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11/18/2008, 12:45pm, EST
Tuesday, November 18thDell confirms SP2309W 'higher than HD' display
Dell's SP2309W LCD, first revealed quietly through a Canadian website listing, has now been formally launched in the US. The monitor is notable mainly for supporting resolutions up to 2048x1152, a figure beyond the 1080p maximum common to most modern displays. Dell also claims an unusually high 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and a built-in two-megapixel webcam with twin microphones.
Typical response time on the display is rated at 2ms, while brightness is listed at 300cd/m2. Dell further notes that the screen uses a true 16:9 widescreen ratio instead of 16:10, allowing games and movies to fill up visible space instead of leaving black bars. Video ports include VGA, DVI-D and HDMI connections, while audio options include both line-in and line-out jacks. The SP2309W is priced at $379.
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not as bright
Although this display is less that $400 (while the Apple display is more than $898), the apple display is brighter, less contrastful, has half as many microphones, a speaker and a mag safe connector.
I'd like to see the Apple display, but I can see myself owning the Dell. With two microphones I can envision software doing automatic noise cancellation, making Skyping better.
posted by ggirton
panel type
From the quoted response time, I bet this display is a cheaper TN panel while the Apple uses an IPS panel, which (partially) justifies the price difference. It's nice to have the larger viewing angle, but then again, it is also nice to have an extra $400 in the bank.
posted by cyn1c