Dell 2005fpw 20" widescreen LCD $679.15 free shipping

[gator20]

I think my first post in Hot Deals... didn't see it posted yet in a search.

Dell 2005fpw, 20" widescreen flat panel. Available in Dell Home Software/Peripherals for $679.15 and free shipping.

Good for those wanting a large widescreen flat panel.

Specs:
1680x1050 pixels
300:1 brightness
600:1 contrast
12ms grey-to-grey, 16ms black-to-white response times

Link:
http://accessories.us.dell.com...2999&page=external

 

[swedegeek]

linky??? too lazy to find it myself...

 

[kermalou]

tax kills it a little here in CA

 

[nahcyrag]

wow!!
with the big buck coupon. It comes to $649.15 with free shipping and NO TAX for Mass.

 

[gshock888]

very nice
but if your a gamer, not too many games can be done at the widescreen resolution. so your better off with the 2001fp because a 4:3 ratio on the 2005 basically means your gaming on a 18" normal aspect ratio screen (or less)

but this will be great for movies

 

[Apex]

Nice! They really started discounting early.

 

[dcdomain]

I heard the 2001fp is a better monitor because you actually get more screen/res/space... ?

 

[Vegito]

if you multiply out the pixels u got 1600x1200 vs 1680x1050..

would be nice if it was a 23 wide screen with 1920x1600

 

[KevinH]

Originally posted by: gshock888
very nice
but if your a gamer, not too many games can be done at the widescreen resolution. so your better off with the 2001fp because a 4:3 ratio on the 2005 basically means your gaming on a 18" normal aspect ratio screen (or less)

but this will be great for movies

Good point. However, a lot of newer titles do support widescreen including UT2K4 and WoW...the two that I care for .

 

[toant103]

nice, wide screen

 

[h3nG]

any body know what is goign to become of the 2001fp?

hopefully, the ws is not a replacement but an addition to their lineup.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: h3nG
any body know what is goign to become of the 2001fp?

hopefully, the ws is not a replacement but an addition to their lineup.

I hope it drops the 2001FP price to like low 500's

 

[tooltime]

i really like the falling prices of lcd tv's...but i'll wait a little more

 

[ToyYoda]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: h3nG
any body know what is goign to become of the 2001fp?

hopefully, the ws is not a replacement but an addition to their lineup.

I hope it drops the 2001FP price to like low 500's

O man, one can only hope

 

[RossMAN]

I wonder if they'll have any of these on display at Dell kiosk's?

 

[Odeen]

The 1050 pixel vertical resolution makes it even more funky for game support. I've been futzing around with a 1280x800 (16:10) Gateway M505X. A friend of mine has a 1440x1050 Dell Inspiron 600M. Very few games bother to enumerate ALL DX resolutions, so it's 1024x768 for everyone, 1600x1200 for most, 1280x1024 with a weird pixel aspect ratio.

1280x800 ends up being rendered as a 4x3 window, so you can't see anything "extra," you just see everything stretched out. The same is likely to be the case for 1680x1050. What's worse is that, on 1280x800, I can render non-stretched 1024x768 and use MOST of my screen height. If your favorite game even has 1280x960 available, you're wasting a higher percentage of pixels than XGA on WXGA.

For gamers, 4x3 still rules the roost for resolution support. Then again, for gamers, LCD's aren't the optimal solution.

 

[CTrain]

Can you use it as a HDTV monitor ??

 

[pctwo]

what kind of card do I need to use this thing? I don't think mine (nVidia Ti200) can do any funky 16x10 resolution.

 

[SupKiz]

I'm currently in Canada and since my monitor turns itself constantly off I need to replace it very soon.

I'd love the new Dell monitor but it is not available in Canada it seems. Does anyone know if Dell got a worldwide guarantee? Maybe I'll try to find someone to help me to import this monitor.

Thanks.

 

[ResearchEverything]

I got the 2001FP and WOW, it is awesome with all games and anything else I can throw at it. Simply amazed.

 

[gator20]

Originally posted by: pctwo
what kind of card do I need to use this thing? I don't think mine (nVidia Ti200) can do any funky 16x10 resolution.

I'm kind of wondering the same thing. I have an AIW 9600XT, and though it doesn't list 1680x1050 as a supported res, I figure there must be some way of getting that resolution.

So far I've seen something about Powerstrip, but I'm not sure what else is out there.

 

[b3b0p]

Originally posted by: pctwo
what kind of card do I need to use this thing? I don't think mine (nVidia Ti200) can do any funky 16x10 resolution.

Go into your NVIDIA Control Panel under advanced settings. Click "Change Resolutions". Click "Custom Resolutions". Now add the new resolution. Works for me on all sorts of funky resolutions.