Tyler (Everything)

Monitor Confusion

A little while ago I wrote a bit about my search for a new monitor. I basically conceded that waiting for the Dell u2711 to drop in price to the $700-800 (it is still shockingly high at $1249).

Now I find out from a semi reliable source, that the Dell u2410 will be dropping in price this Wednesday to a very low $419 as part of Dell's March Madness promotion. That is a helluva lot less than the $800 that I am waiting for the 2711 to drop to.

An interesting comparison based on the 16x9 aspect ratio of the 2711 and the 16x10 aspect ratio of the 2410.

The screen height is actually very similar between the two:

27" (16x9) vs 24" (16x10)

So the question is more about the 1920x1200 vs 2560x1440 and whether that is worth waiting for the better aspect ratio to drop to double the price. I think I am going to jump on the u2410 on Wednesday.

I know that it does have some documented issues, but not many of those seem to be reported by North American users. If its an issue I will simply return it.