It’s rare.  Dell took several months to get us their latest screen despite all of its potential, the daily pressure from readers and finally some nagging from us.  All of this because the Dell 2407WFP-HC is simply a 2407WFP (first released in 2006), reviewed and improved with a new backlighting system that is supposed to display richer colors, called ‘’wide gamut’'. So why such a delay ? Dell had to remedy a production error on the first series because the overdrive was poorly adjusted. This function, whose purpose is to accelerate the movement of liquid crystals, resulted in black afterglow images.  We recieved the corrected version which has been only recently available and there is no longer this problem.  In the end, the result is pure joy!

How is its price justified? Not by its reactivity or its colors because there is better for cheaper.

On the other hand, what isn’t too clear is this monitor’s price.  Dell sends us on a roller coaster ride with its promotional periods.  Sometimes it can be found for 736 euros, other than that, the screen is priced at a delirious 951 euros. This is while Belinea and Iiyama monitors are at roughly 500 euros with better reactivity and preset colors.

However, the Dell does have the advantage in:

- viewing angles :  they are more open from all directions and there isn’t the dark screen when looking from below which is typical of TNs.
- ergonomics :  even if there is no HDMI input, there is a DVI, and in addition, very fast and practical card readers and a 4 port USB hub.

Otherwise, like the Iiyama and Belinea models, the Dell 2407WFP-HC is vertically adjustable and it can be pivoted.

Another good characteristic is its very good brightness homogeneity on the entire panel surface :



What good is the ''wide gamut'' improvement ?  For 99 % of users, nothing. 

You will need a reflex digital camera capable of producing sRGB to enter the Adobe RGB color space to take advantage of it.  Given that entry-level compacts and reflexes are all limited to sRGB, this innovation actually can denature certain colors. Moreover, it’s unfortunate that Dell doesn’t simply offer the option to switch from wide to the normal gamut.  Luckily, we visually verified and confirmed with our colorimeter that it doesn’t have the same defect as the Samsung 226CW and 245T in excessively and artificially extending the the color space to the detriment of sRGB photos.  This is already something positive and the first time that we’ve seen a wide gamut screen which deftly handles sRGB photos.

But we are going to finish by taking a shot at Dell.

Why is the 2407WFP-HC offered for 669 dollars in the US, or 488 euros (before taxes) and at 736 or 951 euros (depending on potential sales periods) in Europe ?  Even if we add the French tax of 19.6% to the US price we arrive at 583 euros.
The Dell representative’s answer:  due to differences in the standard of living.  Is he joking?