Dell's 22-inch LED-backlit G-Series LCD now available in renewable quantities
By Tim Stevens 
posted February 27th 2009 9:18AM
posted February 27th 2009 9:18AM
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Not bad, but with that stand, it looks wobbly.
Those stands are awful. They recently changed from the crowfoot V stands which were actually kinda nice looking. These new stands are extremely short and don't allow for anything other than a slight tilt. I'm glad we saved the old stands on the monitors we wall mounted.
As a home media hobbyist, it annoys me how the cheapo TNs have all the cool stands and the "pro" PVA and IPS panels have the boring stands. Come on, you are a design professional, surely asking for a nicely designed panel isn't too much, given the extra money? I can live without one but I surely appreciate a pretty panel!
Nice surprise on the price. I hope LED backlighting becomes the standard sooner than later.
Looks a bit like a styling throwback. Are we going Retro with LCD screens already?
Might have to get one of these instead of the Apple LED Cinema Display. Thoughts anyone? I really don't need the built-in iSight or speakers (although it'd be nice), and I don't really have a problem with the price, I just want a good looking display.
Apple's Cinema display is a higher quality panel, being IPS, and this is TN. But of course the difference in price is huge. So it depends on your wallet, and what you'll be using it for. I assume you're not a graphics/imaging professional (or you wouldn't be asking this question) but if you are a heavy gamer you might prefer an IPS panel. For most use, TN is fine for web browsing, etc.
You're absolutely right, I don't do any graphic design (or related) work. I do some gaming on my Mac (new Aluminum MB), so I'll probably go for the Apple Cinema Display. Thanks for the reply.
Some serious gamers want the repsonse time of the fastest TN panels though (2ms etc). Most IPS panels are slower than the not that expense and really fast TN panels.
With those prices, I guess they use TN panels, is that right?
Apple LED Cinema Display would still have a much better panel (IPS).
I would rather get the Dell 2209WA which uses a e-IPS panel. Given e-IPS's cost competitiveness to TN panels (which sucks), I rather Dell put e-IPS too all its monitor first before looking to see more LED displays.
So the Apple display would have a better panel than any of the Dells? I know I want an LED display, but I'd also like it to look good.
My Dell monitor is doing just fine, would choose them again, pretty good value for money which is important to me. As for that stand (which is the same as my E2209's) it's not too bad, it does feel a little wobbly but it's not like you would shake your monitor on purpose anyways right? It's fine when left alone. :)
"dynamically boosted up to 1,000,000:1" what does that mean?
Contrast Ratio is how different the whitest white next to the darkest black on the same screen is.
Dynamic is how different the whitest white is from the darkest black when they are not on the screen at the same time. Dramatically different because the light from the white area is not bleeding into the dark.
Why would anyone consider this latecomer over similarly LED back-lit Lenovo's L2440x?
That is more than twice the price.
I must admit a 22" LED display for $240 is hard to beat. However, back-lighting is not everything.
When I was comparing monitors in Staples with my sharp graphic-design eye, the Dells always had the worst color reproduction out of the box (by far).
I'm also concerned that its sub-par 89 DPI will result in reduced ease-of-use, effectively removing any viewing benefits brought on by LED.
Josh Poulson: The L2440x is not LED backlit.
Now competing monitors, like the Viewsonic VLED221wm, also have the same resolution (with a higher price tag), but I know from experience that Viewsonic monitors are simply better than Dells.
It seems that the only REALLY good LED monitor on the market is the Apple 24" display. Apple monitors have ALWAYS been by far the best in quality and color rendition, it has a higher pixel density, plus it has built in speakers, webcam, and usb hub. The problems? It's way more expensive and only works with the new line of Apple Macbooks...
Anyway, my point is that LED isn't really a reasonable choice yet. Better to get a high quality Samsung, because right now the benefits of LED don't outweigh the cost.
Ariel : As a proud owner of the L2440x Wide since last December, I can confirm that this monitor does indeed have energy-efficient White LED backlighting.
http://www.lenovo.com/news/us/en/2008/09/thinkvision_monitors.html
http://shop.lenovo.com/ISS_Static/WW/EMEA/merchandising/pdf/en/L2440x.pdf
But I'll also look at the Dell G2210 as a lower cost option for my second PC.
I just came from purolator and just got my dell 22" 2209wa set up then I read about a new LED 22"er within minutes of using it!
But I breathed a sigh of relief when I read the tech specs, this LED screen uses a TN panel, not like the e-ips in my new 2209wa.
Non RGB LED and TN pass = BIG pass for me. I want my whites to be white and not some cool shade of blue from the cheap LEDs that they use.
When you have an IPS panel with RGB LED backlight, then and only then, will I be interested. This panel would be horrible for any type of video or graphics work. Colors might pop, but they will be very inaccurate.
why do they do this, low res