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Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP-HC

Loyd Case
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The Bottom Line

For the right application, such as video or photo editing, this is about the best display we've seen. But it falls short of being a great, multifunction display due to poor handling of standard def video, odd gamma curve and limited resolution support. And then there's that price?

Pros & Cons

    • Wide color gamut.
    • Lots of inputs, including DisplayPort.
    • Flash card reader built in.
    • Expensive.
    • Not so good for standard definition video.
    • Some smearing visible in fast action games.

Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP-HC Specs

Depth: 9.35 inches
Diagonal Screen Size: 30 inches
Height: 18.98 inches
Type: LCD Monitor
Video Inputs: Component
Video Inputs: Composite
Video Inputs: S-Video
Video Interfaces: Component
Video Interfaces: Composite
Video Interfaces: S-Video
Weight: 34.36 lb
Width: 27.43 inches
All Specs

As each new succeeding generation of 30-inch displays comes out, you would expect new technology and lower prices. So far, you would be half-right—we've been getting new technology, but the price has been creeping up.

Let's review the state of 30-inch desktop displays. All of them support 2560x1600 resolution. Most of them, with the exception of the recently released Gateway XHD3000 use the PC's graphics card for all video processing. That means you can't really connect devices like game consoles, DVD players, and other devices to these monitors, with the exception of the aforementioned XHD3000. Until now.

Dell has just announced the UltraSharp 3008WFP-HC, a 30-inch display with a boatload of connections, including a shiny new DisplayPort connector. To drive these connectors, Dell has built in a video processor which is capable of scaling to a variety of different resolutions, as well as handling inputs from HDMI, DisplayPort, and analog video sources. Unfortunately, Dell isn't disclosing what video processor is being used, except to say that it's not a Silicon Optix HQV processor.

Let's take a quick tour of the 3008WFP-HC, then dive into the numbers and subjective impressions. — Continue reading on ExtremeTech.com

For more on the Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP-HC, check out our sister site Extremetech.com

Final Thoughts

- Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP-HC

Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP-HC

3.0 Average

For the right application, such as video or photo editing, this is about the best display we've seen. But it falls short of being a great, multifunction display due to poor handling of standard def video, odd gamma curve and limited resolution support. And then there's that price?

About Our Expert

Loyd Case

Loyd Case

loyd_case@ziffdavis.com

Loyd Case came to computing by way of physical chemistry. He began modestly on a DEC PDP-11 by learning the intricacies of the TROFF text formatter while working on his master's thesis. After a brief, painful stint as an analytical chemist, he took over a laboratory network at Lockheed in the early 80's and never looked back. His first "real" computer was an HP 1000 RTE-6/VM system.

In 1988, he figured out that building his own PC was vastly more interesting than buying off-the-shelf systems ad he ditched his aging Compaq portable. The Sony 3.5-inch floppy drive from his first homebrew rig is still running today. Since then, he's done some programming, been a systems engineer for Hewlett-Packard, worked in technical marketing in the workstation biz, and even dabbled in 3-D modeling and Web design during the Web's early years.

Loyd was also bitten by the writing bug at a very early age, and even has dim memories of reading his creative efforts to his third grade class. Later, he wrote for various user group magazines, culminating in a near-career ending incident at his employer when a humor-impaired senior manager took exception at one of his more flippant efforts. In 1994, Loyd took on the task of writing the first roundup of PC graphics cards for Computer Gaming World -- the first ever written specifically for computer gamers. A year later, Mike Weksler, then tech editor at Computer Gaming World, twisted his arm and forced him to start writing CGW's tech column. The gaming world -- and Loyd -- has never quite recovered despite repeated efforts to find a normal job. Now he's busy with the whole fatherhood thing, working hard to turn his two daughters into avid gamers. When he doesn't have his head buried inside a PC, he dabbles in downhill skiing, military history and home theater.

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