Displeased with Dell 2007FWP - Need Advice | Thread profile

I purchased the Dell 2007FWP revision A02 on sale for roughly $400 with tax and shipping. I need advice on picking a new widescreen LCD that fits my needs (or if I should keep this one). First, here are my problems with the Dell in order: 1) Banding 2) Brightness 3) Refresh Rate Specs of Dell: DVI-D, 1680x1050 @ 60hz, 16ms (black to black) and 8ms (grey to grey), 300 cdm2, 800:1 contrast ratio,...

Man, sorry for this post, but all these displeased comments about 2007wfp are really making me reconsider even thinking about buying it. I hope you find the solution, there were some tips on the same page I think.

concerning brightness, see my reply in your other thread: http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/mess age?board.id=dim_monitor&message.id=61889#M61889 My understanding is that LCDs are generally brighter than CRTs. I would be skeptical of manufacturer's brightness and contrast specifications. Again, my understanding is that adjusting gamma or contrast will introduce banding on any display...

but some can take much more adjustment before banding really becomes noticeable, some even still have less than unadjusted 2407.

During my 20" research the "best" for me was actually the Samsung 215TW (21" but the Dell costed $300AU less with the loss of only component input and USB/Computer control of the monitor (which is probably something Dell is rueing at not putting) so that's what I went with. I guess you already know I'm happy with mine. As more reference to currency, the prices are: Viewsonic VX2025WM $579, Dell ...