What the heck is this!?

[mnewsham]

the U2412M and the U2415 are the only two recent dell monitors with 1920x1200 resolution.

Acer has one or two, and so do Asus

Acer B246WL
Asus VS24AH-P

No idea on pricing since that depends on your location.

 

[WelshBloke]

OMG! Cracks? Lol no! The display top is as smooth as a baby's bum. I'm just so tired, I'll post a photo with screen off later.

Do you guys actually think that even if I saw a hairline crack on the outer played I'd actually create this topic at first place? Damn!

The outer layer is plastic on those Dell monitors. It flexes. The glass panels inside dont flex as much. Any impact on the screen is much more likely to crack the glass than crack the plastic.

 

[richaron]

Yeah location and budget are most important, but more info might help. Anything specific you need like certain inputs (VGA, HDMI, DP)? Or inbuilt speakers or USB hub? Willing to pay a little more for better colors?

If you're sure you want 1920x1200 your options will be limited (as stated above). If you decide to go for a more generic 24 inch FHD ("1080P") @ 60Hz monitor there are a whole bunch in the same league and temporary sales might might be the deciding factor.

 

[ithehappy]

I would be really sad to go to 1080p. Won't I notice those extra pixels gonen LoL.

I always used DVI on this one, but I can settle for anything, no preference there at all. In-built speakers? No, not required either. USB is welcome but not a necessity. Just plain good colour reproduction, a good IPS panel I mean, and less than whatever U2412M had as input lag (8 ms I think), and breaking my bank the least amount, that's all.

PS: Just checked that U2415 is like 220 bucks in US, LoL, if it was same here I'd buy it, simple.

 

[richaron]

I would be really sad to go to 1080p. Won't I notice those extra pixels gonen LoL.

I always used DVI on this one, but I can settle for anything, no preference there at all. In-built speakers? No, not required either. USB is welcome but not a necessity. Just plain good colour reproduction, a good IPS panel I mean, and less than whatever U2412M had as input lag (8 ms I think), and breaking my bank the least amount, that's all.

PS: Just checked that U2415 is like 220 bucks in US, LoL, if it was same here I'd buy it, simple.

Did I miss the part where you said where you were from?

Since you're looking for a pretty normal 24" FHD @ 60Hz IPS monitor there are a bunch to choose from, and nothing really stands out in that segment (until you start needing special stuff like higher refresh or portrait mode mount or whatever). It's more a matter of finding the best deal for a modern model on sale locally which checks all your boxes.

 

[Mopetar]

So it feels smooth on the surface of the screen? If you turn it off, can you see the crack lines? If you shine a light on the screen from the outside do they show up?

If it's smooth on the outside, the only possible explanation is that something internally exploded inside the monitor and hit the screen from the inside and cracked it. Did the old power supply die or were you just replacing it. It would make sense that if something caused it to fail and the monitor was plugged into the same power source that it could have gotten fried as well.

From what you've described, I can't imagine anything else that makes sense.

 

[NesteaZen]

Is that the picture you wanted to paste? https://photos.app.goo.gl/CGzc5XamXq0BVjC32

 

[ithehappy]

So it feels smooth on the surface of the screen? If you turn it off, can you see the crack lines? If you shine a light on the screen from the outside do they show up?

If it's smooth on the outside, the only possible explanation is that something internally exploded inside the monitor and hit the screen from the inside and cracked it. Did the old power supply die or were you just replacing it. It would make sense that if something caused it to fail and the monitor was plugged into the same power source that it could have gotten fried as well.

From what you've described, I can't imagine anything else that makes sense.

Sorry for late response, but yes, it's totally smooth from outside, no sign of any damage whatsoever.

The old PSU died, had to replace it.

redactedit anyway. I have got over it. Though what happened is still a miracle.


No profanity in tech.


esquared
Anandtech Forum Director

 

[Mopetar]

Sorry for late response, but yes, it's totally smooth from outside, no sign of any damage whatsoever.

The old PSU died, had to replace it.

Weird. I don't think I've seen anything like that before. The only guess I have is that you got some kind of dirty power that caused the monitor and PSU to die. Even that seems unlikely as one would think if it weren't isolated to a single socket or line that it would have taken out some other stuff with it.

Maybe you could haul it to a service shop and get it autopsied. It's bizarre enough that one of the people who run those places might be interested in taking it apart to satisfy their own curiosity.

 

[LTC8K6]

You generally can't feel the cracks in an lcd screen because of the plastic layer on top.