Dell UltraSharp U2711 IPS-Panel 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor ($829.99 AC, NewEgg, Expire 5/28/12)

Dell UltraSharp U2711 IPS-Panel 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor (N82E16824260038) = $899.99
1-Year Extended Warranty by ServiceNet = $0.00
Instant Savings Promo Code (EMCNEHE27, Expire 05/28/12) = -$70.00

TOTAL COST = $829.99 with Free Shipping & 4 Year Warranty (3 Years De11 & 1 Year ServiceNet)

Use Newegg CB for an additional 1.5% or $12.45 savings.

Manufacture Product Link => U2711

• Diagonal Viewable Size: 27" (68.58 cm)
  
• Panel Type, Surface: IPS (In-Plane Switching), anti glare with hard coat 3H
  
• Resolution: 2560 x 1440 at 60 Hz
  
• Contrast Ratio: 1000 to 1 (typical), Dynamic Contrast Ratio: 80,000:1 (Max)
  
• Brightness: 350 cd/m2 (typical)
  
• Response Time: 6ms
  
• Viewing Angle (178° vertical / 178° horizontal)
  
• Color Support: 1.07 billion colors
  
• Pixel Pitch: 0.233mm
  
• Ports: 1xHDMI,2xDVI-D with HDCP,1xDP,1xVGA,Component Video,1xUSB 2.0 upstream port,4xUSB 2.0 downstream ports,8 in 1 Media reader,DC power connector for De11 Soundbar
  
• VESA Mounting Support: 100mm x 100mm
  

Nice monitor. Is this 16:9 or 16:10?

Sharp666 said:   i am not thread capping, but if you can live with the limitations i would highly recommend getting one of the generic korea ones. no frills, only dvi input, but holy crap cheap. i got mine for $320 and even though it was a "non-pixel-perfect" one it came labeled "pixel-perfect", in like 3 days, and is freaking beautiful.

No offense but comparing a cheapo TN panel monitor to a IPS panel based Dell Ultrasharp is an insult. Anyone who has ever used a IPS based Ultrasharp would never willingly go back to a TN panel. Plus if you paid $320 for a 27" LCD with a TN panel and only a DVI imput you simply got screwed. There are weekly deals here on FW for TN based 27" LCDs with mulitple inputs, including multiple HDMI, DisplayPorts, in the $200-$230 range. The frequenet Planar 27" deal at Dell for $209 immediately comes to mind.

The real value in the OPs deal is that for most there is no sales tax on this Dell monitor which is a savings few get when ordering directly from Dell.

cnIsfg said:   Sharp666 said:   i am not thread capping, but if you can live with the limitations i would highly recommend getting one of the generic korea ones. no frills, only dvi input, but holy crap cheap. i got mine for $320 and even though it was a "non-pixel-perfect" one it came labeled "pixel-perfect", in like 3 days, and is freaking beautiful.

No offense but comparing a cheapo TN panel monitor to a IPS panel based Dell Ultrasharp is an insult. Anyone who has ever used a IPS based Ultrasharp would never willingly go back to a TN panel. Plus if you paid $320 for a 27" LCD with a TN panel and only a DVI imput you simply got screwed. There are weekly deals here on FW for TN based 27" LCDs with mulitple inputs, including multiple HDMI, DisplayPorts, in the $200-$230 range. The frequenet Planar 27" deal at Dell for $209 immediately comes to mind.

The real value in the OPs deal is that for most there is no sales tax on this Dell monitor which is a savings few get when ordering directly from Dell.

The Korean montiors referenced ARE IPS panels. They are supposedly the same LG panel used in the 27" Dell and Apple Monitors but they didn't pass the QC for those monitors. They are sold under various names on eBay. From what I have read, I don't own one, if you can live with the shortcomings (variable quality, backlight bleed, poor stand etc) they are a very good monitor for the price. If I find one with an anti-glare screen I'll probably pick one up.

How do you know that the cheap ones are IPS panels?

f2000sa said:   How do you know that the cheap ones are IPS panels? If you look around (ie google) there's actually quite a bit of discussion about these.... that's how I found the microcenter info I posted about.

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How do you know that the cheap ones are IPS panels?

You may tell that by looking at the resolutions.

Same price over at Amazon, too (sans the extra year of warranty).

atultcs said:   Why not to buy a 40 Inch LCD smart TV for $600-700, which can be used a monitor also? Anything special in this monitor? Much higher resolution on this than a LCD TV

ab2650 said:   f2000sa said:   :
How do you know that the cheap ones are IPS panels?

You may tell that by looking at the resolutions.

I can tell by the pixels.

When you look at the specification, the viewing angles for IPS panels are 178/178 vs TN 160/160 or 170/160. MVA panels are 176/176.

There are several variant IPS panels, the expensive ones are H-IPS (or similar) monitors. U2711, U2410 and U31nn are H-IPS LCD panels. The newer U2311 and U2412 are e-IPS LED panels, in which the color gamut is less than the H-IPS monitors. H-IPS uses 10 bits vs e-IPS 6bits+2 for color. Also the response time is slower than TN panels. The panels are having timing of 14 msec and most companies are using techniques to improve it to 8-12 msec (read the reviews for the realistic number)

LG and Panasonic are the only two companies that make IPS panels. Some newer Panasonic TVs are using P-IPS panels which Panasonic claimed as the latest technology.

Samsung, Sony and most TV manufacturers are using MVA panels. MVA panels have better contrast than IPS but display less wider color range. That's why you hear from the salesman and ads by Samsung about how the good contrast. Samsung sticks with the MVA or the variant panels (PVA?) The response time is much slower than IPS, therefore there are not many computer monitors are VA panels.

f2000sa said:   How do you know that the cheap ones are IPS panels?

i'm kinda sad that i didn't get here to defend myself before the red started flowing. i have had and used TN displays before, and the monitors i use right now are a 20" Dell ips, 23" Dell ips, and one of the 27" korean ips monitors. it is so beautiful, more so than the Dell, and has about 70% more pixels. so i guess you could take it from me, the sellers, or the thread linked to above that they are ips.

How is it compared to this one from Microcenter ?

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_...

Great price

I think the monitor uses the same panel as the thunderbolt display. I just bought the Auria from microcenter and my macbook pro actually recognizes it as "TBD", which I assume stands for thunderbolt display. I also have a 27" iMac, and the panel looks very similar.

I have the thunderbolt and read a bunch of articles, this is to par with the thunderbolt, but it doesn't have the data rate transfer, but more compatible.

The thunderbolt only works with thunderbolt right now. can't hook it up to my i7 quad desktop... so now my desktop has a crappy 24in Samsung from Staples... And the quality sucks compared to the 2560x1440!!!

I'd buy this screen if I had $800 def!