I'm in exactly the same boat, I don't want to send it for a refund if Dell would update the unit once a revised version is released.

 

Novatech have just accepted a return on this monitor. Because Dell have not posted anything here I will be returning it and buying a Samsung 22" LCD Syncmaster 2253BW. Half the price and looks a good all rounder.

 

It is a shame that Dell have not recognised this lag fault in the monitor and promised to fix it.

 

Oh well, last time I buy from Dell. :smileysad:

I don't see any fault with the input lag of this monitor.  I've been playing Crysis and WoW pretty much nonstop since I got it two or three weeks ago, and it's not cause me any problems.  Color tinting though is a defect in your screen that Dell will do an exchange for.

I have a Samsung 931c and movement responds instantly when playing FPS games. The Dell 2408 however takes approx 40ms to respond giving a lag effect when you pan around. Add this to server ping times and it becomes a problem for FPS games.

 

I can definately tell the difference and others have also reported on this:

 

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/dell_2408wfp.htm

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TnApFzmd9NY

 

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1264046 

 

 

 

 

It depends how sensitive you are to such things too, some people don't notice it, but if you're upgrading from a monitor that has a lower input lag, it's the first thing you notice.

 

My biggest issue with this monitor, and probably the reason I'm going to send it back is to do with the overly sharp text even at 50% sharpness, on screen text has a white 'halo' around it, it's very bad to look at.  The other thing is the pink tint towards the lower left part of the screen, which basically screws it for colour work.

 

I would just get a replacement but it seems a number of people have reported these issues, so looks like these early models are flawed.

 

I agree with you there. I guess I do notice it as i'm used to and look for crisp responsiveness.

 

I wish Dell would post a statement about the problems and if and when they are going to fix them. Also what they can do for us as in replacement/refund. 

My monitor does have the oversharpening issue w/ text as you describe.  It is somewhat annoying.

 

The pink tint problem it does not exist on my monitor.  Search around this forum.  You'll find comments from Dell reps that that is not supposed to be there and they will replace it.  It is possible to get a monitor w/o this issue.

 

 

Edit: Here's a link to a thread w/ both backlight issues and color shift issues w/ a Dell statement: http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_monitor&message.id=88502#M88502

Can I ask, does yours have the issue with on screen text, especially text on a light grey / blue background?

 

What about the lower left pink tint problem? It's very subtle, but it's there on mine, if you set your desktop background to light grey or white, then look at the corner, then the middle and back again a few times, you'll see a big difference if yours is as bad as mine.

 

I'm trying to figure out if this is an isolated issue with a certain batch or a design flaw with the whole monitor.

 

All,

What desktop resolution are you using? It must be 1920x1200 @60Hz. What ports are you using? What video cards?

Chris:

 

1920x1200 @ 60Hz

DVI connection (in DVI-1 on the monitor)

EVGA 8800GTS (G92) 512MB