Dead! Dell Home: 2005FPW for $634.15 shipped!

[Apex]

DEAD: New one day $40 off $350+ purchase coupon from Dell Home for 11/11/04, from 12am CST to 11:59pm CST. This brings the price down to $649.15 shipped for the 2005FPW widescreen 20.1" LCD with 1680 x 1050 resolution, and just $599.20 shipped for the 2001FP. Both are 16ms total average response time monitors. Both have DVI, VGA, S-Video, & Composite inputs.

The promotions tend to change at 6AM CST or so Thursday morning, so this could definitely change.

Dell Home, so no sales tax collected from most (though not all) states.

Update: Dead at 6am CST, when Dell Home changed their promotions.

Update 2: New coupon code for $45 off $425 for 11/12/04, plus another coupon for 15% off the Dell 2005FPW, 1703FP,1504FP, and E153FP LCD monitors (expires 11/15/04). May expire earlier.

Dell 2005FPW: $799 - 15% - $45 = $634.15 shipped.

Update 3: $45 off $425 coupon now dead.

 

[ntdz]

actually, the 2005fpw has a 12ms responce time.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: ntdz
actually, the 2005fpw has a 12ms responce time.

16ms total average response black to white to black
12ms total average response gray to gray

Most of the time, the black/white/black time is quoted.

 

[cirthix]

didnt thg do an article about 12v16 ms response times?

 

[z0mb13]

what is the diff between the 2005 and 2001?

 

[cirthix]

EWWWWWW!! CRAPPY RESOLUTION 1600*1200>>>>>>>>1680*1050
muliply it out if you dont beleive me

 

[SynthDude2001]

Wow, that is hot. I was mad for missing the other $609 deal on the 2001FP too. Now, the question is, can I really afford to drop $640 or so (Texas = tax from Dell) on a monitor? ....

Edit: Holy crap, it's $50 tax and not $40! Damn Dell for being based in Round Rock.....

 

[machintos]

tax kills it for me

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
what is the diff between the 2005 and 2001?

2001FP:

20.1" 4:3 LCD (16.1" horizontal, 12.1" vertical) with 1600 x 1200 native resolution
DVI, VGA, S-Video, Composite
4-Port USB 2.0 (2 left, 2 back left)
400:1 contrast
250 cd/m2 brightness
16ms total average response time black/white/black
?ms total average response time gray/gray
176/176 degree viewing angle
6 CCFL's



2005FPW:

20.1" 16:10 LCD (17.0" horizontal, 10.7" vertical) with 1680 x 1050 native resolution
DVI, VGA, S-Video, Composite
4-Port USB 2.0 (2 rear, 2 right)
600:1 contrast
300 cd/m2 brightness
16ms total average response time black/white/black
12ms total average response time gray/gray
176/176 degree viewing angle
6 CCFL's

 

[Solema]

Stupid tax in OH. $47 sucks.

I wish the BigBucks coupon was stackable on this.

 

[z0mb13]

a higher contrast ratio is better, right?

 

[SynthDude2001]

Ah what the hell...I'm in for a 2001FP. My birthday is next week and I should be getting some cash, so I can at least sort of justify it.

Total was $648.63.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
a higher contrast ratio is better, right?

Definitely.

It translates to lower black levels (so blacks look more black instead of gray), better shadow detail (so you can see detail in shadows, instead of a uniform black/gray), and often, better colors (though not always).

 

[hmsrolst]

Where do you get the $40 off $350? Thanks.

 

[hmsrolst]

Found it, but the 20% off is dead in Home and the coupon won't work in SB. Oh, well!

 

[salaku]

That 2005 thing is a widescreen display

Originally posted by: cirthix
EWWWWWW!! CRAPPY RESOLUTION 1600*1200>>>>>>>>1680*1050
muliply it out if you dont beleive me

 

[gxshockwav]

if you have fatcash, ebates or one of those percentage back dealies, price will be even lower. Pretty hot deal.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: salaku
That 2005 thing is a widescreen display

Originally posted by: cirthix
EWWWWWW!! CRAPPY RESOLUTION 1600*1200>>>>>>>>1680*1050
muliply it out if you dont beleive me

I believe he's referring to the overall lower pixel count of the 2005FPW (very small difference, but the actual pixel count is lower).

Viper GTS

 

[EarthwormJim]

Not so hot, the 20% coupon expires the day before this $40 coupon. Now it's 10% off and with the $40 coupon its 679.99.

 

[Idleuser]

dont owrry it's just to throw you off dell will have another sell seeing how they been having it for the past 1.5months.

 

[spacelord]

what do normal 4:3 ratio games look like on the Widescreen monitor? does it add black bars along the left and right sides?

 

[Solema]

Normally, they are stretched out, akin to 4:3 TV on a Widescreen TV, but you can force black bars through drivers.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim
Not so hot, the 20% coupon expires the day before this $40 coupon. Now it's 10% off and with the $40 coupon its 679.99.

Yeah, it looks like it only worked for a few hours last night, before they actually removed the 20% off. I'm just glad I happened to see this post in that time period.

 

[cyberfuzz]

just curious cant someone who doesnt live in a taxed state order it, and have it shipped to another address, let say to somewhere where someone would have to pay tax.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: cyberfuzz
just curious cant someone who doesnt live in a taxed state order it, and have it shipped to another address, let say to somewhere where someone would have to pay tax.

I'd imagine that would be possible, but it's not worth it for me to try it really, since I don't think I know anyone who lives in Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, etc. And even if I did, either driving there to pick it up (Texas is a big ass state ) or having it reshipped to my address here, would probably end up being somewhere around the original tax amount anyway.