Difference between E228WFP 22" and Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20"?

Mr. Brightside · 2 Sep 2007 at 10:09

Looking into getting a new monitor, and I've decided on a DELL and that I'll go widescreen; these two are in my price range but the only thing is, the 22" is cheaper - I'm wondering why.

Now I see the 2007WFP is described as "Ultrasharp" - is it just that colours etc. are generally better? I've looked at the performance specs and as far as I can see:
Ultrasharp has better colour reproduction
Non-Ultrasharp has better response time
Ultrasharp has better general features

Advise please

Thanks,
Mr. Brightside

richolmes72 · 2 Sep 2007 at 10:16

the 22" is based on a cheaper TN Film panel which generally gives much worse viewing angles and slightly worse picture quality. It does have slightly better response times though.

The 20" Dell (2007FPW) is also equipped with s-video and composite inputs as well as a USB hub (I think).

There is a Dell E207FPW without these extra features similar to the E227 one.

At the end of the day, TN Film is still adequate for most people, especially if most of the time you will use the monitor straight on and play games a fair bit.

Mr. Brightside · 2 Sep 2007 at 10:23

I quite like the sound of the USB hub on the 2007WFP, I could really use that. Is the 16ms response of it actually likely to matter for gaming?

Thanks,
Mr. Brightside

Baddass · 2 Sep 2007 at 10:35

not at all, it gets asked all the time. For some reason Dell neglected to list the G2G response time of the panel they used in the 2007WFP (an LG.Philips S-IPS panel) which was 8ms G2G. In pratice, the panel is very responsive, and probably even a step above the E228WFP really, which is a non overdriven 5ms gen TN Film panel. Check the sticky to understand S-IPS vs TN Film, that should help too

Mr. Brightside · 2 Sep 2007 at 11:33

Thanks. Looks like Ultrasharp is the way to go then

One more question if that's alright - are there any new technologies (a la OLED) about to come out worth waiting for? Just I'm now thinking that if [the 2407] isn't going to be superseded anytime soon I might do well to save up a bit more and splash out on a 2407WFP

Thanks,
Mr. Brightside

Baddass · 2 Sep 2007 at 12:43

the 2407WFP has just been updated to the wide gamut HC edition, so it's prob a safe bet

techs like OLED, SED, LED etc will be a while before they are widely used, and prob at a much higher cost anyway