Dell P2414H 24-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

The product (monitor) was fine, was delivered even earlier than expected, but it just wasnt a fit for my system. Great company to buy from and I will order again. Thanks Mike!

I have a 21 Apple iMac and wanted to go dual screens. This one is the best match I could find. It is the same size screen and same black bezel and aluminum stand. To connect it I had to purchase from Apple their Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter and a standard DVI monitor cable. With those two items in hand, I plugged the Apple adapter into one of my Firewire ports and the DVI cable to it and then the monitor. My iMac automatically recognized it and now I have dual screens! Nice.

Disclaimer: I am a very knowledgeable about LCD technology and can spot almost any flaw, no matter how small. The reasons I took off a star will be unnoticeable/non-issues to the vast majority of people. I bought the P2214H for someone else, and they are completely happy with it. However, in my reviews I factor in both value-for-the-dollar as well as my personal desires irrespective of price considerations. For the $180 I paid? Impressive. I didnt think I could get an IPS with an adjustable stand at this price. And I was glad to see that the extreme graininess of older IPS monitors has been greatly reduced. Good: Not hideously grainy-looking like older IPS monitors. Good, adjustable stand. Low input lag (important for gaming). Easy-to-use menus thanks to physical buttons that sit adjacent to their respective OSD functions. Bad: Though the custom color modes default settings are spot-on (according to Lagom), photos do not look as natural as they do on my ASUS TN (TN is just a different type of LCD) from 2009, which was surprising since TN is an older, cheaper LCD technology, and is supposed to have inferior color quality relative to IPS. But this is not due to any kind of defect with the Dell. I looked into it and found out why my old ASUS has better color: the backlight. The ASUS uses a CCFL (long, thin glass tube) backlight with a wider color gamut than the LED backlight found in the Dell. This is actually typical of LED backlights versus CCFL backlights (found almost exclusively in older monitors). Still, it was a real disappointment, as Id been hoping for better color, not worse. My one big negative. Not bad for gaming, partly due to the rock-bottom input lag, but not as good as gaming-oriented TN monitors. I noticed more motion blur on this than my ASUS. But that was expected as IPS is designed for greater overall image quality, and not specifically gaming. Higher refresh rates would be appreciated. This is actually a shortcoming of every monitor out there not marked 120hz or 144hz. I was able to overclock the Dell to 70hz but that was it, and it completely broke video playback on some websites due to incompatibility with content protection standards. I cant fault Dell for this however because its an industry-wide problem. Most people just dont care about having higher refresh rates.

I guess Im just old school but Ive always liked a 4:3 ratio screen but since my last one finally died a few weeks back, I had to go with new because the available 4:3 were too old or too expensive. I decided to go with this 22 inch 16:9 Dell. Its very nice and of course has the 4:3 ratio option available and is very quick and easy to switch between the two so I can work PC all I need to and then watch videos MAC while I relax. Its gets better with the adjustable height stand that also has multiple connection options as well as Upstream / Downstream USB ports right on the monitor. This is a great buy for the price. I highly recommend this product.

Nice, crisp picture, fully adjustable stands, standard VESA mounts on the back, and a plug-shield on the back to hide the cables going in and out of the monitor. Im the IT director for my company and Ive purchased about a half-dozen of these. My only gripe is that they have a displayport plug INSTEAD of HDMI. While thats not a big deal for newer Dell business class towers, most computers more than a few years old do not have displayport. I have found that an HDMI-DVI adapter cable works just fine though, if you must use HDMI (for instance, on a laptop). Other than that, theyre great monitors and will most likely buy more.

This monitor is good for the price and I have had no problems viewing it. I turned the brightness down a good bit because it is really bright. I just dont like bright lights. Even after turning down the brightness, the works are still clear. I recommend this model.

This monitor sits high on its pedestal so it can be swiveled to use in a long view instead of a wide view. I love this feature and I am using as a second monitor so I can perform work on the other monitor screen. It is absolutely the best buy I have made in monitors in many years. When my main monitor goes to sleep, so does the Dell monitor which saves energy.

I bought three of these for a multi-monitor setup with my early 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 15, and it works beautifully. For those interested, I believe you need the higher end MBPr models that come equipped with discreet (internal) Nvidia graphics card, so you may have issues with the 13 or non-Retina models. My setup was: 1 HDMI to DisplayPort and 2 Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort Details matter: most 2013+ era MacBook Pros use Mini DisplayPort connections (e.g. Thunderbolt) on the notebook (*not* full size DisplayPort). I opted for 6 Better Cables brand cables purchased from Amazon, but you could also use: 1 HDMI to DVI-D single link (not dual link, and not plain DVI) and: 2 Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt compatible) to DisplayPort (not Mini) If you have a Thunderbolt hub, youll need a MB with 2 Mini DisplayPort/Thunderbolt connections, because hubs will take one of your Mini DisplayPort/Thunderbolt plugs and you cant use both the hub HDMI and hub MDP/TB plugs simultaneously. Lastly, do your testing with the Macbook Pros lid opened and plugged in. Reboot at least once before futzing with sleep mode, as this can cause weirdness (especially if youve got USB keyboard/mouse plugged into a hub -- they might not wake up).

Not the cheapest 24 you can buy. I did some research and came across a few nice reviews which were quite thorough. One in particular from the UK. Quite a thorough review. Well reviewed. What I like about this unit is the matte finish on the screen so reduced glare and the aluminum base styling. Needs to have a HDMI input but this is easily gotten around. Not sure why they provided every input but a HDMI. Now I hope it lasts a long time for the money I paid for it.

I really Loved this item it is by far the best for me!