Dell 3007WFP-HC 30-Inch LCD Widescreen Monitor

I bought this monitor as soon as I upgraded my computer. I'm currently using a ATI HD 5850 video card, so the 2560x1600 resolution is amazing. The main reason I went with this monitor was the IPS panel and the 16:10 ratio, which I prefer to the 27" 16:9. With something this big, you really need an IPS panel or you'll have some serious color problems on the sides. The 16:10 ratio means you get more space for toolbars on the top and bottom of your screen, but there will be some black bars on the top and bottom if your playing a standard DVD.

I have a blu-ray player in this computer, and it's just stunning to see the quality on this large screen. The first blu-ray I bought was Chronos, also available on amazon, and it's just incredible. If you look really closely, you don't see the pixels of the screen, you see the texture of the film! Simply awesome.

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This is one of the best monitors available today, it was originally released around 2007 but still holds up as an exceptional montior. The monitor sports an S-IPS lcd and outputs a native 2560x1600 resolution. If you need to use this for gaming, graphic design or just for fun this is a very good monitor - for both professionals and casual users. There is no built in hardware scaler but that isn't much of an issue if you are using the native resolution anyway. I've used this monitor to play games on and while people claim there can be ghosting on s-ips monitors I have not noticed any at all and I've tried it with fast past shooters. I've also used it as a general monitor for day to day surfing, developing and watching movies on and it's worked just great. Easily one of the best monitors and Dell continues to sell them because they are still in demand.

I agree with the other reviewer in that this 30" is the leader in its class of IPS panel with gorgeous resolution and yet affordable price. Connectivity is hardly an issue if you intend to use it at its native 2560x1600 (why would anyone use any lower res). Apple has stopped making 30" Cinema so even the double priced alternate is gone. Get this one, you won't regret it.