Dell 2407wfp Lcd Monitor

[SIRCOOKS]

I just bought my self one of these monitors. Does anyone else have one. Are they very good monitors. Im really interested in the picture in picture and picture by picture technology. Can any one upload a pic of how it looks with the p.i.p up and running?

[rallynavvie]

The PIP feature is cool but not really that useful. The problem is enabling/disabling isn't easy enough to make it worthwhile. I used it to monitor the security camera on my front door to watch for clients arriving since the front door is clear across the house and I'm lazy. I ditched it in favor of a seperate display I had sitting around as I didn't like having that chunk of my display missing. One other clever idea would be to run VGA and DVI from a dual-head video card and run your primary/secondary display through your PIP, but then why not just window what you're putting in the PIP? And if you're running TV into it you'll still need something to play the audio.

One cool feature is that the USB power is provided from the monitor's power so the devices you hub off from it aren't drawing juice from your system. The only problem is that shutting off the monitor effectively cuts off this USB hub.

I've had mine for about 6 months and really like it. It's probably the best value for a 1920x1200 display you can get. I've only found 2 dead pixels on the entire screen so I can live with that. Funny that my Westinghouse 37" 1080p LCD has none when I would expect that to have more than the dedicated PC display.

[SIRCOOKS]

why not just window what you're putting in the PIP? And if you're running TV into it you'll still need something to play the audio.

What do you mean by this? What is this windows what you are talking about

[rallynavvie]

For instance if you're using a second display as your PIP and running Media Center or a game on it you could just window Media Center or the game and run it in the corner of your screen.

[DVDDave]

it is an awesome monitor!!!! I just got lucky and picked up one that was slightly used for $350 !!!!!!!!!