The 27" Dell has a 16:9 AR. Then again, it still has more vertical pixels than a U2410, which is the only reason the monitor is still attractive to me.

You compared with what Dell monitor model?

The U2311H is indeed a Full HD monitor. 1920x1080.

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/c...dhs1&l=en&s=dhs

As for the comparison between the ST and U2311H, it is an acceptable one. The ST2410 is a lot cheaper, has okay colour quality and has that "important" response time. With the U2311H, you're paying more for a much better colour accuracy. While its response time is higher, for my eyes, I can't detect a problem.

Personally, I'd pay for the better colours and the much nicer adjustable stand.

It is just a rough estimate and not something you can depend on. There are still many variables remaining that can affect the delivery time. For instance, due to unknown circumstances, my monitor arrived three days early and Dell thought it was still "In Transit".

rzs77, welcome to the IPS club.

You probably shouldn't go high end. The next step up is the U2410, and that one is about RM 1.7k. The next one up is the U2711, which is about RM 2.9k. Get addicted to either one and your bank account might feel a lot lighter.

But in all seriousness, unless you desire or need the larger screen resolutions, the U2410 and the U2711 should be considered luxury goods. The colour improvement from TN to IPS is very visible, but from one IPS to another, it is not as noticeable.

This post has been edited by everling: Oct 8 2010, 12:43 AM

The latest ACDs accepts only miniDisplayPorts as input. Unless you have the adaptor for those, it will be very difficult. Also, currently the software drivers for the monitors expect Bootcamp to be installed.

You're welcome.

Btw, here's a review on it: Apple 27-inch LED Cinema Display Review

Considering your spec sig, at least now you have a respectable gaming machine.

Considering the stands, they're still no challenge in my book. I like to be able to adjust mine. Also, with Dell UltraSharps, you can buy three monitors, switch them to portrait mode and then Eyefinity them together. Gaming nirvana? Perhaps.

I don't know about the ST2410L, but on the UltraSharp series, if you move your finger close to the buttons, the bottom most will lit up. Touch that one and the OSD will pop up, and the other buttons on the top will lit up according to the need of the OSD menu.

I don't have a PS3, but I am not having any problems with 1080p24 when played from my PC.

No. I only have MKVs.

I'm not an expert, but while it lacks HDMI connectivity, that LCD does supports HDCP. Iianm, HDCP is the main reason you can't play original blu-rays, so it might be possible to get original blu-ray support via a HDCP compatible HDMI to DVI-D adaptor. An expert might clear this up.

As for home made editions, they should just work as there are no DRM to thwart you. Also, they tend to follow the frame rate of the source video, 24p videos will be kept as 24fps, as changing the frame rate tends to cause more trouble to get a good encode.

Also, there are two ways to provide 1:1 scaling. One is that the monitor recognises the input needs to be adjusted to its supported screen resolutions. The second is the graphics card doing the transformation for you and then send the appropriately sized frames to the monitors. Again, somebody with more expertise might help with this issue.

This post has been edited by everling: Nov 2 2010, 02:19 PM

Does the "1900" mean RM 1,900? Where are you getting that from? I could not find such an offer at Dell's site. If it is an ARB unit, keep in mind that its warranty period is much shorter.

Between an IPS and a TN panel? I would say yes. IPS wins.

But it is a little strange that Dell would produce a TN panel that has slightly less feature and only costs RM20 less. I'm not sure what market they're aiming it at, perhaps those who are really power consumption conscious?

Edit: Oh, considering the features like asset management, which is geared for enterprise-level, I suppose it is targeted at large enterprises.

This post has been edited by everling: Nov 16 2010, 10:19 PM