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(Credit: Josh P. Miller/CNET)I've been looking forward to the Dell UltraSharp U2410 with as much (or more) anticipation as some of our most fervent readers.
I feel a lot of monitor enthusiasts were expecting perfection from this monitor, so I'll get this out of the way right now: It's not perfect.
This may seem more disappointing than with other monitors, but that's mostly because of the super high expectations the U2410 had prerelease.
The monitor includes a H-IPS panel, one of the newer iterations of IPS panel technology and one that I have little hands-on experience with. Some of the problems I encountered with the monitor could be inherent to the technology, but having not dealt with another H-IPS, I can't say for certain.
Still, it earned our editors' choice, so it must have done something right. Right?!
So, the cat's out of the bag. The Dell UltraSharp U2410 isn't perfect; however, that doesn't mean it can't be perfect for you. Read the full review to determine if it is.
As always, new monitor reviews can always be found here.
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The Dell U2410 bleeds tough.
(Credit: Eric Franklin/CNET)The Dell U2410 is finally here! And by "here," I mean in CNET's office. I've been pestering Dell about this since September, and they've finally accepted my tithe.
Unofficially, the successor to the Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP, the U2410 has lots of promise. Luckily I still have a 2408WFP in the office to compare it to.
Expect a review next week, but for now, check out some candid pics I talked the monitor into taking.
The Dell UltraSharp U2410 has a similar design to recent "10" series monitors from Dell.
(Credit: Dell)The Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP is the highest-rated monitor I've yet reviewed. It's also the most popular monitor I've reviewed, as it's constantly in the top five most viewed monitors and is many times, No. 1.
On Monday Dell started selling what some are seeing as the successor to the UltraSharp 2408WFP, the UltraSharp U2410.
The new monitor keeps the 16:10 aspect ratio of the 2408WFP, with a 1,900x1,200 resolution. While the 2408WFP got its wide viewing angles and color fidelity from a S-PVA panel, the U2410 utilizes an IPS panel to (hopefully) do the same.
Other specs for the U2410 include a 400 cd/m2 brightness, a 6ms response time, four USB ports, and VGA, DVI-D, DisplayPort, HDMI, and Component connections.
The price? $599. That's $50 less than Dell currently sells the 2408WFP for. Look for a review a couple seconds after Dell sees fit to send me a monitor to try out.
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