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Dell UltraSharp 24' (61 cm) U2410 Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor with PremierColour - Black

Do not be fooled by other sellers stating the u2412m is a replacement for this monitor, it is a budget version, please check out reviews before purchasing.

Dell U2410 Comparison

I know many people are going to be asking the question: "which is better, the U2410 or U2412M?" I'd like to start by re-iterating the point that the U2412M is not replacing the U2410, but rather will be a supplementary model in the UltraSharp range, aimed more at the mass consumer market and multimedia user. The U2410 is aimed more at professional graphics users and higher end work while also offering an all round feature and function set. The price point is lower on the U2412M than the U2410 but its features do vary.

If I were to answer the question, I'd probably have to respond with "it really depends on your uses, as the screens are quite different". As a start here is a summary of the main differences between the models. I won't compare the various specs as they are not really relevant in practice and I'll look instead at the performance comparison based on our tests:

Dell U2410 vs. U2412M Comparison

Colour Space

One of the main differences between these two models is the colour space support. The U2410 uses wide gamut CCFL backlighting which offers an extended gamut covering 102% of the NTSC colour space. This can also cover the Adobe RGB reference space as a result and extends considerably beyond the sRGB reference which is still widely used. The support of wide gamut is great if you have a practical use for it and are working with wide gamut content. However, if you are working just with sRGB content, viewing it on a wide gamut screen can lead to issues of over-saturation and neon appearing colours. Thankfully the U2410 does include a rather decent sRGB emulation mode which is useful in those circumstances.

The U2412M on the other hand uses modern white-LED backlighting which can only cover approximately the sRGB reference colour space and in fact is a little short at 95.8%. It would be referred to as a standard gamut screen. This is therefore easy and practical if you are just working with standard gamut content, but obviously of no use if you need to work in a wider colour space as it cannot support it at all. For graphics and professional colour critical work the below 100% sRGB coverage may also be an issue.

The U2410 also came factory calibrated to ensure a decent gamma and colour accuracy out of the box in both the Adobe RGB and sRGB emulation modes. This worked to a reasonable degree from our tests. The U2412M does not have any factory calibration and so its out of the box settings are a little more variable. Calibration should really be considered to correct the gamma and colour accuracy. White point is at least accurate to the 6500k target though which is good.

The U2410 is perhaps more useful to colour enthusiasts, photographers and designers thanks to its wide gamut support, but for the general consumer, most will not need to use wide gamut and will only be concerned with the appearance of standard gamut (sRGB) content. As such they would not want the over-saturated colours and issues associated with trying to manage standard gamut on a wide gamut screen, and so a W-LED based model like the U2412M is more readily accessible to the average user.

Colour Depth

I'll also make reference to the fact that the U2410 features an 8-bit + A-FRC panel which can offer a colour palette of 1.07 billion colours if you have a relevant end to end 10-bit workflow (application, operating system, graphics card, interface etc). That is very rare and so to 99% of users this support of "10-bit" is largely irrelevant. It's 12-bit internal processing is designed to help improve gradients as well. These kind of features are usually reserved for high end graphics screens such as the NEC PA series, but Dell included them here on the U2410.

The U2412M goes the other way, instead reverting to a 6-bit + A-FRC e-IPS panel. This can support up to 16.7 million colours through the use of Frame Rate Control. On paper this sounds vastly inferior, but to be honest most normal users would never notice any difference in practice between the two. The 6-bit + A-FRC of the U2412M is well implemented and gradients are actually very good with no visible banding. There is no obvious evidence of the FRC algorithm unless you look very closely for it. This cost cutting exercise is not a big issue and although some people may disregard the screen based on the spec, the mass market need not worry about it. Again for a more high end use the panel and internal processing of the U2410 would be more desirable.

Features and Specs

The Dell U2410 is still available and retails for ~£485 GBP (inc VAT) in the UK. The new U2412M is a considerable bit cheaper at £290. The reason for the higher cost of the older model is really down to the additional features and extras it offers you. The 9-in-1 card reader, HDMI, composite input, component input, touch sensitive buttons, factory calibration and supplied DisplayPort cables have all been ditched on the newer model in favour of keeping production costs down. To me, the only things which I miss there are the HDMI input and card reader but I can appreciate the lower price point is a big positive.

Performance

I've included a table summarising these screens side by side based on the testing we have carried out and on my opinions. The screens are colour marked as green (winner) or red (loser) in each category which should be self explanatory. Where I was not able to separate the two they are shown in grey. I will justify each result below:

• Approximate price - U2412M is 47% cheaper than the U2410 and so is more widely accessible as a result to the mass market

• Features - The U2410 wins here with its extra card reader, factory calibration etc as we've already covered above

• Interfaces - Again, the U2410 wins here as explained above thanks to its HDMI, composite and component inputs

• sRGB colour support - Being W-LED based the U2412M is a 'native' standard gamut screen and so its use with sRGB content is simpler than the U2410. It doesn't quite cover the full sRGB space though. The U2410 does have a decent sRGB emulation mode so this was close and I've marked them as even.

• Extended gamut support - The U2410 has a wide colour gamut, the U2412M does not

• Panel Uniformity - I have marked these two screens as level in this test. The U2410 had a better luminance uniformity but a little more backlight leakage.

• Office and Windows - There's very little to separate them all here so I've marked them as level.

• Viewing angles - only a minor separation here really, but there was a slightly more pronounced contrast shift vertically on the U2412M than the U2410.

• Movies Overall - Again I've had to mark them level. The U2410 does have more connections for external devices but the black depth and contrast ratio on the U2412M is better and there is less backlight leakage.

• Responsiveness - They are all very close really on the most part but I'd have to give the slight edge to the U2412M in practice. There is slightly less motion blur but a little overshoot as a result.

• Input lag - pretty close but the U2412M is slightly lower at 9.4ms average, compared with 14.4ms on the U2410 (game mode).

• Colour accuracy Default - Out of the box, the U2410 had a high average dE of 6.7 whereas the U2412M was much better at 3.2 dE.

• Black depth - The U2412M wins comfortably here with a much lower calibrated black depth of 0.13, compared with 0.22 of the U2410. A nice improvement made with this newer model.

• Static Contrast Ratio - as a static number of 947:1, the U2412M is the best in this test. The U2410 only managed 541:1 which is fairly low.

• Dynamic Contrast Ratio - The U2410 works a little bit up to 1402:1, whereas the U2412M doesn't work at all in real life use.

Overall there are some quite distinct differences between the two models. The U2412M is certainly more readily accessible to the general casual user with a lower price point, normal sRGB colour space and decent set of features and functions. It's price point should attract a lot of interest and the screen still maintains the 'feel' of a Dell UltraSharp screen. Performance is overall very good and in some areas it out-performs the U2410. The U2410 still has its place though, for those wanting a screen more for graphics work and colour critical applications but without wanting to go all out on a professional grade screen like an Eizo or NEC etc. People who want some of the extra bells and whistles and support of a wider colour space will still want to look at the older U2410 instead of the newer U2412M.

Dell UltraSharp™ U2410 24" (61cm)W Monitor with PremierColor, Black

REFURBISHED IN BRAND NEW CONDITION in original box, seal broken by me to check revision, (LOOKS LIKE UNUSED CUSTOMER RETURN OR CANCELED ORDER)

NO DEAD PIXELS, COLOUR PROBLEMS or SCRATCHES TO THE SCREEN

REVISION A08

WITH CALIBRATION REPORT

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