Dell has emerged as one of our favorite monitor brands over the last few years, and it wasn’t an affection that we gave willingly. The company’s doldrums of a decade ago left us needing to be impressed, but the UltraSharp LCD series, with its IPS panels and stunning color accuracy, has done exactly that.
The U2410 is a luscious 24” widescreen (16:10) display with 1920x1200 native resolution and a specified 80 000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. Dell lets the typical color gamut of 110% look its most riveting by being one of the few vendors that color calibrates its premium displays at the factory. Of course, you can still tweak colors or opt for preset modes. There are parameters for hue, gain, saturation, offset, and other variables. Also note that Dell has a zero defective pixel policy for this unit. The advance exchange warranty is good for three years.
Now, with so much hullaballoo about LED backlighting and its environmental benefits, you may be surprised to learn that the U2410 still uses CCFL tubes. This is why the monitor sports a 75 W normal power consumption. We would refer you back to our backlight comparison analysis published last May (CCFL Versus LED: Is There A Downside To Going Green?). With a 400 cd/m2 typical brightness, 1000:1 true contrast ratio, and 100% coverage of the sRGB color space, Dell has positioned this IPS display toward an audience that appreciates color accuracy. As we found, the accuracy of CCFL remains superior to today’s LCD implementations. It may be somewhat less dazzling at first glance, and the U2410’s 6 ms refresh time may strike some gamers as merely adequate, but for those who demand precision, the U2410 delivers. Support for VGA, DVI-D, DisplayPort, component, composite, HDMI, a media card reader, and integrated four-port USB 2.0 hub is merely decoration on the tree.
- Ultrabook: Acer Aspire S3-951-6646
- Flash Drive: Super Talent USB 3.0 Express RC8 50 GB
- Monitor: Dell U2410 24”
- Custom PC: Falcon Northwest ICON2
- Networking: Linksys E4200 v2
- External Storage: Seagate GoFlex Desk 4 TB USB 3.0
- Network Storage: Thecus N5200XXX
- Mouse: Microsoft Touch Mouse
- Mini PC: Zotac Zbox nano AD10 Plus


You must be in your teens. Not all readers here are kids you know...
Why? Because I can mount it on the back of the TV in the lounge for the family and stream my media files to it from my home server.
I can then throw in an external BD drive and boom, fully capable home entertainment system, which is even capable of light gaming.
Of course.. I'd reserve my gaming for my gaming rig!
as usual, the one with the monitor is the best because she resembles mariah carey.
blonde one is ok, redhead is too old.
But I enjoy it too...
You must be in your teens. Not all readers here are kids you know...
Falcon's Icon2 reminds me of Silverstone's Raven series with much need improvements.
The N5200XXX sound like a great addition (and I like the model's poses too
No. Some of us like women.
saving to my PC....
In fact I demand that you do more articles like this one ... please?
Can you please post a few more pictures of the Supertalent USB drive ... move the drive down a bit and zoom in ... its a bit fuzzy from here.
If other users agree please rate my post up so the reviewers can guage interest in these products !!!