Reviewing monitors is always
a hard task as there are many different factors that go into them and a lot
of the time it is really personal choice in the end. As you already know, the
Dell monitor is a 24-Inch Widescreen LCD, it is full of great features and not
only that, it also has a number of good connections on the monitor so that you
are not just stuck with computing, you could attach a HD-Box or even an Xbox
360 directly to it via DVI or though Component video. There are other great
monitors on the market, but for both quality and connections, the Dell really
pushes itself in front.
As with some of the previous
Dell monitors, this one has its simple but nice looking Black and Silver colour
scheme. You can move the display from Landscape to Portrait modes and tilt the
panel forward and back, as well as moving the display left and right by 45 degrees.
The inputs on the display are located at the back of the monitor. They are pretty
easy to access when the monitor is put into portrait position. The inputs themselves
are the following. One upstream and two downstream USB 2.0 ports, DVD-D and
VGA inputs, 12-volt audio jack for connecting an optional Dell speaker. You
also have Composite, Component and S-Video connections too. At the left side
of the monitor you have two more USB 2.0 ports and a 9-in-2 media card reader,
which works very well by the way. The only downside to all these connections
is trying to hide the cables, as the monitor could benifit from something around
the back to keep them as tidy as possible.