aercy said:
The Dell U2311h is a not a good IPS panel to buy cuz it's viewing angles are not that good & also there Backlight bleeding in it.
Viewing angles are fine, I've seen one briefly and it seemed as good as my 2007WFP, which is better than what you will ever see on a TN panel. The purple tint you see off-axis on blank screens is a normal characteristic of IPS panels. Please do not mix it up with poor viewing angles. You also have to remember that even if you sit perfectly perpendicular to a screen, not all pixels - especially the edges - are facing you directly. On larger TN panels, you will notice the contrast dropping off at the edges.
Backlight bleed is something that varies from panel to panel, although yes they do seem to be fairly common on the U2311h. Return it to Dell if you get one with a lot of backlight bleed. Here's the backlight bleed on a good U2311h :
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/images/dell_u2311h/uniformity_black.jpg
Likewise there are people with G2420HDs complaining of backlight bleed too. Does that make the entire series bad?
In both the youtube vid and the PCWorld review, the reviewers seem to recommend the U2311h as still being a good deal :huh: (if you can afford it)
Its good that you've settled on your desired monitor, but please do not generalise what you hear and spread around false information, like the U2311h being incompatible with HD devices