Review on 💻 Dell ST2210 21.5" Discontinued Manufacturer: High-Resolution Monitor with 1920x1080 Display by Derrick Massingill

UPDATE: When using DVI, while the graphics card can control the scaling, there are significant compression artifacts when viewing dark scenes. Images with a gradient fill down to pure black (such as the Windows 7 startup animation) show very sharp edges instead of a soft glow. The EA logo in Crysis looks pretty nasty as there are clearly visible compression artifacts that should be black. They don't appear on the HDTV, so it's a monitor issue. I bought this monitor for my gaming desktop because I wanted to be able to clone the display on my desk and on a nearby HDTV. It works great, I don't have to worry about changing the resolution anymore. I was hoping to get a monitor with a component input so I could hook up the Wii when the TV is in use, but these monitors cost an extra $100 just for that alone. I saw it was on sale through a lifehacker and jumped on it. Browsing the menu, I came across the Color Format option and was surprised to see there was an option for YPbPr. YPbPr is never used in VGA, DVI or HDMI, that uses component, why is there an option for that? So on a whim I cut and stripped the old VGA cable and component cable. I connected the RGBs and their respective grounds to the component RGBs and grounds and connected the Wii. The screen went black and after a few seconds the Wii System Menu appeared. You don't have to worry about the timing, it kind of knows how to go with green/light color. This monitor can decode the component immediately. At less than $200, it's a steal. Just take any VGA component cable and connect the monitor to YPbPr and you can use it for Wii, PS2, TV (cable or satellite) or anything else with component output. Pros: It decodes the COMPONENT! There are 5 buttons on the monitor. Power button on the front and 4 blank buttons on the side. Press one of the side buttons and a menu will appear. Between the menu and the physical layout of the buttons are icons that represent what each button does (Up, Down, Accept, and Back). That's good because you never need another light source to check which button you're pressing. You can also assign hotkeys to these keys. For example, hold the top button to go directly to input selection. It has audio in and audio out but no speakers. They are there to allow the monitor to extract sound from HDMI and send it to your desktop speakers. The menu is relatively large and has many options, including color customization. Cons: DVI cable not included. Detect display scaling. To switch between 4:3 and 16:9 you have to dive into the menu, there is no car or other ratios. I'm still using VGA, so I don't know if the graphics card can handle the scaling.