Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22-inch Color-Accurate LCD: The 2209WA is a monitor with very few flaws. While we’d love to see 1:1 scaling, and the inset screen may cause some users grief, we wouldn’t mind two of these sitting on our desk. This is the best 22-inch monitor we’ve seen. Dell points to a technology known as TrueColor that it says delivers better and more uniform color. The 2209WA’s 178-degree viewing angle also reveals the use of a higher-quality LCD panel than the TN (twisted nematic) panels that often result in poor 6-bit color along with 160-degree angles.
The production display has the same 1,000:1 static contrast ratio, 300cd/m2 brightness and 1680×1050 resolution promised in the early leak. Dell also notes that the display pivots and comes with both DVI and VGA jacks as well as a 4-port USB hub. Orders made today ship almost immediately for the new UltraSharp, which costs $299.
