CavalierLion
Junior Member
I just purchased a Dell 2005fpw.
I currently have it hooked up to my computer (Dimension 8200 with an NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 video card) via the VGA connector and to my DirecTV satellite receiver via the S-Video connector.
As far as it's functionality as a monitor, I am very happy with it. The picture is very good. Although it has the backlight bleed issue in the corners when the screen is all black, there is no issue when it is not all black.
As far as it's functionality as a TV, it is OK. When sitting close to the screen (and when the picture is zoomed to fill the screen), you can notice artifacts (?) and flickering. I venture that this is due to the output of the DirecTV satellite receiver not being in HDTV and the monitor having to up convert it (but lacking any sophisticated upconverting circuitry).
My question, however, has to do with the power save mode of my computer. When the monitor is displaying the computer (its VGA input), the monitor will properly go into power save mode after some length of time. However, when the monitor is set to display the S-Video input, it never appears to go into power save mode - regardless of whether or not it is receiving a signal on the S-Video input.
Is there a way I can set this monitor up so that it goes into power save mode if it is not receiving a signal on the S-video input (when set to display the S-video input)?
I currently have it hooked up to my computer (Dimension 8200 with an NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 video card) via the VGA connector and to my DirecTV satellite receiver via the S-Video connector.
As far as it's functionality as a monitor, I am very happy with it. The picture is very good. Although it has the backlight bleed issue in the corners when the screen is all black, there is no issue when it is not all black.
As far as it's functionality as a TV, it is OK. When sitting close to the screen (and when the picture is zoomed to fill the screen), you can notice artifacts (?) and flickering. I venture that this is due to the output of the DirecTV satellite receiver not being in HDTV and the monitor having to up convert it (but lacking any sophisticated upconverting circuitry).
My question, however, has to do with the power save mode of my computer. When the monitor is displaying the computer (its VGA input), the monitor will properly go into power save mode after some length of time. However, when the monitor is set to display the S-Video input, it never appears to go into power save mode - regardless of whether or not it is receiving a signal on the S-Video input.
Is there a way I can set this monitor up so that it goes into power save mode if it is not receiving a signal on the S-video input (when set to display the S-video input)?
