Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC

Dell's UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC is basically the same 24-inch widescreen monitor that we reviewed from Dell a year ago, only with an improved range of displayable colour. We called that old Dell display the best in its class.

Design

The basic frame and stand of the UltraSharp remains the same as it has for roughly the past two years. It's a clean-enough design that doesn't quite have the aesthetic polish of an Apple display, but it's suitable for display in any environment.
The screen is easy to attach and remove, and the stand gives you just as much adjustability as NEC's recent 24-incher, the Multisync LCD2470WNX, and much more than any Apple monitor, including tilt, pivot, up-and-down, and 90 degrees of rotation to move into portrait mode

Features

Here's where the Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC shines. Dell includes almost every kind of PC and mainstream video input you can imagine on this display, the one exception being HDMI. It's not out of the question that you might want to connect an HDMI-only device to this monitor, but you can always use a DVI-to-HDMI adapter if that's a requirement.
The display lacks speakers out of the box, although Dell offers a Dell SoundBar for an extra £30. This set of encapsulated speakers snaps onto the bottom edge of the screen and provides 10W of stereo audio output

Dell also makes great use of the monitor's downstream USB capability. In addition to four USB 2.0 ports, Dell also includes a 9-in-2 set of media card slots. Building slots for your digital camera data cards into the screen lets you keep your desktop stowed farther out of sight. Those slots also fill a features gap if you own a desktop that lacks a media card reader -- aka Mac owners.

Performance

Compared to a similarly priced Gateway 24-inch LCD, the FPD2485W, and a more expensive NEC, the Dell UltraSharp stayed very competitive on our image quality tests. It tied the Gateway in overall quality, and lagged behind the NEC by only a very small number