THE budget editing monitor is here. Dell 2209WA!

Thank you. Accuracy is the key to getting what you want when presenting proposals to those with the cheque book.

HankScorpio wrote in post #8489032
Thank you. Accuracy is the key to getting what you want when presenting proposals to those with the cheque book.

I will admit that the tape measure I'm using has a fair amount of play in the tip, so I may be off by +/- 0.02 inches.

At least I won't get a pedantic director demanding they be returned because they aren't the size I specified. Which has happened before with 52 inch proofers that couldn't print right to the edge of the roll.

Ouch.

I finally switched on my 2209WA yesterday. Wow, it hurt my eyes it was so bright but awesome in terms of detail, especially going from an old 15" lappy monitor! So I dialed down the brightness to 0 and I'm sure I toned down the contrast a few notches. I don't have calibration hardware yet so what are your suggestions for getting it looking halfway correct? (I'm a total noob when it comes to screen calibrating!)

Mike wrote in post #8513422
I don't have calibration hardware yet so what are your suggestions for getting it looking halfway correct? (I'm a total noob when it comes to screen calibrating!)

Until you get a calibration device, reset all adjustments to default. Leave the Contrast at the default 75% setting, but lower the Brightness to between 0 and 20% depending on the brightness of your work area. This represents a luminance range of about 120-140cd/m2.

You can also create a blank white image in Photoshop (or whichever color managed editing software you use) and compare the display image with a blank piece of photo paper. Adjust the brightness down as needed to match the paper.

Some people have also suggested going into the RGB controls and lowering the Red slider to about 96.

ChasP505 wrote in post #8515055
Until you get a calibration device, reset all adjustments to default. Leave the Contrast at the default 75% setting, but lower the Brightness to between 0 and 20% depending on the brightness of your work area. This represents a luminance range of about 120-140cd/m2.

You can also create a blank white image in Photoshop (or whichever color managed editing software you use) and compare the display image with a blank piece of photo paper. Adjust the brightness down as needed to match the paper.

Some people have also suggested going into the RGB controls and lowering the Red slider to about 96.

Nice one, thanks. I have done all you suggested!

I had to lower the red AND blue on mine... the green was waaay too high.

after a 5 week ait i finally got mine from Dell. Calibrated it yestrday and wow...so much better than my Samsung TN panel. It's almost plasma like.

So, i just purchased it from Dell today... paid $289 - 20% -10% = $208.08

the coupons i used were:
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Hope this persuades someone to buy it!!

Dell 2209WA on sale today ... http://slickdeals.net …IPS-LCD-Monitor-w-DVI-208

I have to say, it's the 3yr warranty that really made this purchase worthwhile. If I had gotten a refurb, I'd be stuck with a dud.

WHAAAT! its back on the dell website? ewitt, if i can get your deal ill buy it within the hour, lol. ive been waiting like 2 months to get it

I've been going back and forth on this but I am seriously considering exchanging mine... I have one spot on the monitor that is red/pink, and one that is green. They are next to each other combined cover the middle of the screen almost. The color uniformity is horrible compared to my cheap TN panel monitors at work. How does it work? Will they ship a new one (or refurb?) and once I receive it I just ship my old one to them? Has anyone had good luck with exchanging them in terms of the new one being better? Thanks.

I'm on my third, and finally got one with no inverter buzz or uniformity issues. Both of the first two had dead pixels, the 3rd doesn't.

They overnight you the refurb, and then you put yours in their box with their label (fedex).