 |
Average user rating from 6 users |
Who Trusts User Reviews?
by Stan Melton on Sep 10th, 2008 at 11:11 AM:
My comments have less to do with this monitor than with Eric Peterson's review. He based his review not on personal experience, but on other people's opinions! How valid is that?
The answer is - not one little, tiny bit.
I trust expert reviews, where the monitor will be set up properly, using the best inputs, over user reviews where you never know how they have set up the monitor. Plus, you always get people that will slam a product because they have a vested interest in doing so, because they want to promote some other product, they have a prejudice against a vendor, or for some other reason. So user reviews have to be read and considered carefully and skeptically.
Reviews written by someone who has no personal experience with a product are totally, completely worthless!
I DO own this monitor, and I give it a score of 4 out of 5 (I don't see a 1 to 10 scale!). It does have it's flaws, but there is no better 24" widescreen monitor available.
No complaints...just a bit overpriced
by Robert C. on Jul 11th, 2008 at 10:45 AM:
I don`t have any complaints regarding this monitor because I actually own one. The 2408WFP-HC feels good. I jumped from a 21" Sony Trinitron CRT.
It slightly lags on fast paced games (Battlefield 2, Crysis, GRID). The brain can adapt...trust me!
But the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD movies looks beautiful in full 1080p! It's everything that I need in a monitor. You have to fiddle with the menu for color calibration.
No complaints so far...I'm still enjoying it.
Good overall monitor
by Jeff on Jun 3rd, 2008 at 2:34 PM:
I do not have this monitor, but one of my coworkers had it at his desk. The monitor looks great, and provides a ton of screen space to multitask several projects at once. He never experienced any problems, and the picture was sharp and vibrant.
Contradiction to all user reviews
by Eric Peterson on Jun 2nd, 2008 at 2:56 PM:
It is interesting to note the serious discrepancies when comparing user reviews and "official" reviews to this product.
I had done extensive research before understanding that this monitor was sub-par to previous generations and had some serious game-related issues, none of which are commented by this "official" review.
I would think twice about this monitor for the following reasons, based on personal reviews from all across the web:
1) HIGH input lag of 60ms or more.
2) Distorting colors and bleeding hues
3) Tendency to not function properly when multiple inputs are plugged in.
Otherwise, it is indeed a great monitor, but there are those serious problems that are monitors simply do not have. Again, this is NOT a gaming monitor. Playing fast paced FPS shooters on this would be less of an experience than on lower input-lag monitors.
If you're skeptical based upon this "official" review's seemingly high remarks without noticing the bad, do the research. Just look at user reviews on the web and on Dell's own website and you will understand where this monitor sits.
8.5 out of 10? I hardly think so. 6.5 out of 10 is more appropriate I think.
Write Your Review
Your review should be relevant to this item. An email address is required for verification purposes only and will not be displayed. HTML is not allowed in comments. If you want to discuss the product rather than write your own review, visit the forums.
RSS Feed
A fantastic,awesome LCD panel for the money.
by Ron Walsworth on Sep 19th, 2008 at 10:04 AM: