Dell 3007 or 3008?

[Mr. Sandog]

Anyone know which is better?

[Nick Geraedts]

The 3008 is a better quality screen, but also will set you back about twice as much as the 3007 will.

The question is what you need the monitor for - if it's simply a matter of screen space, then the 3007 is by far the better bet, but if you want better colour rendition, then see if you can opt for the 3008.

[nick705]

I'd go with the 3007, if you can get it for a good price and you don't need the extra inputs provided in the 3008. There have been various issues which have dogged the 3008 since its release - backlight bleed, poor build quality, input lag caused by the built-in scaler (important if you're a gamer), so much so that Dell actually pulled it from the shelves for a short period while they tried to resolve the problems. Judging by the feedback on some other forums, they still haven't ironed out all the bugs, which is a bit worrying with such an expensive purchase.

I also wouldn't agree that the 3008 necessarily has "better" colour rendition, *unless* you habitually use applications which can properly make use of its ultra-wide colour gamut (and they're very few and far between). Even then, you still have just 16777216 colours, like any other 8-bit screen, except that the data points are more widely spaced. For sRGB material, it's more likely to look oversaturated and artificial, although it may appear more dramatic and "eye-popping" at first glance.

The whole trend towards ever-wider colour gamuts is more to do with marketing hype than real-world benefits IMHO, at least for sRGB content which constitutes the overwhelming majority of what you see on a PC screen.

[seemingly.random]

Here's a thread discussing the dell 3008. I found it while looking for opinions on the 2408. It seems like just about everyone is not quite happy with them.