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Damion Chaplin
06-09-2007, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/rev.php?id=622' target='_blank'>http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/rev.php?id=622</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The black-and-silver UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC is geared specifically at design professionals. This is made obvious due to its minimal connectivity options (there’s only one DVD-D port) and lack of on-screen display (OSD) - to alter the display’s settings you have to go via your graphics card driver. Besides these shortcomings, the display offers a jaw-dropping native resolution of 2560x1600 (WQXGA+) pixels, 8ms response time, contrast ratio of 1000:1 and brightness of 300cd/m2. There are also two integrated memory card readers on the left hand-side of the monitor (useful for photographers) and four USB 2.0 ports (two at rear) for connecting devices such as digital cameras and printers. Thankfully, the height-adjustable stand with tilt and swivel (no pivot) capabilities is a snap to use and allows you to easily find your comfort zone."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/DFC-3007WFP-060907.jpg" /> <br /><br />Dell makes exceptional monitors, and I'm sure this one is no different, but the lack of inputs kind of surprises me. I own the 2405FPW, and one of its greatest features is the many different means of connecting stuff to it. I use DVI for my desktop, but I frequently connect it to my laptop with the VGA connection and sometimes my XBox with the component connections. I'd really miss those connections if they were taken away. That said, my 24-incher is pretty hefty and I'm not sure I would even want to move a 30" screen from room to room, so maybe I could live with just one connection. Provided I don't ever need it to have HDMI. :wink:

Janak Parekh
06-10-2007, 01:00 AM
The reason there's only DVI on basically all of the 30" monitors currently on the market (Dell, HP, Apple) is because the monitors don't have resolution scalers -- that is, they only run at their native resolution (2560x1600). Therefore, neither VGA nor HDMI would be useful. The reason they don't have scalers, in turn, is because until very recently, scalers weren't available for the bandwidth/resolutions that these monitors need. From what I've heard, the scalers are now available, and so the next wave of monitors will likely support more flexibility inputwise.

(I have a HP 30" monitor at work, and learned about the scaler thing there. Nevertheless, I love the high resolution.)

--janak