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Andrew S.

Andrew S.

Joined on 08/03/03

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Most Favorable Review

Very nice monitor!

Dell UltraSharp U2414H Black 23.8" Widescreen LED Backlight LCD IPS Monitor, 1920 x 1080, 1000:1, 250cd/m2, HDMI&DVI&USB Display Port, VESA Mountable
Dell UltraSharp U2414H Black 23.8" Widescreen LED Backlight LCD IPS Monitor, 1920 x 1080, 1000:1, 250cd/m2, HDMI&DVI&USB Display Port, VESA Mountable

Pros: Nice accurate color using the factory calibration. Did my own calibration with my equipment and it was even a little better. Starts up with full brightness; nice. The Dell drivers that comes on the disk fixed the mini-display port issue I had when I first set it up. Because of the thin bezel this 24" fits in the same space as my old 23" monitor. Works fine when waking computer from sleep mode.

Cons: Was a little flakey at first with the mini display port cable that came with it. The monitor would not wake up right when the machine came out of power save. I fixed by loading the Dell driver and I turned off my power option that put the computer to sleep. The screen image stops about 1/8" short of the bezel and I can't figure out how to make the image closer. Even with that, the black border plus bezel is still very thin.

Overall Review: Multiple people have complained about the touch controls but it isn't difficult once you get the hang of it. Hold your right index finger up against the right side of the monitor and then lightly brush your thumb across the control like you are brushing an eyelash off a child's cheek and it works for me every time.

System Feels Faster

Kingston SSDNow V200 Series SV200S3/256G 2.5" 256GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-alone drive)
Kingston SSDNow V200 Series SV200S3/256G 2.5" 256GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-alone drive)

Pros: I bought this to replace a SATA I HDD. Rated 5.9 on Windows rating, which put it on par with SATA III hard drives, but the system FEELS much faster. Win 7 boots in seconds. Excel, Word, Lightroom and levels in Skyrim load in a couple of seconds versus a hard drive.

Cons: none