Hi. Recently I just purchased a S2316H monitor from Dell. I would like to share my experience on using this monitor. This is one of the latest glossy model introduced by Dell Malaysia offering at the retail price of RM749. This model is a replacement for the older version of S2340L. It's ultrathin bezels make it looks sexy in addition to the integrated speakers where we do not need to plug in additional loudspeaker. It uses both VGA and HDMI cables coated with antiglare hard-coating 3H.

Display

Diagonally Viewable Size:
58.42 cm
23.0 Inches (23.0-inch wide viewable image size)
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (16:9)
Panel Type, Surface:
In-plane switching, Glossy with Low-Haze 3H
Optimal resolution:
1920 x 1080 at 60Hz
Active Display Area (H x V):
509.18mm x 286.41mm
20.05" x 11.28"
Contrast Ratio:
1000: 1 (typical), Dynamic Contrast Ratio : 8 Million: 1
Brightness:
250 cd/m2 (typical)
Response Time:
6 ms gray to gray (typical)
Viewing Angle:
178° vertical / 178° horizontal
Adjustability:
Tilt
Color Support:
Color Gamut (typical): 82% (CIE1976), 72% (CIE 1931)
16.78 Million colors
Backlight Technology:
LED
Display Screen Coating:
Antiglare with hard-coating 3H
Audio Output:
N.A.

Connectivity

1 HDMI connector
1 VGA connector
1 Audio In
1 Audio Off

Features

Security:
Security lock slot(cable lock sold separately)
Flat Panel Mount Interface:
N.A.
Built-in Devices
2 x 3W speakers

More information: Dell S2316H website

This post has been edited by meiyi: Sep 19 2015, 09:59 PM

Dell S2316H Packing

Overview:



Back Packing:



Side Packing (Delivery Package Details:



Side Packing (Monitor Information):



Monitor Packing Seal:



This post has been edited by meiyi: Sep 19 2015, 04:10 PM

Dell S2316H What's in the box

Overview:



Charger:



HDMI Cable:



Monitor Stand:



Speaker:



Ports (HDMI (Left) VGA (Right)):



Power Port (Left) and Audio Port (Right):



CD/Manual:



This post has been edited by meiyi: Sep 19 2015, 04:11 PM

Dell S2316H Design

Front View:



Back View:



Top View:



Side Views:



Bottom View:



Buttons:



This post has been edited by meiyi: Sep 19 2015, 04:48 PM

Dell S2316H Usage

Advantages:

1. Nice speakers:
The speakers which are in-built with the monitor are functioning pretty well. The speakers definitely suit you up as it produces the sound pretty well. Of course it could not match those speakers that are specially make for quality audio but it definitely matches decent and typical users for daily activities. Besides than that, you could save up your save than having the need to plug in any speakers cables. Click spoiler for video quality.


2. Slim Bezels:
The bezels are much slimmer if compared to the predecessor S2340L. These bezels includes 0.5cm for the top bezels and 0.7 cm for the side bezels. Click spoiler for the images.


3. Image quality
The quality of images and video produced are decent and does not throw any different colours if viewed from different angles. Click spoiler for the images.


4. Light and portable
As the monitor is just a 21” monitor, it can be easily portable from one place to the another.

5. Dell Exchange Warranty
This monitor is protected by Dell Advance Exchange warranty which means that if there is any colour defect on this monitor within t3 years, Dell will provide a 1-to-1 exchange. Initially, the previous monitor came with a slight yellow tint and I Dell exchanged another brand new monitor for me within 3 business days.

6. Lesser reflection
Dell S2316H does makes lesser reflection compared to S2340L with its reduced reflection technology.

7. Environment-friendly materials:
Dell S2316H is made with arsenic-free glass and a mercury-free LED panel. Its circuit boards are made from brominated flame retardant (BFR) - and PVC-free laminates.

Disadvantages:

1. Yellow tint
Initially, when I first received this S2316H monitor, the monitor does come with a slight yellow tint. The replacement monitor came and it solves the yellow tinting issue and it’s much better now.

2. Lack of USB ports
This monitor does not come with any USB ports. This may cause some inconvenience especially if we to use these cables for our computer.

3. Inconvenient OSD buttons
The menu OSD buttons to control the brightness and sound are too soft and we might not know which buttons we are pressing. There are not labels telling which buttons are for what until the menu appears.

Video:





This post has been edited by meiyi: Sep 19 2015, 09:58 PM

In your opinion, how do you think this compares to Benq's EW2440L?

Updated with full review.

Hi. I haven't use BenQ models before. Or you could read my review any maybe it can help you to make some good comparison.

woohoo! nice 1

Hi meiyi., may I know if headphone can be plugged into the audio port? if u hv tried...

Great review. Thumbs up.

Thank you.

Hi. Yes. I just tried. There is one for audio input and the other for audio output. The earphones works.


Thank you.

Good to know...thank you

Im using s2340l

Should i upgrade??

Better safe up for a better monitor in future.

I bought a S2240L for RM419 and if my memory served me right, I dont think I'm impressed with the image quality compared to the real IPS Dell WFP2007 that I bought for 1.2K. It almost like a TN screen, just slightly better. I get great colors from WFP2007 but no matter how I tried with S2240L, it is just off. Too dark or overblown brightness when cranked up.

I don't think it's really worth to upgrade from S2340L. The only difference I see between these two devices is the speaker.

This post has been edited by meiyi: Sep 30 2015, 12:16 PM

I thought S2340L has hdmi port.

Sorry. Yes. It has.

The price has gone up quite a bit. I remember S2340L being sold for around RM550 range and this newer model is now RM750

I remember it was RM700+ previously. My friend bought it in Lowyat for RM600++. It was RM550?



This post has been edited by meiyi: Sep 30 2015, 02:15 PM

I am fairly certain I bought my S2340L for RM550-580 but it was probably a year ago.

That's a nice price that you get. Maybe my friend got the wrong price.

I don't think you got the pricing wrong. I bought S2240L this year also RM519. Now gone up a bit too. Luckily Lazada had codes to reduce it to RM419.

Hey I need a bit of help here. I purchased this monitor too but I can't really seem to get the audio to work with my monitor. I have purchased an audio cable to connect my PC with the monitor. Seems like there's no sound even if I selected PC audio instead of HDMI through on-screen menu.

Would you have any idea as to how can I fix this problem?

Try connect only HDMI, then go to NVidia control panel or AMD control panel. There got display setting for HDMI audio.

So, it means I can't plug in a headphone into it? If I want to listen to a song I won't be able to listen to it using a headphone because it doesn't have a headphone plugin?

wow. i thought of getting this, i didnt realise there is a old version. thanks for helping me save 200

YOU bought the older version which is S2340L? Direct DELL website?

haven't but after much market surveys, there isn't any cheap ones left.
usually also 600 - 650. @@" .. i will go back to this i guess.

Means go back to newer model S2316H?

I guess with the weak currency, all imported stuff got effected..

yeapp. pay extra 150 get integrated speakers also not bad,
since i've been using headphones all my life.

When you plan to get it? Waiting for sales?!

yeah! before that all my monitors are rm500 budget.
so this one consider expensive a bit but this one seems really amazing.

Only if this monitor have usb port. Lol

That's true. It's be much perfect actually.

I only realize until I try to plug in my Chromecast. I was like wtf.. Where is the usb port for power up my Chromecast. Lel.

if you found away to plug in ur chromecast let me know ya.

Sorry to bump old thread, but TS could you tell us how was the delivery process like? Thank You.

I can tell you that I bought from lazada at that time. Delivery was normal, 2-3 working days.

help me.. just recently buy this monitor.. but i didnt appear at full screen. help pls

what u mean?

the display is not showing full screen... after i uninstall my graphic card driver, then it already appear full screen. then after that i wanted to install the graphic card driver it keep saying that "failed to load detection driver" .. now my display adapter is standard vga graphic adapter... please help me if you know how to solve it

sound like your graphic card problem. install older driver see.

Whats your gpu driver version? My gpu cannot use the latest version but it will be ok if i install the old driver.

I reinstall back the windows and fresh install the system and also gpu driver. Now already working fine. Thanks for the concern. Maybe my rig have too many malware that crash my gpu driver.

Does this model suffers from IPS glow? Because my Acer monitor got pretty bad glow..

I'm currently using this monitor.

Personally I'm in love with the display. Very bright, color looks realistic to non-art people like me. Very beautiful.

But one concern is when try to connect HDMI to my laptop, my laptop said not found external display. Padahal my laptop can connect seamlessly with 4K TV display.

Maybe try monitor setting there?