MBPro 2011 15" thinks my Dell U2410 is a TV

I posted this in macrumors.com forums but wanted to see if anyone here had run into this issue yet.
I got a mini displayport to displayport cable from monoprice and hooked it up last night to my 15" 2011 Macbook Pro and my Dell U2410 24" monitor. It immediately looked terrible as if I was hooked up via HDMI @ 1080p. Sure enough I checked the display settings and it listed my monitor as a TV and was set to 1080p. I was able to select 1920x1800 as a resolution but the picture quality did not improve.
I've read other posts elsewhere that this is most likely a software/firmware problem as other users have booted into Win7 on their machines and the display is working fine at native resolution.
Please Apple fix this issue!

From the Apple Support Pages: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3382?viewlocale=en_US#3
11. How is the Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter different from the Apple Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter?
The Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter works best with displays that operate at dual-link resolutions, which are resolutions above 1920 x 1200. For displays that do not support dual-link DVI resolutions (displays that operate at resolutions of 1920 x 1200 or lower) you should use the Apple Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter instead.

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