Dell UltraSharp 2007WFP 20.1" LCD monitor

I am a Computer Repair Specialist at a medium size manufacturing company here in Oklahoma and I recently setup a couple of high end graphic design workstation. These workstations included a Dell Precision 690 computer and two Dell UltraSharp™ 2007WFP (Black) 20.1 inch LCD Monitors.

The UltraSharp line of flat panel monitors are the top of the line computer monitors that Dell sells and uses a combination of high contrast ratio, high brightness rating and the 2007WFP adds a 16:9 aspect ratio to make this wide screen monster a dream use.

When I opened the box and started pulling all of the contents out of the box I got my first look at this huge monitor. Dell packaged the monitor panel and base separate and I had to slip the mounting plate attached to the base into the opening in the back of monitor panel and it snapped into place. There is a button just below where the mount popped into plate to allow you to remove the panel from the base in case you want to attach the panel to a wall mount.

Packed in the box along with the monitor panel and the base was a standard SVGA 15pin video cable, DVI video cable, USB cable, power cord and CD with driver. Dell also packed a large full color poster that has step-by-step instructions on how to setup the monitor, this is a Dell standard.

We set the two of these monitors side by side on the users desk and it took up quite abit of real estate on the desk. Unfortunately it was the only way we could give them the necessary display real estate to run their graphic programs. One extra feature of this monitor is a height adjustment that allows you to raise and lower the monitor panel to adjust the height of the monitor to fit the users personal preference. Since we have them side by side we didn't need to use the swivel base, but if you are using it as a single monitor you might be interested in the swivel. The old style Dell UltraSharp monitors had the swivel built-in to the top of the base and it tilted and swiveled, but the new style base has the swivel at the bottom of the base. Another change is that instead of the old half moon shape pedestal, this monitor has what looks like a boomerang shaped pedestal and the tower portion is fitted with the swivel that makes turning the monitor very easy.

Setup

I had to remove the SVGA cable that came attached to the monitor right out of the box so I could attach the DVI cable to back of the monitor panel. I had to do this because the computer had dual DVI connectors on the back and I wanted to take advantage of the extra capabilities of the video card. If I had to mention a very small negative about this monitor it would have to be that the DVI cable included by Dell is a little on the short side and it made it a bit difficult setup the second monitor on the desk. The auto sensing feature was set to SVGA by default and I had to switch it over to DVI so the monitor was able to detect that the cable was attached to the back of the monitor. I did this by using the first button on the front of the monitor and selected the DVI and a little picture of the DVI connector popped up in the top left corner of the screen. After finishing hooking up the cables and got it connected to the computer I came across a new feature on the monitor that I have never seen on a flat panel computer monitor; PIP (Picture In Picture). This is the very same PIP that you might find in TV, but it is the very first time I saw it on a computer monitor. It is activated by pushing a button on that is also on front of the monitor. The PIP does require a second video source to use it.

Like all flat panel monitors the Dell UltraSharp 2007 WFP monitor has a Onscreen Display to change the settings of the monitor. This means you can adjust the brightness and other display attributes by simply using the buttons on the lower right hand side of the monitor. We didn't have to use the OnScreen Display menu to make any changes because all of the default settings worked fine for us.

Technical Details

Height: 20.2 in.

Depth: 7 in.

Width: 18.6 in.

Weight: 14.3 lb.

Color: Black bezel and silver back and pedestal.

Preset resolutions: 1024 x 768 • 1280 x 1024 • 1680 x 1050 • 640 x 480 • 720 x 400 • 800 x 600 • 1152 x 864

Note: Optimum resolution setting 1680 x 1050 for the wide screen.

Image Brightness: 300 cd/m

Image Contrast Ratio: 800:1

Port(s) Total ( Free ) / Connector Type: 15-pin D-subminiature (blue) / DVI-D (white) / 4 x USB 2.0, audio jack, USB connector.

Response Time: 16 ms

Final Thoughts

Dell definitely hit a home run with this great monitor and I am you will be just as happy as we are with it. The 20.1" wide screen makes for great viewing, whether you are a graphic artist or just watching DVD movies on your computer it will definitely impress you. I love the fact that Dell included both the DVI and SVGA cable so we were able to hook it up right out the box to the computers we were setting up.

When I first setup the computer with the default resolution I could tell why the native resolution is set at 1680 x 1050, the display was stretched out to fill the whole screen and it looked less than acceptable. But as soon as I reset the resolution on the video card to the 1680 x 1050 setting it fixed the stretching and it looked great. The height adjustment on this monitor is super, it allows us to raise or lower the height of the monitor depending on who is sitting in front of the monitor.

The sound quality of the optional sound bar speakers(attaches to the bottom and plugs into the monitor) is nothing to write home to mom about. The rwo USB ports are located on the outer edge of the monitor gives you easy access to USB ports and two more are located on the back of the monitor next to all of the other connectors if you need to attach peripherals to your computer and have them right near you on your desk.

We have had these setup for about a month and I haven't heard any complaints about dead pixels or ghosting while running the graphic intensive programs that are being used on these monitors. As a matter of fact we have only heard plenty of praise on the brightness and crispness of the picture. Over the years we have only experienced problems with a very small number of Dell flat panels and I fully expect that we won't have any problems with these new Dell UltraSharp ™ 2007 WFP 20.1" flat panel monitor.
I would definitely recommend this monitor for graphic designers or anyone just looking for a wide screen monitor to replace an old 17" monitor.