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Dell 2005FPW and CAD

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ohnnyj

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Hello all:

Our company is planning to purchase some LCDs and I was wondering if the widescreen Dell would show CAD images very well. Would there be a lot of distortion? Anyone out there tried CAD or a CAD-like program with this monitor?

Thanks.
 
Why would there be distortion? The images would just be displayed at the resolution of the monitor. You'll just have more space horizontally than vertically.

The only possible distortion problems are in some programs that can't run in a widescreen resolution. As long as your video card driver can handle 1680x1050 you're good to go. 🙂

Originally posted by: ohnnyj
Hello all:

Our company is planning to purchase some LCDs and I was wondering if the widescreen Dell would show CAD images very well. Would there be a lot of distortion? Anyone out there tried CAD or a CAD-like program with this monitor?

Thanks.
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Well I have heard (from Anandtech's 19" LCD Guide) that LCDs usually have a 5:4 ratio when displaying whereas most CRTs have a 4:3 which is fine if the ratios match the default res of the LCD. For instance a 1600x1200 res works fine but 1280x1024 does not. In the article it says that circles could begin to look like ovals.

Here is the quote from the article:

Resolution, Aspect Ratio: If you buy a 4:3 LCD, the resolution had better be 4:3 as well. That is, a 19" LCD should have an aspect ratio of 1600x1200, 1280x960, or some derivative thereof. Most 19" and 17" LCDs have an aspect ratio of 5:4 (1280x1024). This is OK, but you're looking at a 5:4 signal crammed in a 4:3 box. Our Dell 2001FP, on the other hand, measures exactly 16" by 12" and runs at a resolution of 1600x1200. Generally, a skew aspect ratio is not enough to notice, but if you do any sort of graphic work, all of your circles will look like ovals. This goes the same for widescreen LCDs - buy a widescreen LCD with a widescreen resolution; a 30" wide format LCD with a resolution of 1024x768 will not look correct no matter what you do to the signal.
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Originally posted by: ohnnyj
Well I have heard (from Anandtech's 19" LCD Guide) that LCDs usually have a 5:4 ratio when displaying whereas most CRTs have a 4:3 which is fine if the ratios match the default res of the LCD. For instance a 1600x1200 res works fine but 1280x1024 does not. In the article it says that circles could begin to look like ovals.

Here is the quote from the http://www.anandtech.com/displ...oc.aspx?i=2289&amp;p=2">article</a>:

Resolution, Aspect Ratio: If you buy a 4:3 LCD, the resolution had better be 4:3 as well. That is, a 19" LCD should have an aspect ratio of 1600x1200, 1280x960, or some derivative thereof. Most 19" and 17" LCDs have an aspect ratio of 5:4 (1280x1024). This is OK, but you're looking at a 5:4 signal crammed in a 4:3 box. Our Dell 2001FP, on the other hand, measures exactly 16" by 12" and runs at a resolution of 1600x1200. Generally, a skew aspect ratio is not enough to notice, but if you do any sort of graphic work, all of your circles will look like ovals. This goes the same for widescreen LCDs - buy a widescreen LCD with a widescreen resolution; a 30" wide format LCD with a resolution of 1024x768 will not look correct no matter what you do to the signal.
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Just run it at the native resolution and you'll be fine. If you run 5:4 or 4:3 resolutions on a 16:9 monitor (and have it scale to fullscreen), it will look distorted, but that's not exactly surprising.
 
Originally posted by: ohnnyj
Well I have heard (from Anandtech's 19" LCD Guide) that LCDs usually have a 5:4 ratio when displaying whereas most CRTs have a 4:3 which is fine if the ratios match the default res of the LCD. For instance a 1600x1200 res works fine but 1280x1024 does not. In the article it says that circles could begin to look like ovals.

Here is the quote from the http://www.anandtech.com/displ...oc.aspx?i=2289&amp;p=2">article</a>:

Resolution, Aspect Ratio: If you buy a 4:3 LCD, the resolution had better be 4:3 as well. That is, a 19" LCD should have an aspect ratio of 1600x1200, 1280x960, or some derivative thereof. Most 19" and 17" LCDs have an aspect ratio of 5:4 (1280x1024). This is OK, but you're looking at a 5:4 signal crammed in a 4:3 box. Our Dell 2001FP, on the other hand, measures exactly 16" by 12" and runs at a resolution of 1600x1200. Generally, a skew aspect ratio is not enough to notice, but if you do any sort of graphic work, all of your circles will look like ovals. This goes the same for widescreen LCDs - buy a widescreen LCD with a widescreen resolution; a 30" wide format LCD with a resolution of 1024x768 will not look correct no matter what you do to the signal.
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That is just misleading, and, in case of the 19" and 17" LCDs, plain wrong. Sure, these have 1280x1024 native resolution, but they also physically are 5:4 not 4:3. The aspect ratio is correct, square pixels, on any LCD out there. Unfortunately the author still refuses to admit to that crass mistake.
 
The whole aspect ratio thing is entirely misunderstood I think. Just today I had a coworker tell me their friend returned a 2005fpw because the 16:10 ratio distorted pictures on webpages. LMAO. It isn't even remotely possible, so I wonder wtf people think.
 
All I can say is that I'm a serious CAD-monkey and LCDs pwn. The 2005FPW would be very nice. The "aspect ratio" issues do not exist. I often work on a widescreen laptop without issues. Actually having a widescreen is great because you can have 2 4:3 viewports side by side.
 
Hikari, it _is_ possible if that coworker failed to set his graphics card to 1680x1050, and ran it at some 4:3 resolution. That'll distort, obviously.
 
I got a 2005FPW for my wife's new computer and as I while I was waiting for the parts to arrive, I hooked it up via DVI to my PC. I fired up Maya and it looked really nice, especially since I have a FireGL 8800 that can anti-alias wireframes in hardware. The wireframes were razor sharp, much nicer than on my CRT, and the widescreen aspect ratio gave me lots of room for my pallets and toolbars. The only issue I had was that the latest FireGL drivers don't seem to have a rotation tab.

If you need maximum workspace for CAD, though, a 2001FP might be a better choice since it has more vertical space than the 2005FPW.
 
depends on what yer CAd'ing huh? an airplane the shape of 4:3 or an airplane closer to 16:10..lol
I would rather fly 16:10 ;-) Hey..my Dell 2005FP just came in the mail today before i left for work... I am waiting to get home.
 
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