There is already a topic for that subject :

 

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_monitor&thread.id=90311

 

Unfortunately, nobody can tell us if this problem will be solve or not in a future revision. The Dell's manufacturers were not aware of this problem ! Now they are but Chris didn't know if this is fixable with a revision.

 

I really hope it is, because it's a major issue (the biggest in my opinion), but we can only wait and see. 

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@eXploDead wrote:

There is already a topic for that subject :

 

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_monitor&thread.id=90311

  

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Thanks explodead. I missed that thread.

I think Dell is dropping the ball here by not testing/measuring input lag. If a large percentage of customers feel this is an issue, it would be good to receive confirmation from Dell that it *is* indeed an issue with the monitor. I've used other Samsung 24" PVA/MVA panel based monitors that did not exhibit input lag to such a large degree.

I'm wondering if I've set up this monitor incorrectly....

 

The forum moderators have certainly seemed responsive to posts on this forum... I'd like to see a response from them before I come to the conclusion that Dell doesn't care :)

 

BTW, it's not just Windows that I've seen the absolutely horrendous input lag on. I've tested with Windows XP, Mac OS X (10.5.2) and Linux (running the latest Xorg server.) I've also tested with both nVidia and ATI video cards. No luck : the horrendous input lag remains. Unless someone can suggest why I've set up my monitor wrong, this is squarely the Dell 2408's fault.

 

There is a workaround to make the mouse feel a LOT more responsive. If you are on XP, you can try disabling Video Hardware Acceleration, and the mouse feels a lot better.

 

 

I seriously hope it is fixed.

I will be returning the monitor soon because of this.

 

 

READ:

 

Dell does NOT care about input lag, nor do they think its a problem that needs fixing. If you are annoyed by the sluggish way the mouse feels in windows, stay away from the 2408WFP! 

that is not a work around.... that is something you turn off on a Server OS not a graphical desktop machine

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lobski wrote:

 

Dell does NOT care about input lag, nor do they think its a problem that needs fixing.

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 The reason these forums, direct2dell and Ideastorm are here is because we do care about what you want in and think about our products.

 

 

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@DELL-Jimmy_P wrote:

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@lobski wrote:

 

Dell does NOT care about input lag, nor do they think its a problem that needs fixing.

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 The reason these forums, direct2dell and Ideastorm are here is because we do care about what you want in and think about our products.

 

 

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DELL-Jimmy_P,

Could you clarify? Will the input lag be fixed in Rev. A01? Or will Dell at least explain what exactly is causing the lag?

Thanks.

 

Jimmy,

 

Thats fine, and we do appreciate an open community and Ideastorm, but original poster asked something very simple, does Dell consider a dramatic input lag a problem or not? If it is recognized as a problem we may wait for revision in a hope it will be "fixed". If it is not thought of as a problem we may sell our monitors and move on. I can understand that for many reasons you can not list what's been worked on for A01 before due date, but a simple statement "no, we don't consider so called input lag to be a bug, or problem on 2408wfp" would help a lot of people who are waiting, including me.

Just as soon as I have something to post I will, hopefully that will be very soon. You have to understand that we can not post everything we know as soon as we hear it, until final decisions are made there can be a lot of changes from what is first said and what we end up with. It wouldn't be fair to you or the people that are working on this to set the wrong expectations.

 

I think if you got to see how much of an impact these forums have at Dell right now you would be pleasantly surprised but until all parties involved agree on what is final, I'm stuck saying please be patient.