At the previous PC Fair I managed to buy some networking stuff and multifunction printer for lower price than at LYP. So I wouldn't say that the price is "roughly the same".

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Added on July 27, 2007, 10:07 pmWhoa, that's fast! Do you live in Penang? And some more they delivered late at night too; I thought they stop delivering after office hours.

This post has been edited by jchong: Jul 27 2007, 10:07 PM

You should always set LCD to native resolution for maximum sharpness. At 1680x1050 on a 22" LCD the wording is still slightly bigger than on a 17" LCD.

Astro signal is 4:3 so if you want it to fit full screen on your LCD tv then it has to stretch to 16:9. Whenever you have to stretch a picture the quality will worsen. Watching in original format is best, but you have to live with the black bars on the sides.

Using DVI is best because the original signal from your video card is digital in nature. With DVI the signal is kept as digital from video card to monitor and it is perfectly synchronised (hence no need for auto adjustment, etc).

VGA input is analogue and there is digital-analogue conversion going on. In order to lock in the signal better you need to auto adjust, which you don't need to do with DVI.

I've not tried TT method before, always using credit card. But I doubt if there is any issue with TT, Dell won't run away with your money

Yes, you can key in your online ref number.

If there is stock, delivery is about 3-4 days. After you place order, usually next day Dell will send you email about estimated delivery date. If you're worried about this, you can put a note in the comment box when you check out to ask Dell to call your hp about delivery.

Not sure which logistics partner they use, but they are reliable. They can precisely identify which day they will come, but hard to estimate time (usually will say between 9 am - 5 pm). I suppose you can call them to make a special request (e.g. please deliver in the morning) and I think they will try to accommodate you.

Usually if the product is out of stock, they will de-list or not put the price on the website.

I'm also an owner of the Dell E228WFP. Got it last week (took about 4 days from order). Quite pleased with the monitor, good value for money.

Mine is Rev A02 - how about everybody else? I read in another forum, apparently can tell which panel by looking at the last letter in the serial number. Mine ends in "S", what's yours?

It's on the sticker at the back of the monitor. Also stated on the box. First version is Rev A00, then Rev A01, Rev A02 ...

Apparently, if serial ends in "S" = Samsung, "L" = LG Philips, etc. Don't know if the info is reliable or not, saw it mentioned in another forum. Too bad Dell removed the panel info from the service menu.

If you're playing at lower res than your monitor's native res, have you tried using 1:1 pixel mapping? Maybe this helps with the input lag since the monitor is not scaling the image to full screen.

Please give your feedback if you try this.

I'm quite happy using Monitor Calibration Wizard. Free summore.

Link: http://www.hex2bit.com/products/product_mcw.asp

Good to see the "S" panels making a come back. The 226BW sold by strongbaby on the Bulk Orders section also "S" panel for the recent stock.

There is one other solution, in your Display control panel change the dpi setting. Default is 96, move it to 105 and your fonts will be about 10% bigger. If still not enough, can increase dpi to 120 even.

If you were using DVI previously try manually selecting the input again instead of letting the monitor auto detect. Sometimes the monitor might default back to analogue input so you need to tell it to use DVI.

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Added on August 10, 2007, 7:42 pmGo to your Control Panel --> Display --> Settings --> Advanced --> then select the tab with your video card. Then you will see many options related to your video card. In mine there is a section for "Digital Flat Panel Settings" and it's controlled from there. Can you find that section?

This post has been edited by jchong: Aug 10 2007, 07:42 PM

I don't have a 2407WFP-HC, but normally the default would be RGB all the same reading. Probably all at 253.

My 228WFP also has some bleeding on the left side.