unpacking the u2711

[craarc]

first thing started a new thread for this cause theres quite a lot in this post.

well got home unpacked it asap and here she is in all its glory

couple of things i will say is "wow omfg awesome", rev a11 as advertised 507 quid!!! .packing is amazingly good, selection of cables, color calibration chart, disc etc.

went to pick it out of the box wasnt ready for how heavy it feels, the stand feels like it is made out off a lump of solid steel. stand in fact feels as heavy itself as my old 24 inch monitor.

it glides it slides it twists it rotates smootly and there is not a jot of movement in the base it feels set in concrete. cables all feel really nice usb hub connector attached for the card reader etc dual link cable is nice and heavy duty. fired it up selected input on the menu and BAM awesome screen


menu system is a joy so clear and nice touch sensitive buttons with blue leds that fade when ur nor near them and audible beep on touch but they remind me of my B&O glass hifi. go near them within a centimeter and they light up .

so the pics

















the diference in real estate between a 19 and a 24 and the 27







is it worth 500 quid well so far without a doubt tbh i think thats good value.

vibrant color white is actually awesome ive turned brightness down a bit but thats all now for a prolonged test of diferent bits but first impressions

GO BUY ONE you will not be disapointed.

 

[craarc]

£507!!!!!

Thats 2.5 Catleaps

Sorry craarc, could not resist. Enjoy that Dell. Oh and what are you going to do with that 24" DGM which is a fantastic monitor?

lol m8 no prob i knew it was coming ....

yer i know its x times as much but the shear quality for me is worth a lot more than the diference.

anyway the dgm went bang finnaly bought it from oc in 200x whatever its just over 3 years old so it goes to show cheap monitors can work well

in all honesty if was an amazing buy at the time 1920 x 1200 and so cheap

only reason i bought the dell was cause the dgm went phut. and at the price i got it and a rev a11 version i beleive only out like a week or 2 i couldnt resist

now i have it it blows everything else ive had out the water with build quality

if it was **** at the price i would say so but, its cheap for what you get just from the feel of it etc it really is that good

 

[craarc]

So, what are you going to do with that broken DGM? I would have asked you by private message but you have not activated your trust.

was gonna pop it in the bin mate ur welcome to it if u wanna fix it or whatever and if u can brill i did an insurance claim on it anyway its sitting there looking all dejected

 

[craarc]

oop soz still aint got the hang of multi quote

not sure what the diference between the a10 and a11 is tbh broken89

2paul11 tbh the white is well white not bright but ive turned down the defaults on each i dont like glare or to bright anyway

so lets say on a all white page if you stare into the monitor u can see a slight color effect that dulls it slightly but hell with out that your eyes would fry ..

is as white to me as anything else ive used or rememebr recently and im only into my 4th hour with it but i dont notice a problem

 

[craarc]

is it what a free trade ? i can post it from work mate no cost .. i cant beleive that is against forum rules is it ?

 

[craarc]

sorted mate i think .. never seen that before tbh wondered what it was

btw im following the catleap thread with interest and it looks like more disasters to come in all honesty

i hope those guys who took the plunge will be happy in 2 years time or even less but i cant help thinking for the sake of couple hundred quid wait and buy quality ..

ask why oc havnt stocked them at a silly price im sure they would have done so .

not that im against a cheap monitor at a good price have done it b4 also but these catleaps will let people down im sure ..

 

[craarc]

Very nice mate. A few more pics of the desktop. Maybe one with text as well ?

I am gonna buy one me thinks
KS

apologies with the pics its on my phome and was doing it quic as i could so i got a lot of blur etc will try and get some good ones when sober also ......

 

[craarc]

here this is on a spare os that i havent sorted the descktop out on yet

give u an idea of the sizes at default hope thats what you meant

 

[craarc]

craarc,
What graphics card are you using mate to drive this beauty?

ive got 2 5770hd hate them im waiting to go back to nvidia only reason i got them was they were cheap from a mate who was also going back to nvidia as one on my nvidia i fried, so i sold the other gtx460 i think it was and got these two **** ati things... next purchase will be a gtx680 hydro and then maybe another to run in sli again imo far superior to xfire

 

[craarc]

promised my self new cards anyway soon so i can put up with lower fps for a while the other factors more than compensate for a 10-20 fps drop from my old 24 so i can accept that for a bit .

 

[craarc]

seems as the days go by, weird random problems are starting to appear on the catleaps etc .. i think the failure rate on them is going to increase at about the 6 month mark especially on the ones that are used for like 6 hrs or more continuously i read on another forum that they have tempurature problems after extended use and higher failure rates. hope not but it doesnt bode well for long term use atm...

 

[craarc]

for info anyone getting one dont forget to here and register

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?docid=267748

 

[craarc]

not tried tbh

all i will say in the past tho i have found games look better in higher res even if you have to turn down other functions slightly

i always go for the highest res i can run on anything and tweak the other bits untill i get an fps drop then try it like that rather than have everything on ultra and a lower res.

 

[craarc]

a12 awesome firsst a11 i saw was 2 weeks ago thats quick revision!

cant rememebr i got mine on like 40% i think not at home right now so cant check working till 2100 again phah

 

[craarc]

lukeharvest was unlucky in his first purchase i think but at 500 quid and the speed of turnaround for these monitors from dell all the quality and extras you get over anyother monitors 500 quid is actually good value.. and a12 also

i have been watching the prices of these over a few weeks now and 500 - 510 is about the price of a rev a11 rev a12 atm all in so to me they are realy good value even i would say a bargain thats how pleased i am with the u2711

BTW lukeharvest im on 35 brightness and 46 contrast in cool mode i just like it that way


recomendations for monitors

DELL 1000000000000% no question

 

[craarc]

tbh its really not a lot its a little update here or there or a rewrite of a control its like less than nothing but needless to say we all want the latest normally its better.. not always but normally and dell are hot on that stuff

even something as simple as sensitivity on range of adjustment buttons or something weird

thats something people dont mention much but the menu buttons are range sensative as in you hold your finger near it they light up

a bit like a bang and olufsen glass hifi awesome stuff love it