Member Reviews: Dell UltraSharp U2312HM

U2312HM Table of contents: Introduction Unboxing and pics First impressions Drivers OSD Tests Conclusion Introduction Since around 2008, screen manufacturers have not pushed resolution up in 20"-30" panels. This was mainly due to Windows being bitmap based, so as Windows was designed around 100ppi monitors, you cannot use more than about ~10%+/- else most of everything would look either tiny or too big. And as Windows was not either open source or made by the same comany that produced products based on that OS, screen manufactures had to look to other stuff to distinguish their monitors. First, there was super fast response times, that were meant to help gamers see the update before...

I've had this monitor for over five months now, and noticed that no one had written a review for it yet, so I've decided to write one. First and foremost, I've been extremely happy with it. I ordered directly from dell, and had no issues with the shipping and delivery process. After a quick and easy assembly, which merely entails snapping the stand into the back of the panel, I was delighted to discover once I first powered up the monitor that it had no dead or stuck pixels and no backlight bleeding. This remains the case after five months of use. At first I had been hesitant to buy an IPS monitor for gaming because of all the input lag and ghosting issues I've read some IPS panels...