Star Trek: The Next Generation blurays playing on an 80" screen is awesome

Another thing you can't do with the U2412M is lay it flat and use it as a cutting board, because you'd crack the screen!

My 2560 x 1600 monitor does not have four inputs for four PC's.

I know it is a favourite, I got an email from Dell

»accessories.dell.com/sna/product···BP2S6-v1

This is just a monitor with a nonstandard aspect ratio and resolution.

Take a look at this link, the picture has an example of the 4-screen split.

»www.gizmag.com/lg-ea93-ultrawide···r/24952/

Edit - I'm referring to the LG 21:9 Monitor not the Dell.

This monitor will come with a 4-screen split feature, which will be great for business folks in the finance industry.

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For watching movies great! For work, not so much.

Ah, it's an IPS. I thought $289 seemed overkill for a 24" display until I clicked on it.

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During 2009 LG.Display began to develop a new generation of e-IPS panels which is a sub-category of H-IPS. They simplifed the subpixel structure in comparison with H-IPS (similar to cPVA vs S-PVA) and increased the transparency of the matrix. In doing so, they have managed to reduce production costs significantly, aiming to compete with the low cost TN Film panels and Samsung's new cPVA generation. Because transparency is increased, they are able to reduce backlight intensity as you need less light to achieve the same luminance now. This helps keep costs down significantly compared with S-IPS.

The main drawback of e-IPS in comparison with S-IPS is that the viewing angles are smaller. When you take a look at an e-IPS matrix from a side, the image will lose its contrast as black turns into gray. On the other hand, there is no tonal shift (as with TN and cPVA matrixes) and the viewing angles, especially vertical ones, are still much larger than with TN. By the way, the contrast drop occurring when the screen is viewed from a side can be compensated by means of special correcting film (A-TW polarizer), but as e-IPS matrices are meant for midrange monitors and this film costs money, most products come without it. Some are actually 6-bit + AFRC modules in fact (as opposed to true 8-bit) which might explain how the costs are kept very low in some cases.

Although it's unknown what the "e" stands for here, it's likely that it means "economic" or similar, since these new panels are all about trying to keep production and retail costs low. With lower retail costs there is of course an added risk of inter panel variance, which may lead to some quality control issues in some models.

»www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/co···tm#e-ips

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I love mine, and am tempted to get a second one. The only caveat is that if you can wait for Days of Deals and have the patience to check every day, you can probably snag one for about $40 less, judging from recent Deals pricing. Of course, no guarantee that they will necessarily come up again, though lately they have been.

Is this the "one to get" in the 24 inch range?