Dell 2408WFP Mac users

[jonnos]

Ive been reading up and found on some sites like macrumors and dell forums about calibration problems on Mac because of the higher gamut also how text looks.

2408WFP rev A01 is out, but what are the changes? - Monitors (Stand Alone) - Dell Community Forum

Hi djd...

Yes - I tried one on my Mac Pro. I posted about my experience earlier in this forum so I won't rehash all of that. The way the 2408 handles black text on white is horrific. They use a sharpening algorithm to give 'crisp' results. Unfortunately, the settings are in steps of 25. 50 is 'default' which gives a horrible halo, 25 gets rid of the halo but you get fuzzy mush text.

I've sent the 2408 back to Dell and replaced it with a Cinema Display 23". There are other monitors mentioned in this thread as an alternative to the HD but I just love the display. The new firmware for the 2408 might fix the text issue too - apparently you can set the sharpening in steps of 10 instead.

Hope that helps...


Boots

can anyone shed some information on their experiences on this display while using it with a Mac? colour calibration and text on safari etc.

[Jaali]

I have one hanging off my MBP, and have had no problems at all. In fact, I was quite impressed. I calibrated it myself, and use it for Photography, with no colour or sharpness issues at all.

[chrism238]

Not really stealing your thread but, for the loss of a chunk of pixels, doesn't the new Dell 24 inch monitor look good!

[jonnos]

Originally Posted by chrism238

Not really stealing your thread but, for the loss of a chunk of pixels, doesn't the new Dell 24 inch monitor look good!

id still choose this one over that new model. this one uses a s-pva panel and that one is likely using a TN panel.

[tripwu]

Yes it will interesting to see if the S2409W has a 6 or 8 bit panel.

It also is a 16:9 (1920x1080) screen vs the normal 16:10 (1920x1200) of previous models.