Already booking Dell S2409W from Garage Sales, COD tonight. Cant wait for it tho!!

I would personally prefer maxed AA settings instead of higher resolution since the quality is definitely better and more pleasing to the eye with anti-aliasing on.

erm whats the difference between 3000:1 and 20000:1? any pro and cons?

hoho..ur problem seem same wif me.. got 1line at the right and the blacklight bleeding so bad.. lucky i bought 2unit..can compare each other.. the problem unit S/N is CM22HMBQCxxxxx..
then going back to shop and change to other unit with S/N CM22HMCQCxxxxx...

Wow.. that's 2 already? Where did u guys buy it? Same place?

Did u test it on-spot? I'm planning to buy one

This post has been edited by axbx: Feb 13 2009, 08:57 PM

Got the 2408 wfp for rm16xx during last April's PC Fair. Unfortunately, in the two PC Fairs since, the monitors have not been on sale.

WTF...? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

Thanks for the tip! I already received 1 unit 2209wa yesterday morning - bought for company use (with corporate discount). Was thinking of getting another unit for company for rm849 (which is even less than our corporate discount) but decided to evaluate the unit in hand first.

Using the 2209wa now. Firstly, the unit came out really bright out of the box. After calibration with a x-rite eye one display 2, colors look much better. I use a 2408wfp most of the time. The 2408's colors are much better than the 2209wa's. The gamut rating on the website of 80+% sounds about right in that the 2408's colors (which is rated at 110% gamut) are much richer.

I don't think it's possible to calibrate this monitor properly without a colorimeter because a 1 point difference in setting (out of 100 for contrast, brightness and each of R, G and B) makes a huge difference to the output. I'm using Brightness - 4, Contrast - 75, Red - 100, Green - 98 and Blue - 96.

The square base is more solid than the 2408's but takes up more space. Both monitors are height adjustable but the 2408 can go lower. Some people mentioned that the screen bezel is a bit thick but not noticeable at all. However the 2209wa has a nicer look as it's all black compared with the 2408 which is black edged with silver. The 2209's black is a matte black which is not as nice as Samsung's gloss black.

What's cool though are the menus which are soft menus next to the buttons which are dynamic - something like a nokia phone. Wonder why nobody has implemented this before - really cool.

Also the on/off light is blue (way nicer) compared with the 2408's which is yellow.

Overall - not sure if I will buy another unit for the company as I don't think the colors generated by this panel are that much better than a samsung or the even the LG TN panels I bought earlier in the week to justify the premium. Other brands available in Low Yat Plaza are just too cheap right now.

Maybe if the price drops to RM700+ (this may take 12 months or more) or if there's a good discount at the next PC Fair. The Dell rep told me that now Dell outsources their PC Fair promos to vendors so monitors won't be included from now on.

Hope the above is useful for anyone trying to evaluate whether to pay the premium for the 2209wa.

This post has been edited by ProComplex: Feb 13 2009, 11:33 PM

didnt u guy test the unit before go home with it?

erm any sifu mind to explain to me?

Contrast ratio is the ratio between the white and black parts in an image...The larger the contrast ratio of a display device, the greater is the difference between the brightest whites and the darkest blacks a video display can show...Let say a contrast ratio of 3000:1 would imply that the black level is 3000 times darker than the white...

hi all,

Sorry to change the topic for a while. Since this is a LCD thread, i thought i might as well ask here. I'm trying to find out if there is such a converter to convert from RCA to VGA. i know theres some device to convert this, but is there any cable converter like those hdmi to dvi?

thanks ya.

Nop.. 1st day n 2nd day i didnt seem any problem, you know la..my 1st LCD, really happy that time..
then i playing around with dual monitor setting.. after restart few times, and notice got line at the 1st monitor.. so i do check up and compare both unit..
the faulty unit seem not really sharp.. even i do an adjustment at the monitor, and the color seem more bright, the monitor look a little bit dull...

Not that clear bro.... but have u return the monitor? and change to new one?

yea i already change to new unit, 7days 1 to 1 warranty..


now the both unit show same color output..

ic... gud for you then
where did u buy the monitor? gotta be careful there, hahaha...

i'm using the same Altec speaker as yours..!!! mine one is 5.1...

Pardon my ignorance for not searching the whole LCD monitor thread. I hope you guys are able to help a little bit in buying a LCD Monitor.

From what I understand, 720p movies have 16:9 aspect ratio, with the native resolution of 1280x720, am I right?

I am planning to buy a 19" LCD Monitor but I've noticed many of them comes with 1600x900. The aspect ratio is the same as 720p movies, but what will the movies look like since the resolution of the movie is just 1280x720?

Will it have black areas around the monitor? Will the video stretch and reduce the video quality?(Reduced to what extent?)

Finally, is it possible for you all to recommend me a budget 19" Widescreen Monitor that is good for viewing 720p movies?

Thank you so so much to you all in advance for helping me out!

720p movies not necessary 16:9.
720p movies can have resolutions other than 1280x720.
movies with 1280x720 will be stretched to fill the whole screen (reduction in quality) or with black borders. it's up to the media player used to play the movies.
720p movies has high resolution that looks good on any 19" widescreen (unless the lcd is too lousy).

Why don't you get a 20" widescreen with 1600x900 resolution like Acer X203H or Samsung 2033SW? The Acer one costs almost the same price as a 19" widescreen LCD monitor.

Any1 can help me up?? I want to buy the Samsung 2033SW at ipoh,but so far I only found one shop that sell it which is PC Depot.....Any1 from ipoh can recommend other PC shop that sell Samsung Giant Series?? I need to compare the prices~~~

So far PC Depot give me RM470