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20.1 inches of widescreen goodness

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bmacd

Lifer
I just picked up a Sceptre 20" widescreen tonight from Costco (for $379). I'm not sure how I ever lived without this before...it looks like it's always belonged on my desktop.

-=bmacd=-

edit: went from using an IBM P70 17" CRT for the last ~7 years.

 
Damn I want a flatscreen but I cannot get one until I can justify a 24" widescreen flat panel to replace the 24" widescreen CRT I have now.....I just can't go smaller after using this thing for a couple of years.
 
I just got my Dell 2005 FPW for $334 yesterday 🙂

I was up until 4:00 am last night because I couldn't bring myself to look away from it's beauty 🙁
 
Originally posted by: bmacd
I just picked up a Sceptre 20" widescreen tonight from Costco (for $379). I'm not sure how I ever lived without this before...it looks like it's always belonged on my desktop.

-=bmacd=-

edit: went from using an IBM P70 17" CRT for the last ~7 years.
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..I wana get one too. Do I need a special vid.card for wide screen??
 
Originally posted by: dugweb
I just got my Dell 2005 FPW for $334 yesterday 🙂

I was up until 4:00 am last night because I couldn't bring myself to look away from it's beauty 🙁
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I just missed out on that deal! :|
 
Originally posted by: IGBT
..I wana get one too. Do I need a special vid.card for wide screen??
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Nope! I'm running it at 1680x1050, but it supports a bunch of lower resolutions if your video card can't handle it.

-=bmacd=-
 
Does it be ghosting?

And most video cards can run at 1680x1050... don't know how many can game at that res though.

Norm
 
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Damn I want a flatscreen but I cannot get one until I can justify a 24" widescreen flat panel to replace the 24" widescreen CRT I have now.....I just can't go smaller after using this thing for a couple of years.
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a 24" flat panel has 24" viewable. i'm pretty sure a 24" CRT has less viewable area.
 
Originally posted by: dionx
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Damn I want a flatscreen but I cannot get one until I can justify a 24" widescreen flat panel to replace the 24" widescreen CRT I have now.....I just can't go smaller after using this thing for a couple of years.
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a 24" flat panel has 24" viewable. i'm pretty sure a 24" CRT has less viewable area.
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A widescreen CRT? Unless it's a TV, that's wierd.

And yeah, LCDs are about 2"-3" bigger than a CRT marked as the same size.
 
Originally posted by: dionx
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Damn I want a flatscreen but I cannot get one until I can justify a 24" widescreen flat panel to replace the 24" widescreen CRT I have now.....I just can't go smaller after using this thing for a couple of years.
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a 24" flat panel has 24" viewable. i'm pretty sure a 24" CRT has less viewable area.
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You're agreeing with him... he doesn't want to get anything smaller than a 24" widescreen flat panel, but can't justify the price of a 24" widescreen flat panel right now.
 
Originally posted by: Fox5
Originally posted by: dionx
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Damn I want a flatscreen but I cannot get one until I can justify a 24" widescreen flat panel to replace the 24" widescreen CRT I have now.....I just can't go smaller after using this thing for a couple of years.
Click to expand...

a 24" flat panel has 24" viewable. i'm pretty sure a 24" CRT has less viewable area.
Click to expand...

A widescreen CRT? Unless it's a TV, that's wierd.

And yeah, LCDs are about 2"-3" bigger than a CRT marked as the same size.
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lol, it's 1"
a 19" CRT is 18" viewable (likewise 21"crt=20"viewable etc.) a 17" lcd is 17" viewable.
 
Originally posted by: Fox5
And yeah, LCDs are about 2"-3" bigger than a CRT marked as the same size.
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it's more like 1" horizontally.



anyway, next time the 2005 goes on sale again i figure i'll buy another, and set it up vertically next to the one i have. ftw!
 
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Damn I want a flatscreen but I cannot get one until I can justify a 24" widescreen flat panel to replace the 24" widescreen CRT I have now.....I just can't go smaller after using this thing for a couple of years.
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24" LCDs are infact larger when it comes to viewable area than a 24" CRT...
 
:thumbsup:

I bought a 2405fpw about 3 weeks ago. Looks great. I know run dual monitor with my 23" lcd 😀. That one cost 3.5x as much!!! BUT I have had 3 solid years of usage out of it before this dell and their isn't a back light issue at all. The back light on the Dell on a black screen isn't 'completely' even like my 23" Sony one but it was 3.5x as much though.

Widescreens are the way forward.

Koing
 
Originally posted by: bmacd
I just picked up a Sceptre 20" widescreen tonight from Costco (for $379). I'm not sure how I ever lived without this before...it looks like it's always belonged on my desktop.

-=bmacd=-

edit: went from using an IBM P70 17" CRT for the last ~7 years.
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That's disgusting.
 
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
7 years? egads, that crt musta been faded as hell.
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still runs great. There really wasn't a need for me to replace it, I just wanted an LCD because I banked a little OT money.

-=bmacd=-
 
How bright is it? My Dell 2005FPW was so bright that it gave me a headache and I almost returned it. After a few days I got used to it and love it now.

Any dead pixels?
 
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