Official Dell 2407WFP Discussion Thread


Dell 2407WFP-HC

Dell™ 2407WFP-HC Flat Panel Monitor User's Guide
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...H/en/index.htm

Dell 2407WFP-HC Test - Popular 24″ LCD elvoves with vivid colouring

The 2407wfp-hc uses a wide CCFL backlight, has HDCP compliancy and also does 1:1 at 1080p. Dell uses wide CCFL backlight

Dell released the 2407wfp back in March 2006 and it was HDCP complient and it could do full HD resolution (1920 x 1080). Furthermore with it’s periodic specials, the monitor was cheaper than it’s competition and quickly became popular.

On the 19th June, the successor to the 2407wfp, the 2407wfp-hc went on sale. The main feature being the extended colour gamut (92% of the NTSC colour space) via the use of a new WCCFL backlight with traditional monitors having a colour gamut of 72%. However the brightness has been lowered from 450 cd/m2 to 400 cd/m2, but apart from that the specs are the same as the 2407wfp. At the time of it’s debut it cost 108,000 yen (~$872 USD)


Review of Dell 2407WFP-HC
http://pigsterwiki.com/24-inch/dell-...ew-at-itmedia/

Comparison between Dell 2407WFP and Dell 2407WFP-HC
Comparison between Dell 2407WFP and Dell 2407WFP-HC

Dell 2407WFP

Dell 2047WFP-HC


Video Supported Modes

Video display capabilities (DVI playback) 480p/576p/720p/1080p (Supports HDCP)
Video display capabilities (Composite playback) NTSC/PAL
Video display capabilities (S-Video playback) NTSC/PAL
Video display capabilities (Component playback) 480i/480p/576i/576p/720p/1080i



Latest Revision: A04




(Using Component input, 1:1 is achieveble in 1080i mode)

(Using component, 1080i looks blur/fuzzy compared to 1080p)

(Using the VGA ouput of the xbox360, the A04 is able to do 1:1 in 1080p mode, unlike the A03.)

A04 Colour Banding Pictures
http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showp...4&postcount=86
http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showp...6&postcount=87


Threads on Dell 2407WFP Revision A04
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1146236
http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showt...7&page=1&pp=15
http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail....8&last=2230252


Review of Dell 2407WFP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue_HiwAUojM
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles...ll_2xx7wfp.htm

Gradient Tests Applications
http://www.patel.com.au/2005040101.html
http://www.passmark.com/products/monitortest.htm

Pictures to test for banding issues
http://www.spronkey.com/sdc-gradients.png
http://hetyo-wiz.mydns.jp/hw_upload/...07WFP_0044.png


Deadpixel Tester
http://www.dps.uk.com/freeware_DTP.htm

Threads on Dell 2407WFP Revision A03
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1091428
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfor...ssage.id=64368
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfor...ssage.id=64176

Picture of Dell 2407WFP Revision A02 and A03 side by side.
Vertical Gradient Test

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?use...8&ctime=140357

Dell 2407WFP Revisions
A00 - V1B11, LTM240M2
A00+ Interim update - V1B15, LTM240LM2
A01 - V1B15, LTM240L2
A02 - V1B15, LTM240L2
A03 - V1B20, HN208
A04 - V1B29, HN208L6

Checking of firmware and hours of usage of your monitor
You can see it in the service menu.
To enable service menu power off monitor.
Press menu button and + button (and hold them) while powering on the monitor.
Release menu button and + button once the monitors green LED is lit.

Now press - button to enter the service menu.
A02

A03
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/images/d...fp/a03_osd.jpg
A04

[kvm]

Great information you got there, thanks. I ordered a Dell 2007, now waiting for delivering.

[elu]

The peekture is 2007WFP leh. I staring at it right now.

[thaddeus]

Originally Posted by elu

The peekture is 2007WFP leh. I staring at it right now.

how you tell the difference???

and you are an evil man...

[Agent K]

Sian. i tot the Dell sales rep all assured potential customers they will be shipping A03 revision?

[thaddeus]

Originally Posted by Agent K

Sian. i tot the Dell sales rep all assured potential customers they will be shipping A03 revision?

yep. we've been had.

[King Tiger]

Thanks for the infor, WhiteShadows.
This is important.

I too, order the Dell 2407 during the Comex 2006.
Will update when I receive mine.

[Agent K]

Originally Posted by thaddeus

yep. we've been had.

serious? anyone who ordered from COmex received revision A03 models?

[Agent K]

Originally Posted by King Tiger

Thanks for the infor, WhiteShadows.
This is important.

I too, order the Dell 2407 during the Comex 2006.
Will update when I receive mine.

jialat. tmd i rem clearly the sales girl say they know that this banding problems existed for the older models and she assure me they will be sending out the latest revision for comex customers. wtf?

[thaddeus]

Originally Posted by Agent K

serious? anyone who ordered from COmex received revision A03 models?

most of us haven gotten ours yet.

[thaddeus]

Originally Posted by kvm

Great information you got there, thanks. I ordered a Dell 2007, now waiting for delivering.

there is no A03 for 2007WFP???

[cochran]

ok. await my update. will be getting it later at 9am-1pm

[gongkia2000]

my 2407 like can see some banding leh... A02

[thaddeus]

Originally Posted by gongkia2000

my 2407 like can see some banding leh... A02

your 2407 very long already wor...

i guess these are merely synthetic tests.
in real life you wouldnt see any of this anyway.

[elu]

Originally Posted by thaddeus

there is no A03 for 2007WFP???

Eh, think there isnt a confirmed A03 for both 24 and 20 leh. What you see are scattered reports of such occurances only. Wait for official word from Dell AP before commiting, please.