Dell's greenish G2410 LCD monitor goes on sale

Dell's new 24-inch G Series LCD, which was previewed during CES this year, has finally gone on sale at the outfit's website. The G2410 flat-panel is said to be one of the firm's greenest LCDs, as it proudly sports an EPEAT Gold rating and utilizes halogen-free laminates in circuit boards along with chassis plastics that contains 25 percent post-consumers recycled plastics. Other specs include a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution panel, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 250 nits of brightness, VGA / DVI connectors and a 5 millisecond response time. It's all yours for $349, though there's no apparent discount for hugging a tree prior to pulling the trigger.

[Thanks, Rob]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 3:22AM]

No HDMI or DisplayPort? You're kidding? It's 2009.

[EMaster Posted Feb 26th 2009 3:58AM]

I know! Get with it Dell! Without HDMI this monitor is essentially useless these days.

[Shinigami Posted Feb 26th 2009 5:22AM]

HDMI-DVI converter?
I agree that every monitor should have HDMI by now.

[Solipsism Posted Feb 26th 2009 8:51AM]

Especially because the S2409W, which has the same specs and HDMI, for $249 right now or the practically legendary 2408WFP for $500.

[vlad the inhaler Posted Feb 26th 2009 3:27AM]

can this be recession giveaway prize for me please?

[Silverfox2000 Posted Feb 26th 2009 3:30AM]

Hey and I was just looking for something like this for my MacBook Po.

People are still using VGA? geez.
What's the advantage of hooking this up to HDMI vs DVI anyway?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 4:09AM]

You don't need any adapters, you don't risk any DVI HDMI incompatibilities with such adapters (which in some cases exist), cables are cheaper etc. .

BTW: Shouldn't this on have a LED-Backlight? There's no sign of it in the Tech Specs, nor of the (in theory) resulting dynamic contrast ratio of 1.000.000:1. Dell ditched that feature? Or is the energy consumption of only 20W a hint?

[Yankee Posted Feb 26th 2009 4:05AM]

Wow, it's not even 1920x1200, which is pretty standard for 24" monitors. 16:9 1080p monitors are usually 23.6" and they're pretty rare, cause I mean, for a monitor the standard is 16:10, u can have your full 1080p and some extra space, cause it's a monitor after all. Also, for a TN panel, which this most certainly is at this price, 5ms is shameful. Crappy TN viewing angles, and 250cd/m2 brightness? Fore $350, are you kidding me? You can get a much better monitor for less than $300. The only reason this costs so much is because it's a Dell, a.k.a. made for people who have no idea what they're buying LoL, hence the crappy specs :P

[Yankee Posted Feb 27th 2009 8:03AM]

er. i meant "pretty much the standard for"

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 4:46AM]

There are only two 16:9 23.6" monitors, and there are about 15 1080p 16:9 24" monitors.
16:9 is the new monitor standard, they are all going towards 16:9

Also, it is probably 5ms b2b and 2ms g2g like all other monitors.

Also, Dell monitors are generally known to be excellent, no reason to go dell with TN panels though.

[cjwild Posted Feb 26th 2009 4:28AM]

green by saving energy maybe and recycled materials....but what about when this thing hits the landfill...NOPE

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 4:34AM]

1080P without HDMI or Display Port?Which nut designed this ?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 4:40AM]

i love the G Series

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 5:24AM]

Also being listet on the german Dell site:

http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=de&l=de&s=dhs&cs=dedhs1&sku=205469

Price: 405,91 Euro. Dell Europe must lost his mind, that are nearly 170 US-$ more in comparison to the US-price.


The german site also reveal that it's indeed a LED-Backlight model with TN Panel. LEDs explain the (US) price in comparison to it's direct competitiors.

[JoshC Posted Feb 26th 2009 6:35AM]

Also includes super uglyness

Bring on the samsung

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 8:50AM]

22xBW series nigga! amirite or amirite?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 7:48AM]

or you can buy http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009163 for 150 dollars less but lose 1 inch but gain hdmi

yea...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 7:53AM]

But you'd loose the LED-Backlight, which is a big advantage of the G2410. If it would only support a modern Interface and wouldn't be THAT expensive in good ol' germany...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 8:13AM]

Here's a question that has been bugging me ... I'd really like to here SERIOUS answers:

Why the heck qould anybody go for a 16:9 Monitor on a computeR?
Why would you give up on extra resolution, give up on more vertical screen space only because of movies?
Because of black bars? This is crazy. :P

When you edit 16:9 on a 16:10 monitor, what you are supposed to do on a computer, you still have space left for controls. But this is just one of the arguments for having more vertical space.
If the "more space" isn't enough already ;)

And btw.: there is not "ONE" standard for movie formats, so even to get a 16:9 for movies doesn't make that much sense. It's just the TV format.

To wrap it up: I think this is an unneeded change. I hope this stays an option and doesn't replace the 16:10 monitors step by step. I'm happy Apple didn't jump on the band wagon with the latest MacBooks and figures that people buy those to edit and make the films, not watch them - See my first point ;)

Of course, it's everybody's own choice and I don't mean to judge that ... I'm just curious about this ...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 8:37AM]

Well, the answer is quite simple: Production costs are cheaper, since you're able to produce TV and Computer Panels on the same assembly line. The change isn't really requested by customers, companys urge for the savings.

I for instance really apreciate the change, since I'm using a 16:9 TV and 16:9 Laptop screen. And I'll soon be buying a 24" or 26" TFT, so why not with a 16:9 ratio?

A lot of consumers nowadays watch movies or TV series in fornt of their desk, so the ratio change isn't really that bad. Especially since a lot of users only tend to buy one screen and not a TV and a seperate computer screen. At least in europe.

[Deathshead Posted Feb 26th 2009 9:06AM]

$349! BAHH!

I just got a acer 23" 1080p with hdmi for $199 shipped! its an amazing monitor.
you could have 2 for just $50 bucks more than this crappy dell.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 3:08PM]

6bpp. 256k colors. 'nuff said.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 6:50PM]

The product sheet has been updated, it says:

"Color Support: 16.7 million colors"

Where did you get your Information from?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2009 8:52AM]

TN panels only support 6bpp giving 262k colors. The screen fakes the other shades by dithering. not actual 16.7M colors.

You need IPS or one of the VA types to get 8bpp or more.

[Bradley Posted Feb 26th 2009 3:35PM]

Wait? Green and no LED backlight?? FAIL!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2009 6:48PM]

It HAS LED-Backlight! Read all (my) posts :).