*** Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor @ £447.99 inc VAT ***

I have so far connected an powered up 10 of the 70 of these monitors that I bought for work, and no problems so far. No doa or pink tints. Fingers crossed the remaining 60 are just as good. One slight disappointment is the lack of CF card reader. I've got a 2405 at home and really like the integrated card reader with slots for most card types. The omission of a CF slot is annoying since our 5Dmk2 cameras use them so I have had to order a whole load of separate card readers.
 
I got one on friday just gone, top third of screen shows a bluish-green cast, bottom 2 thirds is a pinky-brown/orange cast.

Colour work is not critical for me, but it's damn bugging me, just can't get a clean white.

I own an i1 display-2 calibrator which I've used many times on my 2405 and cannot get a satisfactory result on the U2410

Rev A02, manufacture date Sept 2010, made in Czech.

Not sure what to do.....
 
Carter said:
I got one on friday just gone, top third of screen shows a bluish-green cast, bottom 2 thirds is a pinky-brown/orange cast.
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I received an A01 not that long ago with a very similar issue. I also have an i1 display 2 and I used it to confirm the significant colour difference top to bottom which was just too much for me. As the monitor was out of the 30 day Dell new replacement window (even though only a few days old for me) I had to return it and get another A01 elsewhere which luckily is far better even though it was made the same month and in the same country.
 
Messiah Khan said:
I have so far connected an powered up 10 of the 70 of these monitors that I bought for work, and no problems so far. No doa or pink tints. Fingers crossed the remaining 60 are just as good. One slight disappointment is the lack of CF card reader. I've got a 2405 at home and really like the integrated card reader with slots for most card types. The omission of a CF slot is annoying since our 5Dmk2 cameras use them so I have had to order a whole load of separate card readers.
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Agreed the only card reader i need is CF.
 
Arghh really want one of these, but really don't want one with the issues as I'll have to pay to send it back, and that won't be cheap. It's times like these I wish there was a decent high street retailer that sold high end stuff for decent prices.
 
Got my U2410 on Friday along with my new desk ready for when my room's painted. Finished painting on Saturday night, left it to dry for the night and have just finished putting everything back in.

I would have loved to get the carpet done (as you can see), but it's rented accommodation so I'm not doing much more than paint.

Here goes!

Old colour, just before painting. Polyfilled & scraped where necessary. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of a before when all my old stuff was in there, but might be able to dig one out at some point:

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(Excuse the dirty windows, got some paint on there which I haven't cleaned off yet).
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Blurry i4 photo does nothing for the screen!
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Could do with a new bed quite desperately. Loving the desk though :D

Oh, yes. By the way Acronis 10 Workstation seems to not like the USB on the U2410. Every time I started the machine it'd blue screen, managed to get past that by plugging the USB in after the PC was booted, but then every time I put something in the side it would blue screen. Eventually had to uninstall Acronis in safe mode to make it work.

Really hope I can make them work together as I far prefer Acronis Workstation over true image.

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Desk is this if anyone's interested: http://www.officesupermarket.co.uk/p/Hawk_Rectangular_Bundle.htm
 
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Just received my monitor this afternoon and installed it and had a quick play before I headed off to work (night shift :( ).
Looks very impressive so far though the screen is very very bright with a white background - hurting my eyes bright! I switched to Game mode since that's what I'll use it for most and dropped the brightness down to 35 from 50 and I'm thinking it still might be too bright so do I just drop it a bit more?
I don't do any photo editing or photoshop work so should I just keep it on the Game mode all the time, maybe switching to multimedia for when I watch a film?

I have an ATI 5870 so is there any calibration/settings I should do on the control panel?
 
Hi ive just purchased one of these
now it could be me but when i switch the screen off give it a few mins then put it back on again
it stays kinda greenish for about a minute then starts to brighten up then resorts back to a normal colour

is this right
 
THE DOC said:
Hi ive just purchased one of these
now it could be me but when i switch the screen off give it a few mins then put it back on again
it stays kinda greenish for about a minute then starts to brighten up then resorts back to a normal colour

is this right
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I don't know if that's "right" or not, but it could just be the backlighting taking it's time warming up to reasonably bright levels.
 
Yes that is normal. The U2410's CCFL backlight will only show optimal colours after being on for at least 30 minutes. Due to the broad gamut the changes as this time progresses are more noticeable than they usually would be.
 
PCM2 said:
Yes that is normal. The U2410's CCFL backlight will only show optimal colours after being on for at least 30 minutes. Due to the broad gamut the changes as this time progresses are more noticeable than they usually would be.
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Ah it takes as long as that
thats great for your help ,im glad i chose the dell

one more quickie is there a set up guide ie brightness/contrast colours that sort of thing

and is game mode the best for fps thanks
 
Game mode reduces the input lag considerably so is definitely recommended for FPS games. I don't think there is a setup guide for brightness and contrast. You could try the settings I used in my review for gaming (60, 60) but it's really down to your preferences :).
 
Just got mine, was about to try it out when it says in the instructions to connect it by the blue cable or DVI, I dont actually have a comp yet, was going to use it for my 360 so via HDMI until I get a computer. Does anyone know why you have to connect it up via those two cables at first?
 
You don't as far as I'm aware. It is designed as a PC monitor though so the instruction manual is written from that perspective. You should be able to switch the source if it doesn't pick the HDMI up automatically.
 
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