Hello Chris:
I have a similar question as the one posted here but mine is regarding the Panel Revision Numbers for this Monitor U2412M
I read the forums, some of your post and when I called DELL I was also told by the sale representative the advantages of buying directly from DELL instead of a third party seller, specially since I'm located at US.
From one of the post:
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The product sits in their warehouses getting old. Before too long, they have older revisions A00 while we are shipping A03. (Just examples)
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I asked the sales representative what panel I would received and he mentioned me that they do not have control over that (which is understandable) but that I will be receiving the latest panel since the old ones were not longer available.
A few days later I received my monitor and to my surprise the Revision Panel is A00 which is the first generation of this panel. I also noticed that the manufacture date of the monitor is November 2013 which does not correlate to the latest revision of the panel being used. My co-worker has the same monitor he purchased in 2012 and his monitor has Revision Number A02.
After receiving the monitors I called at your Sales representative, then I was transferred to Customer Care, then Technical Support and back to Sales representative and no one could tell me the latest revision panel for this monitor, a supervisor mentioned me that he sees different revision numbers but does not know which revision is the newer one or if there are manufacture dates associated with these revision numbers to know if there is a sequence on them (thinking in A00 will be first quarter of 2011, A01 second quarter of 2011 and so on)
They were able to specify the latest revision as A06 but for the DELL u2713hm monitor
As a side note I was looking to get a second monitor to have a dual setup but is there a way to ensure to get the same revision numbers (the latest one) of this monitor if I purchase them together?
I will appreciate if you can clarify the Panel Revision Number for this monitor U2412M and provide me with more details.
Thanks for your help and time
Sincerely
Paul
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Ref post:
Why all U2312HM and U2412M monitors reverted to the most bugged A00 revision?
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/3529/t/19520870.aspx
Faulty U2412M replaced by a U2412Mb. What does "b" stand for?
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/3529/t/19459306.aspx
Color differences in the newer U2412m
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/3529/t/19470288.aspx
Reasons you should not buy a Dell monitor from a reseller!
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/3529/t/19531096.aspx