I am going blind soon…
And I’m not talking about the old masturbation joke either. Dell was having a sale over the New Year and I finally made the leap and ordered their 2407WFP 24″ wide screen monitor for a cool 1,099 SGD. (That’s about 720 in USD and more than a dozen in PVC figurines.)
Yes, this is the “good thing” I was talking about yesterday. Although now that I think about it, it might not exactly be “good”. I blame it completely on moyism.
The delivery was supposed to be Saturday morning but I wasn’t home. Dell’s customer service is pretty good, though. (At least for this region of its global operations.)
The stand is pretty nicely designed. It snaps easily onto the monitor and requires no screwing. You can adjust the height, tilt and direction of the monitor. You can even turn the whole thing sideways and use it in portrait mode or just to make it easier to see where you are sticking the plugs into.
Other than the 24″ screen that you can really only fully appreciate when you see it for yourself, the monitor comes with a lot of useful features such as Picture-By-Picture, Picture-In-Picture, memory card slots and a built-in USB hub.
It supports both VGA and DVI-D. It also has component and composite inputs if you want to connect your game consoles to it. (No HDMI though.) If the picture source has a lower resolution or a 4:3 aspect ratio, the monitor settings also provide you the option of displaying it in its original size, stretching it while maintaining aspect ratio or stretching it to fill the screen.
I am half-tempted to dig out the Xbox (original, not 360) and try it out on the monitor. From what I have read on blogs and forums, this monitor is apparently a pretty good alternative to a HDTV when you use the component inputs for game consoles.
And yeah, I have three LCD monitors now. The other two are a 15″ BenQ (formerly Acer) FP555 and a 17″ Samsung SyncMaster 713N. Notice a pattern here? >_> I am running two PCI-e graphics cards, a 7600GT and a 6600GT, on a SLI-capable motherboard but with SLI disabled.
As you can tell from the picture, the 15″ screen doesn’t have much longer to live. The backlight is slowly dying.
My current desktop(s):
I am running UltraMon if you’re wondering about the taskbars on the secondary monitors.
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:21 pm
hell. i see p0rn on your site.
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Holy hell… well, 3ple monitors for the win!
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:23 pm
WTF~~~ TRIPLE MONITORS! BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU’LL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT AS THOSE U FIND IN THE SERCURITY ROOM! =X
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Woah this just confirms that DMs monthly allowance is abt 1k…..
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Monthly allowance of 1k?!
I don’t even earn that much…
If the 24 inch monitor doesn’t burn away your ocular sensory system when viewing from the normal distance, I don’t know what will.
Btw, is that temperature system on the 24 inch part of the monitor, or an external software?
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Oh well i was anyhow crapping.
He probably got the cash from the adverts in the site and scrimping every cent he has… …
By the way, cool Tamaki wallpapaper :D
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:58 pm
You guys are forgetting that it was my birthday.
Yyi, it’s Yahoo Widgets.
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Does 24inch feel too large up close??
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:24 pm
ENVY ENVY ENVY.
That’s the “exact” monitor I’m eyeing aside from a 32-in HDTV.
1080p bishoujo goodness, oh I want!
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Gah. I want to get a dell widescreen too. I’m not too far off from getting 3 lcd monitors, now that i’ve gotten a larger table.
January 24th, 2007 at 12:06 am
On an unrelated note, this blog is now running WordPress 2.1 Ella! Yay!
January 24th, 2007 at 12:14 am
You piece of shit.
January 24th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Don’t go blaming me for your expenses my friend ;)
Have fun finding 1920×1200 anime related walls. Tis a pain!
January 24th, 2007 at 2:16 am
awesome.
January 24th, 2007 at 2:36 am
Hey something wrong with that Chicken he post that thing again :D
nvm
so it was wordpress I’ve tought that you have write it your self :D
btw nice monitor (thinks how to enlarge his room)
January 24th, 2007 at 2:37 am
hey is it normal to have that picture down there ? I think something wrong with it :|
January 24th, 2007 at 2:48 am
Good buy.
Now the problem is, this is the first time I have seen people not using the hinge at all to lift up the 24 incher. Just compare the last and the first picture. Either your table is really high, or you just love looking downwards, DM.
January 24th, 2007 at 3:10 am
Welcome to the 24” club. LOL~
I’ve gotten my 2405 for slightly over a year now. Never regretted getting it. :)
January 24th, 2007 at 3:55 am
I’ll say one thing: HOLY SHIT…
Let’s only say that this monitor costs (here in Poland, on our local eBay-like service) the same as my new laptop (which isn’t a bad one, although 512MB DDR2 is a little low….)
January 24th, 2007 at 4:22 am
“when you use the component inputs for game consoles.”
component input on 2407 = VERY NO.
The component decoder chipset on the 2407 is very bad. VERY bad. The colors will be off, it will be fuzzy and grainy. I have a 2407 myself, and tried hooking up my 360 through the components. It looked terrible. HOWEVER, i eventually got a VGA cable and it looks great. If you intend to use this as a HDTV of sorts, do yourself a favor and get a VGA cable, if possible. I know the 360 has an option, but i have no idea for the original xbox.
January 24th, 2007 at 6:24 am
Wow that’s really awesome. I’m considering getting one of these once I have financial stability.
January 24th, 2007 at 7:06 am
Nice… btw, where can i get that desktop theme you have?
January 24th, 2007 at 9:50 am
I’m extremely speechless right now. Not only is your new monitor awesome, but you have three monitors going. Hell…I’m just wondering where the hell do you pull all your money from? *sigh* I wish the rumors of me being able to pull money out of my ass were true *sigh*
Anyways nice buy *goes online to find exact monitor*
January 24th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Awesome…3 monitors. I m totally speechless!
January 24th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Lose the 15 inch one..it’s an eyesore..sell it to your karung guni man or something. I myself discovered the fun of having more than one monitor recently…feels great doesn’t it…
By the way, I’ll assume you didn’t pay for the 24 inch monitor yourself..how the heck do you persuade your folks to get you this stuff? Are they like money printers or something?
P.S. how many speakers do you have?
January 24th, 2007 at 10:46 am
eh, and the dell website link you provided seems to be wrong..it should be this one i think:
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/30lcd?c=sg&cs=sgdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
January 24th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Basically, he’s gonna play eroge on 3 screens. 1 for Face, 1 for Upper Body and 1 for Lower Body.
January 24th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Cries…. My friend started calling me Jealous today and since I haven’t watched death note, my friend keeps on telling me Jealous is one of the death gods… Aside from that we were talking about how I got outraged at parkway, and how lucky is he to get a hot tuition teacher and an ok girl in his private tuition (They somehow live in the same block and share the same teacher so might as well just have tuition together… I think)….
Out of point…
Anyway what my friend now addresses me as now, is what I am feeling now!… I want that screen!!!….
January 24th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
can you explain ur rig? so far, wat i saw is: a pc…3 screens…1 keyboard….4 speakers? 1 mouse…..is that a wacom ? or u buy other brand de?….an a US note..some 1 hp and psp and some pink color sweets…..and lastly: OMG U SICK #@#%#$…(*dun worry…#@#%#$ means good stuff..)fufufufu
January 24th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
OAO
THREE SCREENS?
January 24th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
5.1 speakers. (Two more behind the chair.) Wacom Graphire.
January 24th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
I actually can’t stand wide-screen these days, I’ve been on it for about 4 years and it’s ugly to run fullscreen games.
January 24th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Azu, you can display the games in 4:3 aspect ratio and leave two black bars at the side instead of stretching the entire thing.
Most new games support widescreen anyway.
January 24th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Sweet 5.1 speakers, But I still love my Cambridge soundworks THX, although it’s 2.1…
January 25th, 2007 at 1:02 am
Welcome to the Big LCD club!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/2pididiot/Desktop.jpg
January 25th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Very nice…
I have a 19″ widescreen sitting in my cabinet and I doubt it would look even half as good as that.
January 25th, 2007 at 2:59 am
I have 17″ CRT monitor 4 years old eat yourself :D
January 25th, 2007 at 9:51 am
I have a 20.1″ Benq and 22″ Chimei myself. The joys of being a power user.
January 25th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Yeah the joy of downloading Suse under Ubuntu :D nice choice :D
January 25th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
james :U R GAY!!!
January 28th, 2007 at 3:56 am
OMG James~ Is that a 24” + 20” or 30” + 24”? Whicked setup u got there. Mind telling where to find some nice 1920 X 1200 anime wallpapers? It’s a real pain to find any nice ones. THx. :)
January 28th, 2007 at 4:31 am
@ Model_X
That’s a 30″ + 24″ setup. For Anime Widescreen Wallpapers in 1920 x 1200, they are extremely rare, however, I know a location which has 1680 x 1050, which do just fine for me.
Site is http://ningen.nattoli.net/
January 29th, 2007 at 12:41 am
@ James
Thanks pal. Greatly appreciated. :)
February 22nd, 2007 at 1:54 am
Darn….are you really 18 ? How come you only 1 age older than me then you already that rich….
March 6th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
What skin do you use with the taskbars? I am using a window blinds skin and the second monitor’s taskbar looks like crap…
May 29th, 2007 at 5:50 am
heh, sweet stuff DM, your set-up and mine are very similar.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/ZanzaHiro01/DSC00171.jpg