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My basic thought process was that the HP equivalent was too new and didn't offer anything persuasive above the Dell.  The 27\\\" and 30\\\" versions were perhaps more expensive than I'd like.  And if I didn't like the U2410 because it had banding or a color split, I could take it back...  \",\n  \"srcImages\": [\"arts.blog.lcd_upgrades.desktop-0b5d8401-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5-infile\", \"arts.photo.landscape.yosemite_monolith-0b3d9ff1-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5-infile\"]\n};\nvar layoutProps = {\n  _frontmatter: _frontmatter\n};\nvar MDXLayout = \"wrapper\";\nreturn function MDXContent(_ref) {\n  var components = _ref.components,\n      props = _objectWithoutProperties(_ref, [\"components\"]);\n\n  return mdx(MDXLayout, _extends({}, layoutProps, props, {\n    components: components,\n    mdxType: \"MDXLayout\"\n  }), mdx(props.imgs.Img1, {\n    width: \"640px\"\n  }), mdx(\"p\", null, \"I finally gave in and ordered the Dell U2410. 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