Dell UltraSharp U2412M - Page 23

I will be returning my U2412M to amazon. The stand is not straight and it wobbles which is annoying. Also it does have a good deal of back light bleed on the right side all the way from top to bottom. And of course amazon is out of stock now. So I can buy it from newegg but its about $50 more their...

Good choice to send it back and I understand you.

Just got back from Frys. They actually had a Dell U2412 their. They wanted $370, yeah right. Luckily they price match. So I showed them Amazons price of $300 and they match it. Got this one home, its a Rev 03 made in July. The stand on this one is perfect no wobble nice and solid. No dead or stuck pixels and no back light bleed that I can tell. But I usually get a better look at night in regards to that. But for now this one is pretty much perfect. Already got the bad one boxed up and ready to go back to Amazon....

Mine's a rev. 03 as well (made in May) and its very good too. Great stand, even backlight and very good image quality. I'm come to the conclusion buying any monitor is a crap shoot. I just happened to get lucky first time with this one. I think I'll start using Fry's more myself. There's one about an hour from my home and I have a family member that's a supervisor there should I ever have a problem (and like you said, they do price match). Only reason I bought from Amazon was no sales tax in California - but that ended today! No reason to buy from them now.

Almost all of that is IPS glow. You're going to see that in a dark room with any IPS screen.
Edited by Jeffredo - 9/15/12 at 1:36pm

nvm - double post

How come people still have war on 16:9 VS 16:10 ? Also whats the thing going on that 16:9 has more "FOV" than 16:10 ?

Isnt it actually the same because both have 1920px?

No, they are different aspect ratios. If neither has black bars or stretches the image (doesn't happen all that often, very very few games do either), they have to have different FOVs. In vert- games 16:10 has more FOV vertically, in hor+ games 16:9 has more FOV horizontally. One can put up an example of either type of game very easily, but both types do exist, not to mention a few more obscure types of scaling.

I am in love with this thing.

Rev 03 (the seller said it would be the latest revision -_-), but everything's OK so far.

i now have a A03 using it right now. and a A02 havent plugged it in yet.

this review wont be deep. i'm only on day 2. out the box the u2412m is nice and light which is very good for me for having them on aftermarket mounts. i havent even tried it on its stand. i can try it on it's stand to test whether its fit for sale then get rid of it.

picture wise, out the box, this u2412mb seems to have a bluish tint. it has better whites than all my monitors; the zr30w included. the zr30w has noticeably dirty whites this u2412mb doesn't.
text sharpness is about the same as the zr30w. nothing close to "ultra sharp" but acceptible. it's not better than the TN panels. i can pick out the text pixels on the u2412mb compared v7 monitor. input lag compared to the TN panels is acceptible or near the same... my test was similar to this.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOGHUBakFoo

with a black desktop backgroun,d the 2 TN panels have obvious leaks at the bottom. the zr30w, u2412mb and lp2465 don't. the lp2465 even though it has atrocious input lag, it's the king of black. the u2412mb comes in as the king of whites, king of power consumption and and king of lightweight. and king of bezels.


i decided to go with the u2412m(b) over the koreans because of quality control and the guys at dell call me every night to sing me a song of my choice. it'd be nice to have 2560x1440 but it'd be a while til i got the koreans at a price i got these u2412mb's for.


my tests aren't scientific and are subject to change as i get used to the monitor. for now, i'm just pointing out the obvious...
Edited by Remix65 - 12/14/12 at 7:29pm

i got all 2 u2412m's for a total of $219 shipped. one mint. the other very faulty but i knew it and as soon as i got it i called dell up and they shipped a replacement in 2 days. try that with greensum.
so they do easily honor their [3 yr manufacturer] warranty.

it was a hard thought decision that took a whole year whether to go for the u2412m or a korean. strong points for the koreans were 1400p, price, LED and fast ship. weak points were the build and longevity/warranty. its always best to start big but i've bought so much stuff which breaks all the time that the dell warranty did it for me.

for anyone considering the u2412m, the ag coating isnt noticeable. i have a zr30w and really hate the dirty whites on it; and also hate that its a power hog.