hi all

Few days ago I've bought a new dell system XPS + 24" dell 2408WFP, this one used in multy display with an old dell 20" I already had. I did select the 2408WFP because could read very good reviews about it.
After few days playing with color, bright and contrast I've realised that this is not the monitor for me, it's far too bright and it hurts my eyes after few minutes in front of it, I spend many hours in front of my pc and its not for gaming which I guess this dell 24" is very good in. I'm so looking for a 24" with less bright and more natural colours which would treat better my eyes standing in front of it several hours per day, I've been reading about HP, NEC or BenQ, but still dont have a clear idea about which monitor could be ideal for me replacing the dell one.


thanks for your help
Fabio

and disable dynamic contrast or smthng

Well, what are you using your monitor for? Office work? Gaming (it seems no)? Color work?

Different strokes for different...uses.

yes, your absolutely right and I've been quite naive just cheking some reviews like cnet or similar that rated this monitor as one of the best 24-inch in the market at the moment.

it's basically for work, need run several programs at the same time and a multy display configuration, very important be able to read and write several hours per day without hurt my eyes; im pleased with my new dell xps but as you know struggling with the monitor chosen.

cheers

BenQ FP241W

it's incredible and i'll leave it at that

So I take it you don't care about good reactivity, you don't care all that much about photorealistic colors, you want acceptable brightness, and hopefully a little of everything else + great cost...

I would suggest reading through AnandTech forum's excellent LCD thread. It has a summary of what to look for and a bunch of options. Funny enough, your panel is one of the recommendations. It's tough to get away from high brightness nowadays; manufacturers try to advertise the highest contrast ratio possible, and often do it by elevating brightness.

One other thing, if you had access to proper tools and software (my guess is you do not), you could try to calibrate your monitor for a specific white point. That will bring the brightness done. However, if you don't have the tools, it's a substantial investment.

Did you adjust the color temerature?

If you cant get it fixed I will trade you straight accross for my 15" CRT, youll love it, its hella dim.

for the dynamic contrast, I found this screenshot
http://www.anandtech.com/GalleryImage.aspx?id=2059

lol looks like you haven't spend enough time with the OSD settings, that isn't so hard to find...

newegg carries the BenQ T241W which has the same AU Optronics LCD panel.

oh, so it's the other way around.
well close enough I guess.

hi,

problem fixed, bought spyder3pro which perfectly calibrated the colors, not it's perfect.

cheers

Hi, can I ask how you calibrated your display? ie. What white point did you choose? What was your target gamma?

Also what OS are you running? I find text (and graphics) much clearer on OS X and Vista in comparison to XP.

Ill trade your dell for a Oki 22" i bought it is dim enough to work for hours. Even comes with warranty !!!

hi

yes, with spyder3Pro, 6500k white point and 2.2 Gamma, on Vista

the bright now is fine, but the text on gray backgrounds or bue shines; I'm ok with the monitor right now but it's no ideal for me. I might buy another one to use as main monitor, but this time it will be TN panel which should have a sharper text, benqV2400w for instance can be a good option. Not keen to trade with any Oki22 thx

cheers