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    Have you ever had LCD pixels go dead

    sorry guys accidently hit the wrong key and this message got posted...
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    Have you ever had LCD pixels go dead suddenly?

    It seems that whenever I subject my laptop to stress (and by stress I mean carrying it around from one place to another several times in one day), pixels once in a while will go out. I've lost like 3-4 pixels in the past few months like this. It's usually just one pixel thats black and isolated...
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    Have you ever had LCD pixels go dead

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    2005FPW and HDTV box

    I should note that I'm having pretty serious backlight issues with this monitor. The top left and top right corners are rather greyish when the screen is completely black. When viewing a dark movie, I feel like I am viewing it through some dark night clouds. I also own an 2001FP and there are no...
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    2005FPW and HDTV box

    I recently purchased both a Dell 20" Widescreen LCD 2005FPW and a Samsung SIR-T451 HDTV Tuner for over the air broadcasts. Now I connected the LCD to the DVI port on the back of the tuner and I must say, the video looks AWESOME. There are four resolution settings on the tuner and they are: 480i...
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    LCD interference fringes when in motion

    I recently bought a 2001FP and noticed interference fringes whenever the image is in motion, such as a video, or when my eyes are in motion. This phenomenon is mostannoying when it comes to games or movies because things are constantly in motion. These interference fringes are very lightly...
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    2001FP screen door effect only when in motion

    this is slightly different than what other people have said for a few reasons: 1. i only notice this when the screen is moving 2. its only really visible on blue backgrounds 3. more prominent when the screen is turned on 4. the lines are diagonal criss crossing
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    2001FP screen door effect only when in motion

    Has anyone ever had this problem before? When my display is in motion, such as a DVD, a game or just dragging a window around, I notice a diagonal screen door effect (basically criss cross lines). This is basically the square screen door effect except turned 45 degrees in any direction to...
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    2005FPW vs 2001FP by the numbers

    Is there anyone who has used a both monitors and have preferred the full screen one?
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    2005FPW vs 2001FP by the numbers

    Here I'm going to compare a 20.1" normal 4:3 LCD (such as the 2001FP), a 20.1" wide aspect 16:10 LCD (such as the 2005FPW) and a 21.3" normal 4:3 LCD (pick your favorite one) thrown in for comparison. Max screen mode is viewing the screen in its native aspect ratio. All measurements are in...
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    Help! Start Menu programs folder disappeared!

    When I do start, all programs, I get nothing. When I select explore, it opens windows explorer with a new folder called DS, like documents and settings (which I can't delete because its a system folder and respwans itself if I delete it in MS-DOS). The new folder, DS, even with my old...
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    1680x1050 compatibilty?

    I'm looking at Dell's new 20.1 inch wide aspect LCD. On this">http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/Prod...=overview&sku=320-4111&c=us&l=en&cs=19</a> page, Dell is quick to point out To optimize this monitor's performance, your system must be able to support WSXGA+ resolution (1680 x 1050)...