Those that know how Dell does their marketing and supply chain; will the 2405fpw still be available after the 2407fpw is released?
I personally doubt it will. I think what with the current prices of the older monitors slowly dropping more and more, and Dell busting out the sales, they are actually slowly irradicating the older models in room for the **07 range.
There is no need for them to stock both, it would probably only end up affecting the sales of the more expensive nwer models, I can imagine if both stock remained the sales of the 2007FPW would lessen as a result of the now cheaper 2405FPW (because by that time, with the release of the 2407FPW prices will ultimately drop).
I can't see how that would work - the video card needs the unencrypted stream to be able to gamma and scale it into an overlay window. So logically either the video card or the video card's drivers have to be doing a decrypt/encrypt step or playing HD content will always be full screen and be completely unadjustable AND the monitor will need a scaler.
Why in hell would you ever want to encrypt a video signal? More bandwidth? I thought DVI already had plenty of headroom?
Copyright protection, or HDCP in this case. DVI actually maxes out at 1920x1200 for bandwith, hence why the 3007 needs a dual DVI connection. DVI will be replaced with a new connector soon which I forget its name.
1920x1200 per channel though,right? I thought proper DVI cables had the ability to carry two signals of 1920x1200 as well as one RGB.
The 2405 has lag? I had never heard about this before. I am very interested in purchasing a 2407, but certainly don't want to buy a $1000 monitor if it has lag.
lol there's no "lag" on a 2405fpw whatsoever unless there's something wrong with your setup or panel
Well I sincerely hope so!
So how many people are like me and anxiously awaiting news of the upcoming 2407?
So how many people are like me and anxiously awaiting news of the upcoming 2407?
Ronin
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I'm anxiously waiting for Dell to get off their ass and put the inputs back on the 30" like they had on the 24". If they don't, I won't be interested in it, and I have multiple other options to view HD content (on a 70" TV, for example).
Actually, I believe HDCP just requires a handshake between the source and destination before HD content is allowed to transmit across the connection. That said, because the 2405FPW doesn't support HDCP, as I understand the spec, a Blu-ray or HD DVD player shouldn't allow HD content to play on it -- it should instead down-rez it.
And there isn't "lag" because of the DVI spec. When set to a high rez over DVI, you enable reduced blanking. CRTs require a delay for the electron stream to go from the last column to the first. LCDs don't need that delay and as such, can transmit more data over DVI than the VESA spec.
And there isn't "lag" because of the DVI spec. When set to a high rez over DVI, you enable reduced blanking. CRTs require a delay for the electron stream to go from the last column to the first. LCDs don't need that delay and as such, can transmit more data over DVI than the VESA spec.
I personally don't really care about the 2407. HDCP isn't a big deal for me I VERY RARELY watch any HD content at all. (on my PC atleast) I am pretty sure most HD content will be reduce to 480p if the conent requires HDCP, on the 2405 anyways. I also have never experienced any lag with the 2405 atleast anything noticable.
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Yeah, I'm don't think that HDCP content is going to is going to be enough of a deal for me. And on a computer the difference between the normal resolution content on a 2405 and the HD content on the 2407 doesn't seem like it'd be all that big of a difference...
I still dont understand why content providers insist that the encryption be done between the display and pc.
What stopping a "rogue driver" from simulating this encryption anyway?
What stopping a "rogue driver" from simulating this encryption anyway?
It will take about a day for a geek to write up the code to go content to PC and record the signal, defeating its purpose. It just looks good on paper though when the big CEOs who have no clue about the actual product see steps being made to try and protect their investments.
pretty much exactly what is happening. This type of thing always gets cracked and there is nothing that will stop HDCP from being cracked either.
Ronin
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Amazing how those guys are having a problem and none of us here are (I've had my 2405s for some time now and have no problems at all).
Umm, if Ronin isn't having problems with lag on his crazy SLIed 512MB setup, I think you'll be fine with the 2405.
...except that it's actually secure. You'll note that WMV-HD cracks haven't exactly been forthcoming, either.
Because if you don't have end-to-end encryption it's pretty trivial to capture the signal at the display end. You can get capture devices for unencrypted HD content; they're just too expensive for normal consumers.
...and what's it going to do with the encrypted stream once it has it? Even if you can trick the Blu-Ray drive (or whatever device) into giving you the content, you have to understand the protocol (which isn't public) and have the encryption key (which is itself encrypted in a proprietary fashion) to actually access the content.
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