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Dell 2407WFP
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Does anyone know what the difference is between the two? As far as I can see it has a new stand and four USB ports (instead of 2) ...other than that I'm not sure.
I took delivery of the last model last week. Paid £620 for it (that may seem expensive to the US readers but it's a pretty good price over here)
I took delivery of the last model last week. Paid £620 for it (that may seem expensive to the US readers but it's a pretty good price over here)
I've read that the first shipments to the Japanese market have resulted in banding issues. I'm sure Dell will have this fixed but for now, the older 2405 is the better choice.
the 2407 is 824, your looking at the business store which does not add vat, which businesses pay separately.
the price has gone up for new looks two usb ports and HDCP which has no use for me seeing as given the choice of buying content with restrictions (drm) or pirating it with no restrictions i'll go for the latter, don't start a flame war people if you don't like it just feel superior about yourself.
the price has gone up for new looks two usb ports and HDCP which has no use for me seeing as given the choice of buying content with restrictions (drm) or pirating it with no restrictions i'll go for the latter, don't start a flame war people if you don't like it just feel superior about yourself.
good for you but that still does not change the price diffrence, the 2405FPW was about 700 with VAT and around 600 without, my argument still stands, dells marketing ******** is ********, the newer one costs more than they sold the only one they just discounted the old one for like two years.
I just ordered a DELL 2405FWP from dell.ca. (That's Canada, by the way.) The price is pretty good. With taxes and all, it comes up to CAN$1,074.50.
I could have waited for the 2407, but I didn't want to risk seeing it introduced at a brand new price several hundred dollars higher. The lack of HDCP might turn out to be a p.i.t.a. a few years down the road, but I honestly don't think I'll care for quite a while. HD is fun, but I'm getting the screen mostly because I want a bigger work surface. Things like expose and tabbed navigation are helpful, but it doesn't quite match having all the stuff in front of your eyes simultaneously. I want a screen I can trust and I need it now. At the moment, I can't say I trust the 2407. The latest version of the 2405 seems to be pretty much flawless (if you don't care for HDCP), but it had a bunch of issues in the first few revisions. I don't want to wait ten months for Dell to get the 2407 right. I think I'll be happy with the 2405.
Two quick notes on HDCP. It seems a few of the big names recently backed down a bit on the downsampling of HDCP-protected content view on non-HDCP devices, so if your DVI isn't HDCP-compatible, you might be able to get a pretty decent image through other connectors. Also, HDCP's security is inherently flawed, so I think it's safe to expect that there will be hacks around it at some point in time... and I don't think we'll have to wait all that long. Oh! Well... We'll see.
[EDIT: fixed a typo]
I could have waited for the 2407, but I didn't want to risk seeing it introduced at a brand new price several hundred dollars higher. The lack of HDCP might turn out to be a p.i.t.a. a few years down the road, but I honestly don't think I'll care for quite a while. HD is fun, but I'm getting the screen mostly because I want a bigger work surface. Things like expose and tabbed navigation are helpful, but it doesn't quite match having all the stuff in front of your eyes simultaneously. I want a screen I can trust and I need it now. At the moment, I can't say I trust the 2407. The latest version of the 2405 seems to be pretty much flawless (if you don't care for HDCP), but it had a bunch of issues in the first few revisions. I don't want to wait ten months for Dell to get the 2407 right. I think I'll be happy with the 2405.
Two quick notes on HDCP. It seems a few of the big names recently backed down a bit on the downsampling of HDCP-protected content view on non-HDCP devices, so if your DVI isn't HDCP-compatible, you might be able to get a pretty decent image through other connectors. Also, HDCP's security is inherently flawed, so I think it's safe to expect that there will be hacks around it at some point in time... and I don't think we'll have to wait all that long. Oh! Well... We'll see.
[EDIT: fixed a typo]
User Guide
Still only for sale in Japan at the moment, but the 24004WFP user guide is finally available in english online. I've only heard of the 2007WFP having banding issues.
Still only for sale in Japan at the moment, but the 24004WFP user guide is finally available in english online. I've only heard of the 2007WFP having banding issues.