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.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!
Did I miss the part where you said where you were from?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.
Sorry for late response, but yes, it's totally smooth from outside, no sign of any damage whatsoever.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.