Do I want a Dell 2407 ?

Combat squirrel · 12 Oct 2006 at 13:18

I want me a VERY nice 24" screen for use with my PC (XP + Vista when its out) and also my xbox 360.

Now what HD res can I run through the screen from my 360 ? Will it be 1080i as it would be on the BenQ?

How does the screen handle the 360 HD componant output?

ALSO when the HD-DVD drives come out for the 360 can I run HD films through the dell in all there glory ?

Adam Senior · 12 Oct 2006 at 17:09

all i can say is iv got mine through AND WHOAAAA

Combat squirrel · 12 Oct 2006 at 18:12

do ya have a 360 to test all my questions ?

chris06 · 12 Oct 2006 at 21:19

Combat squirrel said:
I want me a VERY nice 24" screen for use with my PC (XP + Vista when its out) and also my xbox 360.

Now what HD res can I run through the screen from my 360 ? Will it be 1080i as it would be on the BenQ?

How does the screen handle the 360 HD componant output?

ALSO when the HD-DVD drives come out for the 360 can I run HD films through the dell in all there glory ?

I have a 360 and this monitor and through component it does 480p, 720p and 1080i. To be honest the quality through componant isn't too good so I use vga wich the quality is exellent.

Microsoft are due to release an update which will allow 1080p which should look even better on this monitor.

Macro · 12 Oct 2006 at 21:53

I thought the 2407 didn't do 1080p...? No idea why, just sure I read it somewhere - i could be wrong though

Baddass · 12 Oct 2006 at 21:55

the 2407WFP can't handle a true 1080i/p signal over DVI, but over component it is fine

BillytheImpaler · 12 Oct 2006 at 21:56

Athanor said:
I thought the 2407 didn't do 1080p...? No idea why, just sure I read it somewhere - i could be wrong though

Why wouldn't it? The native res is 1920 x 1200 whilst the 1080 HD spec is 1920 x 1080 pixels.

EDIT: Beaten by the best.

Macro · 12 Oct 2006 at 22:00

Baddass said:
the 2407WFP can't handle a true 1080i/p signal over DVI, but over component it is fine

Aha! I knew there was something....

Kreeeee · 12 Oct 2006 at 23:09

Combat squirrel · 13 Oct 2006 at 01:25

Baddass said:
the 2407WFP can't handle a true 1080i/p signal over DVI, but over component it is fine

Will the screen run it 1:1 pixel mapping or stretched like the Ben Q ?

Baddass · 13 Oct 2006 at 08:14

Kreeeee said:
Awesome, can I run a HD movie on my PC via DVI though as I see no difference between this and running a normal game/windows environment. Does 1080P work over VGA?

the DVI interface controller chip from Genesis doesn't handle interlaced signals and so any interlaced HD signal will be scaled accordingly. 1080i is a no go as a result. This is the same over VGA due to the controller. 1080p was thought in theory it might work, but is quite hard to test at the moment due to limited availability of 1080p source and hardware. Some people have tested it and that too gets scaled (which is what Dell said as well). More info here

Baddass · 13 Oct 2006 at 08:14

Combat squirrel said:
Will the screen run it 1:1 pixel mapping or stretched like the Ben Q ?

yep, it has aspect ratio retention and 1:1 pixel mapping through the monitor itself

glenimp617 · 13 Oct 2006 at 08:51

Baddass said:
yep, it has aspect ratio retention and 1:1 pixel mapping through the monitor itself

I found 1080 games (NFSMW, DOA4) looked amazing but 720 (PGR3) looked horrid

Combat squirrel · 13 Oct 2006 at 11:01

Baddass said:
the DVI interface controller chip from Genesis doesn't handle interlaced signals and so any interlaced HD signal will be scaled accordingly. 1080i is a no go as a result. This is the same over VGA due to the controller. 1080p was thought in theory it might work, but is quite hard to test at the moment due to limited availability of 1080p source and hardware. Some people have tested it and that too gets scaled (which is what Dell said as well). More info here

Hmm this is worrying, however I can run a 1080i movie then from my 360 hd-dvd drive (when there out), but then everyones also saying I should use the vga connection......which then stops me using 1080i............hummm desicions, why couldnt BenQ of got it right with there 24 " screen ! :mad:

Then as you said I carnt run any HD content higher than 720p over it anyways from my pc.........much suckage, any news of a monitor thats basically the BenQ monitor but with working 1:1 on the horizon ?

Kreeeee · 13 Oct 2006 at 11:23

Combat squirrel · 13 Oct 2006 at 13:43

Kreeeee said:
They are all 720P although I remember reading sssomewhere that PGR3 is lower than 720P and upscaled.

There is a 24" NEC on the way and if it's anything like the 20" model it will be something very special indeed.

REALLY ? whats the probable specs on this said NEC ?

meghatronic · 13 Oct 2006 at 22:32

Combat squirrel said:
Do I want a Dell 2407 ?

Yes.

Kreeeee · 13 Oct 2006 at 22:42

Humate · 13 Oct 2006 at 22:53

jdickerson said:
Yes.

he means no !

Do I want a Dell 2407 ?

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