And I’m not talking about the old masturbation joke either. Dell was having a sale over the New Year and I finally made the leap and ordered their 2407WFP 24″ wide screen monitor for a cool 1,099 SGD. (That’s about 720 in USD and more than a dozen in PVC figurines.)

Dell 2407WFP

Yes, this is the “good thing” I was talking about yesterday. Although now that I think about it, it might not exactly be “good”. I blame it completely on moyism.

Dell 2407WFP
キターーーー！！！

The delivery was supposed to be Saturday morning but I wasn’t home. Dell’s customer service is pretty good, though. (At least for this region of its global operations.)

Dell 2407WFP
The stand

The stand is pretty nicely designed. It snaps easily onto the monitor and requires no screwing. You can adjust the height, tilt and direction of the monitor. You can even turn the whole thing sideways and use it in portrait mode or just to make it easier to see where you are sticking the plugs into.

Dell 2407WFP
In the box

Other than the 24″ screen that you can really only fully appreciate when you see it for yourself, the monitor comes with a lot of useful features such as Picture-By-Picture, Picture-In-Picture, memory card slots and a built-in USB hub.

Dell 2407WFP
Lots of inputs! Just wait till I get my PS3 in 2010!

It supports both VGA and DVI-D. It also has component and composite inputs if you want to connect your game consoles to it. (No HDMI though.) If the picture source has a lower resolution or a 4:3 aspect ratio, the monitor settings also provide you the option of displaying it in its original size, stretching it while maintaining aspect ratio or stretching it to fill the screen.

Dell 2407WFP
Assembled

I am half-tempted to dig out the Xbox (original, not 360) and try it out on the monitor. From what I have read on blogs and forums, this monitor is apparently a pretty good alternative to a HDTV when you use the component inputs for game consoles.

Dell 2407WFP
My desk now

And yeah, I have three LCD monitors now. The other two are a 15″ BenQ (formerly Acer) FP555 and a 17″ Samsung SyncMaster 713N. Notice a pattern here? >_> I am running two PCI-e graphics cards, a 7600GT and a 6600GT, on a SLI-capable motherboard but with SLI disabled.

As you can tell from the picture, the 15″ screen doesn’t have much longer to live. The backlight is slowly dying.

My current desktop(s):

My desktop

I am running UltraMon if you’re wondering about the taskbars on the secondary monitors.

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