Dell starts shipping random panel in 2007wfp now.

[Heartbreaker]

I was one of the first to get burnt when Dell switched it up and started shipping inferior PVA panels in the 2007fp, instead of the quite nice S-IPS panel it originally shipped with. Beginning what is known as the Dell Panel lottery.

For a long time Dell did not give this treatment to 2007wfp, all were S-IPS panel for a long period of time. But now Dell has started the panel lottery on the wide screens as well.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1102160

Since there is no guarantee of getting the original panel that made this a good monitor, you are better off just buying something cheaper locally, where you can see what you are getting.

 

[xtknight]

The last 2007FP (not WFP) I had access to had an S-IPS panel: V1B11 LPL UXGA LM201U05

It would be odd for it to be totally random but who knows. At least they're using S-PVAs and not TNs so that the image quality isn't severely reduced.

 

[postmortemIA]

If is its S-PVA it doesn't automatically mean it is good quality.

 

[Heartbreaker]

PVA is not high quality if you are annoyed by the tone shift on PVA. Personally I can't stand them. This guy had two 2007wfp, one PVA, one IPS. If you can't tell the difference you have nothing to worry about:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8641/032007wfpx2tb7.jpg

I haven't seen reports of them in North America yet. This is exactly what happend right while I was waiting for my 2007fp to come in and I ended up with PVA. Perhaps random isn't the right word, but I still see people receiving the the odd 2007fp with S-IPS today while most seem to be PVA. Once they are both in the system you have no way of knowing which you will get.