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.
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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
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.
In the box
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.
Lots of inputs! Just wait till I get my PS3 in 2010!
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.
Assembled
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.
My desk now
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.
hell. i see p0rn on your site.
Holy hell… well, 3ple monitors for the win!
WTF~~~ TRIPLE MONITORS! BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU’LL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT AS THOSE U FIND IN THE SERCURITY ROOM! =X
Woah this just confirms that DMs monthly allowance is abt 1k…..
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?
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
You guys are forgetting that it was my birthday.
Yyi, it’s Yahoo Widgets.
Does 24inch feel too large up close??
ENVY ENVY ENVY.
That’s the “exact” monitor I’m eyeing aside from a 32-in HDTV.
1080p bishoujo goodness, oh I want!
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.
On an unrelated note, this blog is now running WordPress 2.1 Ella! Yay!
You piece of shit.
Don’t go blaming me for your expenses my friend ;)
Have fun finding 1920×1200 anime related walls. Tis a pain!
awesome.
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)
hey is it normal to have that picture down there ? I think something wrong with it :|
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.
Welcome to the 24” club. LOL~
I’ve gotten my 2405 for slightly over a year now. Never regretted getting it. :)
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….)
“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.
Wow that’s really awesome. I’m considering getting one of these once I have financial stability.
Nice… btw, where can i get that desktop theme you have?
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*
Awesome…3 monitors. I m totally speechless!
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?
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
Basically, he’s gonna play eroge on 3 screens. 1 for Face, 1 for Upper Body and 1 for Lower Body.
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!!!….
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
OAO
THREE SCREENS?
5.1 speakers. (Two more behind the chair.) Wacom Graphire.
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.
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.
Sweet 5.1 speakers, But I still love my Cambridge soundworks THX, although it’s 2.1…
Welcome to the Big LCD club!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/2pididiot/Desktop.jpg
Very nice…
I have a 19″ widescreen sitting in my cabinet and I doubt it would look even half as good as that.
I have 17″ CRT monitor 4 years old eat yourself :D
I have a 20.1″ Benq and 22″ Chimei myself. The joys of being a power user.
Yeah the joy of downloading Suse under Ubuntu :D nice choice :D
james :U R GAY!!!
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. :)
@ 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/
@ James
Thanks pal. Greatly appreciated. :)
Darn….are you really 18 ? How come you only 1 age older than me then you already that rich….
What skin do you use with the taskbars? I am using a window blinds skin and the second monitor’s taskbar looks like crap…
heh, sweet stuff DM, your set-up and mine are very similar.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/ZanzaHiro01/DSC00171.jpg