No guarantees, but I believe that the SMS or a phone call will be more accurate. I had a similar situation before. Ordered on a Thursday morning, confirmed on Friday, received the delivery phone call by the courier in the weekend and received the LCD on Monday noon. Then Dell called me a few days later to inform me that my LCD will arrive soon.

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I didn't informed her that I had already received it days ago.

Auto-adjust is enabled only if you're using D-SUB (VGA). For DVI or DP, it is not needed.

Dell U2311H. RM609 for three years premium warranty (can warranty on a single bad pixel).

How can I find out if the unit was refurbished?

I had the same feeling too. Then I got myself a dual monitor set up. Now I can't go back to a single monitor set up.

It is great for gaming, but not quite up to professional-level image editing. If you're on a tight budget, the U2311H is better than nothing, but otherwise you need more expensive monitors like the U2410, which is still considered low-class to most professionals iianm. Though, there may have been alternative monitors for that niche since I've last checked.

This post has been edited by everling: Apr 21 2011, 09:28 AM

Thanks guys.

2ms vs 5ms vs 8 ms is a little like 1080p movies vs 720p movies in fullscreen. You think you can see the difference in detail, but have you really noticed the difference, ever? Are you going to notice the difference in pixels during a huge explosion or panning over grass? I'm not going to stop preferring 1080p over 720p, but that also won't stop me or the people who watch it with me from not seeing the difference.

The same is with 2ms, 5ms and 8ms. Do you know that it takes 16.67ms to have support a 60 fps refresh rate? Or 33.33ms for a 30fps refresh rate? 8ms supports 125 fps, but I'm ignoring the input lag to make that claim. In practice, most people won't notice the difference.

PS: The difference between 480p and 720p or 1080p is very noticeable. And so is comparing HD channels from sources like Astro to properly done HD videos, they really compressed the hell out of the video streams.

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Added on April 24, 2011, 12:13 pmvincentlaw, I used to face a similar problem with a HP laptop. Getting another VGA cable fixed it for me. You could try the same or get a HDMI cable. By the way, some time later, I had to replace my power adaptor, then the previously "bad" VGA cable also started to work for me without a problem.

This post has been edited by everling: Apr 24 2011, 12:14 PM

It'll feel smaller in due time. Don't worry.

The Dell 27" is right now RM2.5K. You could buy four U2311H for that amount of money.

This is a false statement. The screen size does not matter. What matters is the screen resolution. Your U2311H has a screen resolution of 1920x1080. You should expect similar performance from any 1920x1080 display, regardless whether it is 15" or 50" (eg: a 50" Full HD Plasma TV).

Have fun with this knowledge.

I also set mine to zero.

This post has been edited by everling: Apr 28 2011, 12:43 AM

Quality, no difference. Support larger screen sizes and multiple monitors from a single DP port? Yes.

You need a DP hub. It's technically possible and probably rather expensive to do so but I don't think it is available for the general consumers at this time.

For now, the D-SUB, DVI, HDMI and DP will all support 1920x1200 without any, or little, difference in graphics quality. If there are significant issues, it is more likely to be a fault in the cable or some other device is generating a lot of electrical noise interference. I wouldn't worry about.

This post has been edited by everling: Apr 30 2011, 01:27 PM

Have you considered buying three U2311H? Cheaper than a single 27", more pixels and more rugged (if one monitor develops bad pixels, you could warranty it while using the other two monitors).

The HD 4850 should have enough processing power to handle the demands of 3840x1080, as my weaker HD 5670 can do so for Shogun 2 on low details. What I don't know is if it can actually do so, as Eyefinity is only available from the HD 5000 and onwards.

Not only is the U2410 using a more expensive LCD panel, it is also taller by 120 pixels because of its 16:10 aspect ratio, which is noticeable. It also has more controls and inputs than the U2311H. It is a nicer monitor than the U2311H, but you can also get three U2311H for the price of one U2410. If you have the space for only one monitor and willing to pay for it, then the U2410 is a choice. If you want to do cheap Eyefinity gaming, then three U2311H is better.

I can't fairly compare the colour reproduction, as my U2410 has noticeably aged after just one year. It is currently has warmer colours than my U2311H. But otherwise to my untrained eyes, it appears to be almost the same. You certainly won't feel it has three-times-the-price better colours.

• Most cheap 27" LCDs have a screen resolution of 1920x1080, but the U2711 is not one of them. It has a screen resolution of 2560x1440.
• A 2560x1440 screen has 77% more pixels than a regular Full HD 1920x1080 screen.
• Superior colour reproduction than most LCDs.
• Lower production yields because it is more difficult to manufacture.

That RM2.5k price tag is well justified at this time if compared to the U2410, as it is only 47% more expensive. It has cheaper pixels than the U2410.

A good review worth reading, even if you don't plan to buy it: Dell UltraSharp U2711: Quality has a Price

This post has been edited by everling: May 10 2011, 06:03 AM

Pros:
Cheaper to replace if your warranty has expired.
Cheaper to expand if you want more multiple monitors.
If one monitor fails, you can warranty it while using the other monitor.
12.5% more pixels.

Cons:
Requires a large table.
First-person shooter games don't work well with only two monitors. You need odd numbers of monitors, so that your reticle is always on one monitor.
Many older games don't work well with multiple monitors.
Your graphics card may not properly support multiple monitor gaming.

I am also upset with the slide from 16:10 to 16:9. The UltraSharps are supposed to be professional grade monitors. 16:9 is a consumer AR (Full HD). My biggest personal resistance against the U2311H is that it has a 16:9 AR. Now it looks like if my 16:10 U2410 dies sometime within its five year warranty, I am going to get a lousy 16:9 AR, e-IPS, W-LED backlit replacement? This is bullshit.

According to the shopping cart, that RM200 coupon expires tomorrow.

My, all these news about the U2412M sounds very interesting. Maybe I'll ditch my U2311H and get a U2412M to pair with my U2410.

Btw, where can I buy a decent LCD calibration set and how much?

Yeah, well, you can try finding a decent 24" IPS monitor before the U2311H came out. And even then, I wasn't pleased that the U2311H was only 1080 pixels tall.

As for pictures, there's really not much to see.



Edit: Resized image to 1600x1200.

Thanks for the information. Where's Yamiya and roughly how much should I expect to fork out for a single monitor or dual monitor? And what third party software did you used?

This post has been edited by everling: Aug 17 2011, 11:16 AM

Unfortunately for me, there were no additional discounts at that time, I paid RM1,699.

A question for U2412M owners. Do you have 1:1 display mode?

Thanks for the information. I've been poring over the product reviews for the last hour or so. I'd rather not fork out the money for the Spyder3ELITE, as it is more expensive than a U2311H and almost the price of a U2412M, but I also would love to have detailed colorimetry graphs.

Do you happen to know if your Coloreyes Display Pro can also do statistics?

That's strange. My U2410 only has Fill, Aspect and 1:1.