3520*1200 Sweetness!

Post by **obsidian** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:51 am

I have a 20" 1600x1200 Viewsonic VP2000s LCD monitor. I love it. Great for graphic applications and games alike. Only complaint is that there is a little bit of texture banding that is only noticeable when I'm working with graphic applications with a lot of colour gradients.

Last week, I spotted a one day sale on a Dell 24" 1920x1200 2407WFP. My mouse hovered between the buy button and the close button on Firefox for quite a while, before I finally clicked buy.

Today the package arrived so I decided to hook it up to my computer this evening. I now have dual DVI monitors running at a total of 3520x1200 resolution!

[lvlshot]http://www.robotrenegade.com/personal/photos/techstuff/3520x1200.jpg[/lvlshot]

That photo doesn't do them justice, it measures about 40" across! I'm not sure if I'm reclaiming more desk space or losing it by replacing the old 17" CRT that I had as a secondary monitor. Visually, I'm a little overwhelmed by the two monitors.

Anyway, this monitor is great! Virtually no banding and no image tearing in games. I find the default brightness value overkill so I dimmed it down a bit.

It comes with VGA, DVI, S-Video, component, composite inputs, has a 4-port USB hub and a digital card reader. I lost my memory stick pro dual in the monitor because apparently, you need the adapter. I had to use tweezers to get it back out.

I think it still needs to be calibrated for colour, but it's not bad out of the box, better than my old Viewsonic, anyway. One of those hardware calibration tools is going to be next on my shopping list.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:59 am

welcome to the Dell 240X family.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:59 am

Nice, it always feels good to get new sexy electronic toys

For some reason I can never regain my desk space, I will always be a 2 monitor dude. Even after I got my 24" I still use a secondary monitor.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:03 am

i think i am one of the only people that think the 24" is more then enough...

Post by **Captain** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:13 am

Very nice setup man, enjoy

PS. Is that an art tablet? I'm jealous :icon32:

Post by **bitWISE** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:22 am

Thanks for sharing that one day sale

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:39 am

Nice. This is what I'd like to have:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wi ... rround.jpg

Post by **mjrpes** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:51 am

Nice... I'm part of the 240X family too. 24" is more than enough screen space to work with... I've finally gotten control over my bigger screen envy disease.

Post by **Transient** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:12 pm

Nice setup. I used to use 2 monitors, but I didn't really need both, so I sold my older one to Fury. He loves it with Supreme Commander. I'm happy with my Samsung 20" HDTV/monitor combo. The 360 looks splendid with it. :icon26:

By the way, nice speakers.

Post by **Fender** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:22 pm

dzjepp wrote:Nice. This is what I'd like to have:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wi ... rround.jpg

Wow... that would be awesome for PvP.

Post by **quarn** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:49 pm

nice.
I run a 19" samsung 930bf (i believe?)

Why are we all at a 1200 maximum up and down ?

Post by **LBt1st** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:02 pm

Here's the back of mine. Gotta love all the I/O on this thing

I still use a 2nd display as well. Can't live without it.

May I ask how much you paid for yours during that sale?

-Bean

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:05 pm

what i hate about the 240x is that you cant have PiP with 2 digital sources

Post by **obsidian** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:43 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:PS. Is that an art tablet? I'm jealous :icon32:

Yes, a Wacom Intuos3 12x9.5, I use it for a lot of graphics applications.

bitWISE wrote:Thanks for sharing that one day sale

Errm... sorry, it was on Dell's Canadian website, so you wouldn't have been eligible.

quarn wrote:Why are we all at a 1200 maximum up and down ?

You can get a 30" Apple Cinema Display at 2560x1600 for about $2000. You will need to plug in both DVI connections from your video card into just one monitor (so no dual displays) and for the same price, you can get 3 of these Dell's (on sale).

LBt1st wrote:May I ask how much you paid for yours during that sale?

$650 Canadian ($200 off). My cousin managed to get one from his friend who works at Dell for $400. Sadly, his friend couldn't get any more since it was a one time deal. At that price, I would have bought, like... 6.

I'm also liking the fact that I can get rid of the USB hub and memory card reader cluttering up my desk and replace it with a single USB cable.

Post by **Foo** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:47 pm

obsidian wrote:You will need to plug in both DVI connections from your video card into just one monitor (so no dual displays)

If you can afford a pair of the apple screens then a pair of dual-DVI PCIe graphics cards in non-SLi configuration will work.

That's a lotta screen space though.

Post by **obsidian** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:51 pm

Well, yes... but that would be overkill, even for me... or would it? Dammit Foo, now you have me thinking about it when I should be worried about keeping money in my pocket!

Post by **Foo** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:52 pm

Imagine that times.... five... or whatever. With Maxivista.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:54 pm

New toys are great. Last week I got a 500 gig WD E-Book and the new Logitech G5/2 mouse. :icon31:

BTW, nice monitors. I love my 24" Dell. :icon14:

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:57 pm

i've got a 30" display. i win.

Post by **Foo** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:59 pm

and a two inch pennor!

aha

Post by **Denz** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:05 pm

So you finally made it to Dual Monitors huh? Nice! I have my Dell and a Sony. I'm not too sure I could work with one monitor anymore.

Post by **LBt1st** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:24 pm

obsidian wrote:Well, yes... but that would be overkill, even for me... or would it?

*twiddles fingers* you know you want tooo..

-Bean

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:27 pm

i'd especially want the geforce4

Post by **LBt1st** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:31 pm

yeah that thing needs replaced Bad. The PCI card I put in for the extra two displays smokes it.