Dell's next-gen 30-incher sports Displayport and HDMI
More connectors than on world-class plasma or LCD TV
WHILE DELL'S ORIGINAL thiry-inch 3007 had some limitations in terms of limited resolutions and features, Dell is making sure that its next-gen part will meet every geek's needs..
Dell looked hard at all the faults of the 3007WFP and 3007WFP-HC and is now ready with its successor, after some nine months of development.
Meet the 3008WFP
For starters, absolutely the worst feature that 3007 series was known for was connectivity.
The 3007WFP/WFP-HC shipped with only single dual-link DVI connector, which was abysmal compared to cheaper 2707WFP, 2407WFP and the 2405FPW. All three sported DVI, D-SUB, component and S-VHS connectors and had a USB 2.0 hub, plus 9-in-2 card reader.
Connector overview: 3 and 4 are speaker outputs (HDMI), 5 is D-SUB,
6 Component input, 7 is DisplayPort, 8 HDMI, 9 are DVI-D's, 10/11 TV
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With 3008WFP, new benchmark will be set. This monitor comes with two dual-link DVI connectors, thus hardware testers will be able to hook up two testbeds via DVI, and one testbed via analogue D-SUB connection. This is only the beginning, since this baby also comes with Component, S-VHS, Composite in, USB upstream connector (for 4-port USB hub and 9-in-2 card reader). This normal (for 2405/2407/2707 monitors) is expanded with both Displayport and HDMI connectors.
If you use HDMI-DVI converter such as one from Hiper, you can connect a testbed #4 onto this monitor, while Displayport enables you to test Displayport graphics cards, meaning computer n umber five.
The video processing chip in the monitor will enable decent resolution scalability, so you will be able to use 2560x1600, 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1680x1050 and all other often used resolutions.
Dell's 3008 will tilt and swivel, and this time around, vertical extension capabilities are improved. µ
Comments
Wow
I would kill for one of these.Never thought I'd say that about a Dell product.
Think I'll stick with the Samsung 24" I've chosen to buy though - I'm betting this costs more than my house is worth.
But how about...
A normal OSD and screen calibration controls this time? :)Wait for the Charlie rant
No doubt Charlie will bless us with another pointless rant about the monitor, a year and a half after it is released, complaining about "missing features" clearly stated on the website as well as other review sites.*yawn*
Call me when it's up to revision A03; they might actually work out the bugs by then.But most important:
S-IPS not S-PVA please?can people please get a grip...
The 3007 will run any resolution you want. I know, I have two - you simply use the scaling feature on your video card, rather than the monitor. The results are identical to using a scaling chip in the monitor. It astounds me that the ranters do not realise this.No 10/12-bit per channel colour?
I was hoping/assuming 2008 was the year we'd finally start seeing consumer 10/12 bit panels. 8-bits per channel will never be enough for decent looking gradients.As for graphics card scaling, it's not a great deal of use if you wanted the monitor connected to a PS3 say...
USB is new??
My 3007 from February 2006 has a built in USB hub and N-in-2 card reader (I can't remember what N is, I just use it for Compact Flash).packard bell's 30" looks good
wonder which is betterSO I just wasted $1500 on the HC?? FU DELL!!
Just bought the HC 30inch, so now I need to go buy another one? The HC monitor only has 1 ! yea ONE DVI Input??? What genius thought of this?THANKS DeLL GREAT JOB!!!! Hire more people that have no clue of new technology...
Ha ha ha
I hope nobody showed Charlie Demerjian that photo with all the ports on it after he'd been complaining bitterly about his 3007 with only one port. Can I hear crying from here?Nice monitor
Hey, its call technology and technology only moves forward. A year after this, something better will come out, get the pattern genius?Genius Design
If the design of the HC you mentioned is so bad GK, why did you buy it? Surely there was something with better specs you wouldn't understand or know how to use... But at least you'd have that feature in case someday you did figure it out...finally !
I have been dreaming of this monitor for the last 5 years and it finally is here. Yep, I will buy one of these babies without blinking.Displayport is a exceptionally nice bonus!