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We have collected 5 reviews of the Dell U2412M. Experts rate Dell U2412M 7.8/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Dell U2412M and Dell LCD monitors.
The Dell U2412M did well in our recent roundup of 23- and 24-inch monitors. It offers screen quality that's almost as good as that of the top-ranked HP ZR2440w, for a little less money. Plus, its design is flexible and efficient. The matte-black, 24-inch U2412M has a thin bezel, making it a good choice if you use multiple monitors. You can raise, lower, tilt, swivel, and pivot the monitor easily, and you can connect it to any device that uses DisplayPort, DVI, or VGA. Our jury was impressed with this 1920-by-1200-pixel, LED-backlit display's on-screen performance. Jurors gave it Very Good ratings for its text legibility, color quality, screen uniformity, and wide range of viewing angles. The only area in which it faltered was in our motion tests, where we rated it as Good. Unless you're looking for a monitor that doubles as a TV, the Dell U2412M offers most of the performance and features of the HP ZR2440w, but at a slightly more palatable price.
Dell UltraSharp monitors have a reputation for offering solid color performance with a generous, business friendly feature set, and the UltraSharp U2412M ($369 direct) lives up to that reputation. Based on In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology, this reasonably priced 24-inch display delivers rich, wide-gamut colors and a spacious viewing range, and it boasts an impressive feature list, including a multi-adjustable stand and a four port USB hub. It does suffer from a few minor performance flaws, however; grayscale performance, while good, could have been stronger at the low end of the scale, and some small fonts were a bit muddled. As with the NEC EA232WMi, the UltraSharp U2412M uses the latest e-IPS technology, which is cheaper to manufacture than previous IPS technologies but still offers good color quality and wide viewing angles. The 24-inch panel has a matte coating and is framed by thin 0.60-inch matte black bezels. A small polished Dell logo is fastened to the lower bezel and five small buttons are mounted on the right hand bezel. A black and silver Dell badge is affixed to the rear of the cabinet, and below that are the I/O ports, including DisplayPort, DVI, and VGA video inputs, an upstream USB ports for connecting to a PC, two downstream USB ports, the main power jack, and a power jack for an optional Dell AY511 SoundBar ($54.99 direct).
As the follow-up to 2009's Dell UltraSharp U2410, the U2412m has quite a bit to live up to. I expected Dell to stay on its high-end and expensive course it had already plotted for the series. Not surprisingly, I'll admit to being a bit disappointed when I learned Dell went with a cheaper IPS panel with the 2412m compared with its previous efforts. "Thin and light" aren't usually descriptors assigned to 24-inch In-Plane Switching (IPS) monitors, but in the curious case of the Dell UltraSharp U2412m, that's as apt a description of its physical attributes as I could think of. Unlike the U2410 from 2009, the U2412m houses an LED backlight and uses an E-IPS panel as opposed to the H-IPS panel that the U2410 utilized. E-IPS panels are cheaper to manufacturer, but performance-wise, usually land between Twisted Nematic (TN) and H-IPS. Check out the performance section to see how true that is in this case. The U2412m's LED backlight affords it a much thinner design than previous entries in the series. Initially, the panel measures 1.1 inches thick. It then tapers back toward the rear where another 1.6 inches house the connection options and ventilation system. This brings its collective depth to 2.7 inches; that's a little more than half an inch thinner than the U2410.
The U2412M from Dell might look like a P2411H Professional series, but there's one important difference: it's an IPS screen, not a TN. That means better colour representation, better viewing angle and a higher price. Screen types are seldom highlighted by manufacturers but they are the single biggest deciding factor in your screen's image quality. The question is: why pay more for IPS? Class is now in session. Crystals in in-plane switching (or IPS) screens are aligned horizontally between two oppositely polarised glass substrates, rather than the vertical arrangement of crystal rods found in Twisted Nematic panels (TN). In IPS screens, crystals are kept parallel in a lateral electric field, whereas in TN panels they untwist when voltage is applied, and their alignment alters as they drift from the anchored electrode. This hinders the flow of the bulb light and the contrast and colour representation as you look at the screen from wider angles than head-on. IPS vs. TN IPS panels are capable of true 1000:1 contrast ratio: that's the difference between the whitest white and darkest black to you and me.
The new Dell U2412M monitor is a more basic version of the ever-popular Dell U2410. Dell is hoping to meet the needs of its most demanding users for a more affordable monitor by removing some of the more expensive options. The new screen has the same IPS display, well-designed stand and USB hub, but doesn't come with factory pre-calibration or an extended gamut. The Dell U2412M has far more extra features than most monitors: it sits on a rotating base, has a height-adjustable stand and the whole display can rotate to portrait mode. It has VGA, DVI and DisplayPort inputs, as well a four-port USB hub with inputs at the back and on the side. There's absolutely no support for audio, which is why it can't hope to reach five stars in this section. It seems that Dell has been too enthusiastic with overdrive, a feature that should cut down on the ghosting time of a monitor, but which in the case of the U2412M actually introduces reverse ghosting. Worse still, there's no way to turn it off, so you're stuck with reverse ghosting. We strongly recommend you don't use this screen for gaming, or indeed any other application which features fast-moving objects onscreen.
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Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24 LED LCD Monitor - 16:10 - 8 ms | $270.63 | See it |
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Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24 LED LCD Monitor - 16:10 - 8 ms | $276.02 | See it |
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Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24 LED LCD Monitor - 16:10 - 8 ms - Adjustable Display Angle - 1920 x 1200 - 16.7 Million Colors - 300 Nit - 1,000:1 - DVI - VGA - USB - Black - TCO Certified Displays 5.2, Energy Star, EPEAT Gold, TCO 05 | $299.99 | See it |
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Dell U2412M | $299.99 | See it |
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Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24 LED LCD Monitor - 16:10 - 8 ms - Adjustable Display Angle - 1920 x 1200 - 16.7 Million Colors - 300 Nit - 1,000:1 - DVI - VGA - USB - Black - TCO Certified Displays 5.2, Energy Star, EPEAT Gold, TCO 05 | $303.99 | See it |
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Dell U2412M | $312.88 | See it |
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Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24 LED LCD Monitor - 16:10 - 8 ms | $325.04 | See it |
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UltraSharp U2412M 24 Monitor with LED | $328.99 | See it |
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Dell - UltraSharp 24 Widescreen Flat-Panel LED HD Monitor | $329.99 | See it |
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UltraSharp U2412M - LED monitor - 24 - with 3-Years Advanced Exchange Warranty | $331.99 | See it |
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Dell U2412M 24IN LCD LED MON 16:10 WS FP 320- | $356.79 | See it |
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Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor with 3-Year Warranty and Soundbar | $389.99 | See it |
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Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor with 3-Year Warranty and Soundbar | $389.99 | See it |
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Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24 LED LCD Monitor - 16:10 - 8 ms (469-1137) - | $403.03 | See it |
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Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24 LED LCD Monitor - 16:10 - 8 ms (469-1137) - | $430.68 | See it |
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Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor and E-Port Replicator with KM632 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo with 3-Year Warranty | $579.97 | See it |