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info: Dell 2209WA review

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a review

review from lcdreviewz

and another


link to the massive 100+ page topic at hardforum


short cliff notes:

- amazing lcd for the price.
- has an e-ips panel, which is better that pva and FAR superior tn panels
- can occasionally be purchased for around $200 shipped. for example: recently back on sale for $208 Text

edit: this monitor has since been replaced by the 21.5-inch U2211H and 23-inch U2311H (which has a slightly newer e-ips panel- but most people probably won't notice much difference).


LCD monitor test pages

calibration guide and information

Anandtech Monitor Profiles/Settings Thread

calibration profile downloads: (can search alphabetically) A-G, H-N, O-T, U-Z
 
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I can't wait for Stateside reviewers to get hold of these. At $300 (US), it will easily sweep the board of 22-inch displays if it truly is an IPS display. With Apple moving to 24-inches for their midlevel Cinema Display, I don't know if there are any 22 or 23-inch IPS monitors out there.
 
I'd like to see one of these for sale next to a TN panel to better compare.

I've used Dell Ultrasharp monitors in the past, but never side by side with TN panels. I always thought they looked good, just not sure it was worth the premium over TN panels. Maybe if I saw it side by side. I think something like this would be worth it over a TN if it was going to also be used for watching movies areas of a room where the greater viewing angle will come in handy.

Is response time not so much an issue with non-TN panel LCD's these days? I know that was their downfall in the past, at least for gaming applications.
 
If the price is right during a sale, it'd be a pretty interesting. Though I already got an NEC 20WMGX2, would there even be any point in getting that 2209WA.
 
Just found out I can get it for $249 through the campus computer store with alumni and old club association discounts...shit...do I do it?

I'd have to sell my laptop and CRT to get the money, but I don't use my laptop and well, the CRT wouldn't be used either if I did.
 
Last week it was unclear whether the 2209WA was in fact an IPS panel. Over on Hard|Forum, there are punters who claim to have confirmed its IPS goodness with Dell reps and obtained special deals ordering over the 'phone ($210 rather than $300)!

No one appears to have received the displays yet, and there are no Stateside reviews still.

If this is confirmed as 1.) IPS and 2.) good samples (ie adequate quality assurance), I recommend ordering straight away, as the turn of the Dell panel lottery will inevitably yield a crappy TN panel in this model eventually.

I suspect we'll see confirmation by the end of the week.

 
Originally posted by: Avalon
Just found out I can get it for $249 through the campus computer store with alumni and old club association discounts...shit...do I do it?

I'd have to sell my laptop and CRT to get the money, but I don't use my laptop and well, the CRT wouldn't be used either if I did.
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That's a great price - hard to pass that one up. Good luck selling a CRT, though. I can't even them them away at work (19" trinitrons).
 
As long as the specs say 178 degree viewing angles on the website, it can't be a TN panel. Pending input lag measurements, this could be the cheap widescreen IPS panel a lot of people have been waiting for,
 
Originally posted by: Phew
As long as the specs say 178 degree viewing angles on the website, it can't be a TN panel. Pending input lag measurements, this could be the cheap widescreen IPS panel a lot of people have been waiting for,
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Surely this must be a trick by Dell. Introduce an excellent, cheap, high-quality IPS-driven LCD, then once the reviews are in replace the guts with the cheapest TN they can get and call it the same thing.
 
This look's like a great buy for anyone who wants a quality 22inch monitor; especially for anyone who wants to do some photo-editing or needs a good viewing angle. Add some coupons to this price and this would be very sweet at ~$250.00.
 
Originally posted by: ViRGE
Originally posted by: Phew
As long as the specs say 178 degree viewing angles on the website, it can't be a TN panel. Pending input lag measurements, this could be the cheap widescreen IPS panel a lot of people have been waiting for,
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Surely this must be a trick by Dell. Introduce an excellent, cheap, high-quality IPS-driven LCD, then once the reviews are in replace the guts with the cheapest TN they can get and call it the same thing.
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Companies have done this before...
 
Originally posted by: acidoangel
My 2209wa photo available here :
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/H...09wa-sujet_46122_1.htm
In french, but the photo not 😉
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wow, you dont get the input lag test do you.
http://www.hiboox.fr/go/images...76b0df4a72512.jpg.html
you have to take the picture while the clock is running not when it is stopped. sorry 0 input lag on any lcd is pretty much impossible. (clue: the flatpaneldk app has the start button showing instead of the pause button)
 
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