Review of the Dell E248WFP screen (24" 1920x1200 resolution)

Before I start the review, I am sorry the last thread got out of hand, another member really screwed my thread up, so I decided to start a new thread with my review and opinions on the screen.
I cant post this in the desktop section cause it is not allowing me to, so if a moderator can sort out my account problem, and move this thread to the desktop section, that would be great.

My review of the Dell E248WFP screen:

I just recently purchased the Dell E248WFP screen, for my upcoming year at college (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). The screen is not the highest end panel, but it is good enough for my needs. From other sources, I have found that this screen uses a 6 bit TN panel. To get the full 8bit color on the dell line of screens one would have to purchase an Ultra sharp series. They have the higher quality IPS and S-IPS panels, which are better at portraying the true colors of images.





In short, the E248WFP sports a 1920x1200 resolution which is a really good resolution for a 24” panel. The screen has a 5ms seek time according to Dell, and it really has no lag at all. I have played movies on the screen, and it has no problems in dark or bright parts of the film. The screen has a 1000:1 contrast ratio, and the brightness is up their with the best. The screen has no light bleeding like on some laptop screens. The screen is more over evenly backlit. The center is maybe the brightest part, but it’s not anything really noticeable.





The screen is good at representing colors even though it’s a TN panel. Dell states that the screen has a 92% gamut, or ability to accurately portray the right colors. The higher end panels will have better color accuracy, but I am only using the screen for Rhinoceros, AutoCad, Maya, 3DS MAXX, and such for school. I am not a gamer, so I really cant give any gaming videos.
Dell states the screen has a 16.7Million color palette, with a 0.270mm dot pitch. I am not going to lie, I really don’t know what dot pitch is.
They also state it has 160 degree viewing angles from all directions, but you can see in my videos, that the vertical viewing angles are definitely less than the horizontal viewing angles. I would say it has 140 degree Vertical and 160degree horizontal.
The screen is also pretty bright with a 400 candela brightness. I called it lumens in the video, but it was a simple mistake, the videos were no staged.

I have the screen connected via VGA to my Dell Inspiron E1505 in the video, as it has the VGA interface.
The screen overall looks clean and crisp and images look nice.

The only thing which can be annoying is that the screen really makes white images obnoxiously bright white. Well I guess the brightness is set too high from the factory, but it kind of makes the screen look a little washed out.
Otherwise it looks great and it has tons of space for CAD, photo/video editing.

I think it’s the best screen for the money, for about $330 that is.

Here are some pictures and videos. I am in the videos, narrating and in pictures, so if you want to see me, my family and whatever I am in their.

The first video is of the screen's performance while running a monitor testing application by Nokia. I am sorry if the quality is not the best, my Samsung Camera doesnt take the best videos.
http://s207.photobucket.com/albums/bb109/bigdogtrucker/?action=view&current=SL739920.flv

Video of the viewing angles of the screen, and what nbr looks like on it:
http://s207.photobucket.com/albums/bb109/bigdogtrucker/?action=view&current=SL739921.flv

Me using CAD, Photoshop and viewing images on my screen, with video review and walkaround: (Video will be up shortly, an error occured while uploading it to photobucket) Photobucket only allows 5 minute videos, so most of what I was doing got cut off, so I will try splitting the video, and making two 5 minute clips out of it.
http://s207.photobucket.com/albums/bb109/bigdogtrucker/?action=view&current=SL739922.flv

Please leave comments and if you need to know something about the screen which I did not mention, please PM me or post here.

K-TRON

 

Excellent review, Chris!!! The photo's are sharp, clear..and just great!

Kudo's, as always




Cin

 

K-tron, I can not thank enough but I will only be able to give you +rep for that.

I tried to check the same monitor at the Staples in our town, but their setup was terrible; I was not able to judge the screen. I could only check the viewing angle, and it was typical TN. Your movies gave a much better idea than the real monitor in the store. Thanks again. I think I will buy this monitor from Dell very soon.

There is one thing I noticed in your Moire tests: there were wave patterns on your screen (if they are not due to your camera). All of the Moire tests should look perfectly uniform on your screen when you are using the analog connection. If not, you can optimize it in the advanced image settings menu of your monitor, the one you access with the control buttons. There are two timing settings and you can use them to adjust the uniformity of the Moire pattern. When you do that you will see a huge improvement in your image quality. The other way to resolve the problem is using DVI. But after this adjustment, there is almost no difference between the DVI and D-SUB connections.

I hope this helps you too. Thanks again, you made me decide on this monitor

 

The waves going up and down the screen are from the camera, trust me you dont see any waves when using the screen. My camera is just a point and shoot and doesnt have a very good video recorder.
If you have a laptop, maybe you can bring it to the staples store and ask them if you can just test the screen a little bit before purchasing it.
I dont know if staples will let you, but its just a thought.

K-TRON

 

Taking my notebook there is a good idea. But I am already convinced about the quality of this monitor.

 

oh yeah before you bring your laptop their, you need to install the drive for the screen. You can download it from Dell's website. If you do not do this, you may not be able to get anything to post on the external screen.
The model of the driver is R160656

K-TRON

 

Do you know if Dell warranty for this screen are international?

 

That I have no idea, Ive got the 3 year warranty from Dell, and a 5year replacement warranty on mine through Bestbuys

EDIT:
Wow that was a bad video, I should make a better video review for it

K-TRON

 

I have the E248WFPb, not sure if this is the same model, but the performance is amazing! Outperforms My friend's Sony 50 something inch XBR, in my perspective. My other friend has a Samsung Flat Panel LCD which he just got & I see no significant difference in Resolution or picture quality between his New Samsung HDTV (about 50") & my 2 year old 24" Dell Monitor! Lol! I think I got a fantastic deal at $400 tax included for the quality I got! It's definitely on par with today's HDTV, only thing is my Dell is prob 60Hz & I believe the XBR is 240Hz & the Samsung is 120Hz, so mine won't be 3D TV ready, but I don't really care, I am so happy with the way it makes my PS3 play games, Blu-Rays, DVDs look! & HD Cable channels are breathtaking!!

 

Excellent review on that screen K-TRON, +rep.

I'm using the exact same model and it is excellent, a great screen for the price. It certainly looks pretty good for a TN panel.

 

Wow, way to bring back a thread almost a year and a half old there Galvatron1.

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