Dell TrueColour E248WFP

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Anyone here got this monitor and know if its any good?

dells other 24'' costs £120 more and only has a couple extra inputs (which would be no use for me, as i dont use games consoles) a usb hub/card reader, and 50 extra cd/m2 brightness. But surely those extra features cant account for £120 extra cost, so does that mean the cheaper dell 24 will have a worse quality display to save on price?

it already has 1 good review on OcUK, but i dont trust that review as personaly i think its a review from a OcUK employee since it just happens to be a 5 star review on the exact same day as release.
 
so how does this cheaper panel compare to the more expensive ones? worse viewing angels? ghosting?
 
It'll certainly have worse viewing angles...

Doubt it'll neccessarily ghost more, probably about the same...

Colours should be less vibrant too on the cheaper one...

You get what you pay for unfortunately :(
 
have a read of this article which will help you understand differences between TN Film and S-PVA technology which seperates the E248WFP and 2407WFP. Viewing angles are the main difference between the two models really, but features and ergonomics vary as you've already noticed
 
Baddass maybe you can help,

I'm looking to buy a 24" now! but can't decided between the Dell 2407 04 or the newer E248, I'm not fussed about the extra inputs I just want the best colours/no ghosting/input lag not even bothered about viewing angles.

What would you recommend as the best 24" pure gaming LCD? Something other then the two I've been looking at?

Price isn’t a problem for the right screen but would still like price to be taken into consideration.
 
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gosh, a pure gamers screen....

I think you need to consider a few things here. Response time is important obviously, and modern TN Film panels are quite comparable with modern S-PVA / P-MVA / S-IPS panels in practice, where the 3 latter technologies are using RTC to boost grey to grey transitions. Nowadays, where the problem still lies with TFT screens for some users is with perceived motion blur. You could maye consider displays such as the BenQ Fp241WZ which feature additional technologies to help eliminate/reduce this. Their BFI technlogy can help in some cases, and is one of the few methods around which seems to have some positive improvements for gaming in practice.

Other elements of panel technolgy do come into play as well, no matter what use you are considering. Black depth for instance is important as it can help mean darker scenes are well rendered and details are not lost. Viewing angles are important too, especially on screens this size. On the Samsung SM245B which is TN Film, I noticed some annoying viewing angle variations which could well impact gaming as well. for instance, because the screen is so large, you can see variations in contrast as you glance sideways and particularly when you glance up and down. This can be annoying in darker scenes imo.

The BenQ Fp241WZ might well be worth a look as I said before. I'd avoid the Dell 2407WFP-HC edition for gaming because of the ghosting issues, but the 2407WFP A04 should be fine. I think if it were me, i would avoid TN Film based models as the viewing angles are a pain at this size.
 
Cheers for the reply Baddass very helpful as I was going to order the HC, I use to have a FP241W but sold it due to money problems and the fact it was silver and a very ugly screen. So the FP241W could possible be the best gaming 24" on the market, I've seen grey/black images of the screen but heard they were for US market only?

I'll look into FP241W and see what happens, thanks again.

p.s I didnt notice any problems with gaming on my old screen...hmmm
 
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Difference between the FP241W and the FP241WZ being anything significant??

I can't tell them apart from the BenQ site:confused: but there must be a difference right ??
 
kkthxbye said:
Cheers for the reply Baddass very helpful as I was going to order the HC, I use to have a FP241W but sold it due to money problems and the fact it was silver and a very ugly screen. So the FP241W could possible be the best gaming 24" on the market, I've seen grey/black images of the screen but heard they were for US market only?

I'll look into FP241W and see what happens, thanks again.

p.s I didnt notice any problems with gaming on my old screen...hmmm
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what do you mean by "I didnt notice any problems with gaming on my old screen...hmmm"?

yeah the FP241WZ is probably a step up from a strictly gaming point of view. As said, that ver has BFI as well, whereas the normal FP241W doesn't
 
the price of the monitor is very tempting, but i think ill save up a bit more a purchase a better quality panel when i can afford it. Although this will mean when i get my new pc in jan, ill have one of the new intell quad cores, a 8800 gtx displaying on my smallish crt monitor which is limited to 1280x1024 at 60Hz lol
 
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it already has 1 good review on OcUK, but i dont trust that review as personaly i think its a review from a OcUK employee since it just happens to be a 5 star review on the exact same day as release.
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Well I put up a review the other day, but OcUK will only allow good reviews up there, similar to some other etailers which have a review system.

I gave the E248WFP 3/5, it lost two stars due to it's poor colours, poor gamma (and no adjustment), and blurry screen. If it wasn't for those I would've give it 5/5 (and I said that in my review). If you don't mind not having perfect colours, gamma and sharpness, then it's perfect! :)

The E248WFP is cheap TN panel, so is fine for casual office use and gaming, no good for photo or design work.

I would've got the 2407WFP-HC, but I can't stand ghosting.
 
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