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 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.
+1 for Dell - U2414Hb (better than my benqEW24)
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
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.
KM I've been looking at reviews and it seems very difficult to find a monitor that has a low 0% brightness. 75 cdm/2 seems pretty standard now. I don't find that comfortable in all but the brightest rooms, but even then.. Compare to 11 on the EW2740L and a bit higher but pretty similar on the EW2440L.
I found Chrome has less eyestrain than Firefox that I was using before.
I know everyone's experience is different...but my boss got me a BenQ HDMI Senseye3 LED (GL2760H) and it has not helped at all. It's only a 60hz monitor. A techie friend is telling me to get a high resolution, high refresh rate (at least 164hz) monitor and use a display port cord. Also, preferably an IPS monitor. Has anyone had any success with any of this??
