Dell Ultrasharp (widescreen, or not?)

Post by **-SKID-** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:18 am

Ive been eyeing the dell 2001fp, and the 2005fpw. They have the same viewable size, but the normal screen is only 16ms, and the widescreen is 12ms. Would any of you go for a widescreen monitor? What are your opinions?

Post by **Oblivi0.on** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:19 am

widescreen looks great for movies. plus i play quake3 at 16:9. so i would get widescreen.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:22 am

i see no logical reason NOT to get widescreen. but, i'm biased like that.

Post by **-SKID-** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:29 am

The only drawback Im seeing is the resolution, it only goes up to 1680x1050 on the widescreen. I play most games @ 1600X1200. Hmmmmm

Post by **Oblivi0.on** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:31 am

the lower that second number is the faster the game will run. just run it full screen or widescreen. most new games offer it as an option. or a custom resolution.

Post by **Canis** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:47 am

faster pixel recovery and widescreen....unless the prices are vastly different I'd go for the widescreen.

Post by **79DieselRabbit** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:49 am

2405FPW :icon10:

I love mine.

Post by **-SKID-** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:00 am

79DieselRabbit wrote:2405FPW :icon10:

I love mine.

I dont want to spend $1000

but I sure do want one. Wanna sell me yours fooooor lets say $450?

Post by **mjrpes** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:00 am

I bought the 2005fpw a month ago. Absolutely no regrets. And this is the first time I've bought an LCD, laptop or otherwise, that didn't have single dead pixel.

Post by **Psyche911** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:39 am

I've got a question that I've been wondering about for some time.

Does the aspect ratio have any effect on performance of video cards? Are they in any way more optimized to run at 4:3 ratio over 16:9 or whatever? Or would you actually have slightly better performance at 1680x1050 over 1600x1200?

I really like the look of the 2005FPW, but I don't think I'll be buying a new monitor any time soon. I wish I could get some money for this CRT, but from what I've seen it doesn't look like anyone would pay more than $75 or so. The MSRP was like $500...

Post by **mjrpes** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:39 am

It shouldn't make any difference at all. If anything, fps will be slightly better on the 1680x1050, because that's a lower overall pixel count than 1600x1200.

You're probably aware of it already, but you can get some really good deals on Dell monitors if you use coupons. These sites are great for tracking:

http://www.dealcatcher.com/dell-sb-coupons
http://www.spoofee.com/index.php
http://www.techbargains.com/coupons.cfm
http://www.gottadeal.com/dell.php

Look out for the 35% off + $50-75 extra = around $425 for the 2005fpw. I've heard rumors of it being even less than that but haven't really looked into it.

Post by **Psyche911** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:47 am

I saw a deal a week or two ago on http://dealnews.com/ where I think it was under $400...375 or something.

edit: maybe I'm wrong, I can't find an old deal under $422. Either way, more money than I have now.

Oh yeah, http://anandtech.com/ did a comparison of it vs the Apple 20" Cinema Display just yesterday here: http://anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2400

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:55 am

79DieselRabbit wrote:2405FPW :icon10:

I love mine.

Does it mess with images like the laptop widescreens? Small images like the logos on http://www.microsoft.com , that seems to be the complaint with the widescreen versions.

Also last week it was selling for $375 shipped 2nd day. I have a deal site on my laptop, but it's at work right now. Dell's deals run thursday to wednesday.

Post by **dmmh** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:23 am

Apple Cinema HD displays have lowered in price, might wanne look at that if you are into aesteatics

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/ap ... plays.html

the UltraSharp 2005FPW goes for as low as $350 after rebates though

Post by **dmmh** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:23 am

btw, they both use the same LG-Philips LCD panel (the 20 inch Apple and the Dell)

Post by **Grudge** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:52 am

great reveiw/comparison of the 2005fpw and the 20" cinema display on anandtech:

http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2400

Post by **Psyche911** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:11 am

Grudge wrote:great reveiw/comparison of the 2005fpw and the 20" cinema display on anandtech:

http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2400

Excellent post Grudge, note the one just a couple up:

Psyche911 wrote:I saw a deal a week or two ago on http://dealnews.com/ where I think it was under $400...375 or something.

edit: maybe I'm wrong, I can't find an old deal under $422. Either way, more money than I have now.

Oh yeah, http://anandtech.com/ did a comparison of it vs the Apple 20" Cinema Display just yesterday here: http://anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2400

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:16 am

I like the way that Dell claims the exact same panel, in their monitor, has a faster response time. Honest that.

Post by **Grudge** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:16 am

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:14 am

dmmh wrote:Apple Cinema HD displays have lowered in price, might wanne look at that if you are into aesteatics

yar, no sh*t, who in their right mind is not into aesteatics?

Post by **mjrpes** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:35 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
dmmh wrote:Apple Cinema HD displays have lowered in price, might wanne look at that if you are into aesteatics

yar, no sh*t, who in their right mind is not into aesteatics?

Isn't aesteatics the branch of linguistics that studies butchered words?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:37 am

Post by **mjrpes** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:37 am

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:40 am

Post by **Grudge** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:16 am