2410 is good in my experience. Very similar to the 2407.

10 months later

I might try the Dell U2410 too if I can get one. It has FRC but it's 8+FRC bits.

My work computer monitor is a Dell P2414H driven by an Nvidia Geforce GT220. I think it's a VA panel with 6+2 bit FRC. It's okay, but not great. I get between 2 and 4 hours out of it before the headaches and dizziness get too much. Work has fluorescent light tubes too, which doesn't help.

    noigmn

    U2410 is a 2009? monitor IIRC

    What I find is 2009 monitors and before are almost always fine. The problem of course is finding a monitor that old that hasn't been abused for the last ten years.

    The only thing I'd say definitely avoid is the monitors that only use two CCFL bulbs. The bulbs are generally brighter to make up for the missing two and die earlier. I also find they tend to be more likely to cause eye strain (and have aggressive PWM)

    U2410 owners would you drop 200 on a new one?

      Dell 2407 monitors are also definitely worth checking out. They're perhaps better than the 2410 in terms of output comfort (I have both).

        I have a Dell 2001fp coming in the mail. There is YouTube video showing its flicker free and CCFL will see if it works. I thought I was doing good with a couple LED monitors I had but I just a good tolerance for a week them my eyes went to crap. It was the strangest thing I had used them for probably 25 hours in one week no pain, no orange glasses then the next day 5 minutes instant pain then I couldn't use them again.

        What versions of the 2407 monitors have people used? I just got one and am detecting PWM for anything below 100% brightness.

        AgentX20
        This is from the 2407 that I just got. It seems quite bright at lowest brightness too. I'm assuming the backlight must have been replaced, yeah? Or do some versions have PWM? I've read there are four versions and HC version. Do you know what versions you have used?

        brightness=100

        brightness=0

            noigmn I have two - a 2407 and a 2407WFP. I'm 99% certain they both have PWM up to around 60% brightness, I don't think the PWM has ever really bothered me, but nonetheless I run my main one at 100% brightness and use the Nvidia drivers to reduce the brightness of what comes out of the video card. Works well - for me.

                AgentX20 sounds good. I was trying that but the radeon drivers deactivate my ICC profile and the white is really off. I'll try to figure a way to keep both.

                  AgentX20 Okay I've checked and mine is an A04, which is good for quality, but I'm wondering if it is best for screen sensitivity. It's quite a bright panel even at 0 brightness. What versions does it say on the second smaller label on yours? And what's it say on the service menu? (turn off, hold menu+"+" then press power, press "-" when on). Mine's V1B29, HN213.

                  I found the following details for the panels in each version on a site. It appears they changed to a quite different panel for the A03 and A04, so if yours are the earlier version I might get one to try also.

                  A00 - V1B11, LTM240M2
                  A00+ Interim update - V1B15, LTM240LM2
                  A01 - V1B15, LTM240L2
                  A02 - V1B15, LTM240L2
                  A03 - V1B20, HN208 (I believe there's a HN213 here too)
                  A04 - V1B29, HN208L6

                      AgentX20 Do you notice much difference between them?

                      BTW, I'm pretty sure the panel in mine is an IPS. The viewing angles are crazily wide and it is quite bright.

                      Unfortunately, I think the PWM does affect me. I went for 0 brightness and felt dizzy after a while, then I moved to 100 brightness and the strange feeling suddenly stopped. I get a different feeling from it being too bright though. I'm trying with Catalyst control center for dimming.

                          noigmn Do you notice much difference between them?

                          No nothing to speak of. I do think the WFP is more prone to over-drive fringing in fast moving scenes.

                            +1 for Dell - U2414Hb (better than my benqEW24)

                            • KM replied to this.

                              reaganry Could you say roughly how much better it feels? I am interested in all monitors that feel better than the EW24/2740L models.

                                  KM actually the dell is broken - i never really got to A/B them

                                    3 months later

                                    Just grabbed a U2140f for $30 on ebay. hopefully it's legit & i can finally a/b with the benq [edit] NOT LEGIT! lol. got my refund though

                                    6 months later

                                    KM Are you still using EW2740L?

                                    • KM replied to this.

                                        degen Yes, still using it every now and then for gaming on PS3 and Wii U. I gave up on searching for monitors and TVs since chances to find something that is truly enjoyable seem to be ultra-low. I abandoned regular PC usage due to Linux eyestrain and Windows browser eyestrain.

                                            KM I thought Windows 10 was my problem, but now that I switched back to Windows 7, I find that I still can't use it without strain. Never considered if it was limited to web browsers. Should be a good setup. An old Quadro card. Windows 7, EW2440L. The EW2440L is turning off intermittently and making strange noises, I think it's dying, I'd like to replace it but every new monitor seems to have such a high minimum brightness.

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