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I recieved my 2007WFP today...
...And despite getting more than a little worried after reading all the problems that people encountered here, I am pleased to say that my monitor is great!
I ran all the banding tests that people posted here (though I am a graphic design student anyway, so its easy for me to just run photoshop and do my own tests). Both horizontal and vertical gradients were seemless, with only VERY minimal banding. The only other LCD screen I can compare it with is my Sony VAIO A417M, and banding is the same - almost non-existant.
Games look pretty too, but I haven't tested DVD movies yet. But I could see no banding in Oblivion. I'm a pretty competitive Quake 3 Arena player, and it feels quite sluggish using an LCD after being with a CRT for about 8 years. I'm sure i'll get used to it, but I definately prefer the CRT feel as of this moment.
I have a single dead pixel in the upper-left corner of the screen, so thats no big deal at all.
This is using the DVI cable supplied with the monitor. I have only ever previously used VGA, but I am pleased with the quality.
All in all, I am very happy with my monitor, and the decent service by DELL. I realise I may have been one of the lucky ones, but I thought I would create this thread just to show potential buyers that the monitor IS worth buying ;)
Finally, i'm using:
DELL 2007FWP (A02, made in the Czech Republic)
ATI X800 PRO w/ DVI cable
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Posted July 12th, 2006 19:00
Mine was a 2007wfp A02 from Czech Republic with no banding or blurry text.
Scott383
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Posted July 13th, 2006 02:00
puzl,
Dead Pixel Buddy 1.1 -
* Go here to get Dead Pixel Buddy 1.1
* Click External Mirror 1
* Click Save- Desktop- Save
* Click Start- My Computer- C:
* Click File- New- Folder
* Name it Dead Pixel Buddy [press the ENTER key]
* Move the DPB.zip file into this newly created folder
* Open the Dead Pixel Buddy folder
* Right click DPB.zip
* Click Extract Here
* Double-click DPB.exe
* Click Time Cycle and let it run. Every 10 seconds it will change the color. The longer you let it cycle through the colors, the more chance it will have to unstick the pixel
DELL-Chris M (old account)
#IWork4Dell
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Posted July 13th, 2006 09:00
Cheers Chris, i'll do that later.
I should update that I do still see noticable banding in the gaming and multimedia profiles. I didn't even see them until today.
Am I right to assume that the profile doesn't automatically switch if you launch a game/dvd? I played Deus Ex earlier, and when I went into the color profiles in the menu, the desktop mode was still selected. I'm perfectly happy with this mode, and I wouldn't want to change it now.
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Posted July 13th, 2006 12:00
puzl,
We did not change the gaming and multimedia modes. We only addressed the Desktop mode.
DELL-Chris M (old account)
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Posted July 13th, 2006 13:00
Yep, but does it automatically switch profile (from desktop to gaming for example) when a full screen game is launched? this was my only concern.
Thanks.
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Posted July 13th, 2006 13:00
No it doesn't change automatically. It remains in whatever mode you leave it in.
Reneesong
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Posted July 12th, 2006 18:00