My Dell 2007FP: AS-IPS or P-MVA?

[rinswind]

Hello,
Today I got my brand new Dell 2007FP display. I'm pretty happy with it but still I wander about the type of matrix the Dell lottary has bestowed on me. I know that Dell put AS-IPS or P-MVA on a random principle. So is there any way short of dissasembling the monitor to discover the type of matrix used in mine? For example Samsungs 226BW has a service menu activated by pressing it's buttons in a special sequence. Is there something similar on the Dell 2007FP?

 

[rinswind]

For those interested here's a link with quite extensive information on the subject:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1111100

 

[jaguarskx]

Hello,
So is there any way short of dissasembling the monitor to discover the type of matrix used in mine? For example Samsungs 226BW has a service menu activated by pressing it's buttons in a special sequence.

Not anymore. Some info is display, but no one has been able to decypher it yet to determine the panel used.

 

[rinswind]

Hmm...according to folklore it still sees I won the lottery.
1) The serial number ends on an L for LG's S-IPS panel.
2) When I opened the service menu the panel was named V1B22, which is an IPS pannel again acording to internet folklore
3) When I look at my monitor at a great angle the blacks become purple-ish

 

[jaguarskx]

Yeah, it sounds like you have the S-IPS panel.

Based on some previous research colors on a S-IPS takes on a purple/red hue when viewing from an angle. That's due to how light is being refracted by IPS panel technology.