it however I have had my monitors since august 06 and this is the first time I have noticed it so I dont think it will be a problem.

 

[Clarkey]

this happens on every screen under 100hz when a video camera is focused on it, happens on tvs to, just some people can see it , i have my broghtness on 10 though

maybe on a CRT, but not a TFT.