widescreen lcd monitor

[pontifex]

well, just ordered the Dell 2005FPW - was one of the few on my price range so. used the $60 coupon so total was $384.99.

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: pontifex
well, just ordered the Dell 2005FPW - was one of the few on my price range so. used the $60 coupon so total was $384.99.

:thumbsup: You will love it, love mine.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Have you browsed around here yet?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: pontifex
well, just ordered the Dell 2005FPW - was one of the few on my price range so. used the $60 coupon so total was $384.99.

Welcome to the club :thumbsup:

Anything under $399 is a good price 🙂

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: pontifex
well, just ordered the Dell 2005FPW - was one of the few on my price range so. used the $60 coupon so total was $384.99.

Welcome to the club :thumbsup:

Anything under $399 is a good price 🙂

2 main things that made my decision was all the good reviews on here and all the extras/features the dell has.

 

[Sephy]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I got the Viewsonic VX2025wm for WOW.

I've got this one too. It is beautiful.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Sephy

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I got the Viewsonic VX2025wm for WOW.

I've got this one too. It is beautiful.

i looked at that one too but several people mentioned it had some bad ghosting

 

[drum]

this 2405 is beautiful. I haven't gamed on it, but i don't game.

 

[Canun]

Originally posted by: sleepmachine
21" gateway widescreen is superb

Yup, no complaints about that one, had it over a year. Looks fantastic.

 

[SKORPI0]

Just bit the bullet, got the 2405FPW for $732 w/ 3 year warranty. Saved about $316.

 

[creedog]

Originally posted by: venk
:heart: :heart: :heart: i love my viewsonic 1912wb :heart: :heart: :heart:

me to, hard to use a square monitor now, even the standard 19 lcd i use at work

Have never played a game on it though.

 

[jimbob200521]

Originally posted by: pontifex
thinking about getting a 20" widescreen lcd monitor eventually.
does anyone have link or pics of games played on widescreen vs. regular?

i currently have a 19" acer al1912, any idea how it would compare in size to a 20"? would it be taller, shorter, or about the same height?

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/screenshots.php

That site has helped so much in my transition from the Dell 2000FP to my new 2005FPW. They have hacks and more to get most games working at a widescreen res.

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: artikk
http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=27&flcache=8578402&entercat=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=31&flcache=2907569&entercat=y
widescreen is much better for gaming a wider peripheral view. I suggest Dell 2005wp or 2405fpw

Most of the comparisons I have read have specifically said do not get the Dells due to their poor quality. I will be going with a Viewsonic myself.

No complaints here 🙂

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
I'll wait for an HDCP compliant monitor from Dell

Check out Dell's 2007FPW, it's the exact same price as the 2005FPW, iirc

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I love my Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW widescreen LCD.

It was on sale a few days ago for $336.75

I bought my 2005FPW TWO DAYS before it went on sale. That sucked 🙁

 

[pontifex]

hopefully i won't have any resolution problems with the dell monitor.

my monitor doesn't seem to like to run at 800x600 or 640x480 (not that i run games at those resolutions, but a lot of games are set to those by default and unless there's an easy ini file to edit, i'm screwed.

any issues like that with the 2005fpw?

 

[zanieladie]

I only have a 17 in monitor. I lose. 🙁

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: artikk
http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=27&flcache=8578402&entercat=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=31&flcache=2907569&entercat=y
widescreen is much better for gaming a wider peripheral view. I suggest Dell 2005wp or 2405fpw

I disagree. I had a 2005FPW for a while, and almost NO games support widescreen. Since it doesn't letterbox games, you get this stupid stretched-out appearance.

And movies still have letterboxing. WTF? I wasn't happy, I should have gotten the 2001FP instead...I ended up selling the 2005FPW because widescreen is pointless.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: artikk
http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=27&flcache=8578402&entercat=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=31&flcache=2907569&entercat=y
widescreen is much better for gaming a wider peripheral view. I suggest Dell 2005wp or 2405fpw

I disagree. I had a 2005FPW for a while, and almost NO games support widescreen. Since it doesn't letterbox games, you get this stupid stretched-out appearance.

And movies still have letterboxing. WTF? I wasn't happy, I should have gotten the 2001FP instead...I ended up selling the 2005FPW because widescreen is pointless.

then why does everyone like them so much?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: jagec
I disagree. I had a 2005FPW for a while, and almost NO games support widescreen. Since it doesn't letterbox games, you get this stupid stretched-out appearance.

And movies still have letterboxing. WTF? I wasn't happy, I should have gotten the 2001FP instead...I ended up selling the 2005FPW because widescreen is pointless.

then why does everyone like them so much?

They're trying to convince themselves that jumping on the bandwagon wasn't a huge waste of money? 😛

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: jagec
I disagree. I had a 2005FPW for a while, and almost NO games support widescreen. Since it doesn't letterbox games, you get this stupid stretched-out appearance.

And movies still have letterboxing. WTF? I wasn't happy, I should have gotten the 2001FP instead...I ended up selling the 2005FPW because widescreen is pointless.

then why does everyone like them so much?

They're trying to convince themselves that jumping on the bandwagon wasn't a huge waste of money? 😛

you're a lifer on this forum so you should know that if people don't like something, they let you know. everyone except you likes these monitors.

 

[MaxFusion16]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: jagec
I disagree. I had a 2005FPW for a while, and almost NO games support widescreen. Since it doesn't letterbox games, you get this stupid stretched-out appearance.

And movies still have letterboxing. WTF? I wasn't happy, I should have gotten the 2001FP instead...I ended up selling the 2005FPW because widescreen is pointless.

then why does everyone like them so much?

They're trying to convince themselves that jumping on the bandwagon wasn't a huge waste of money? 😛

you're a lifer on this forum so you should know that if people don't like something, they let you know. everyone except you likes these monitors.

you could've just turned off scaling in the monitor menu to get letterbox; and as for movies, widescreen computer monitors have an aspect ratio of 16:10 instead of 16:9 for most movies. just 2 tiny strips, not a big deal.

 

[pontifex]

WOOT!!!

it came today! its frickin awesome! i love the space

gonna take a little getting used to for web pages and stuff though, but i could always resize the windows


loaded up CoD2 and its looks awesome on widescreen


now i still have 1 problem though.

i try to play planetside and i still can't get it to display anything but i hear the sound. it must have something to do with a setting on my video card or something. i can't figure it out though.

edit: fixed the planetside problem. it has something to do with saitek keyboards and certain functions they have. frickin weird.

just thought of another question. the usb ports on this thing, are they like a usb hub or what? i connected the cable from the monitor to the pc but they don't seem to be working.
the sheet says they are upstream and downstream usb ports. wtf does that mean? never heard of usb ports talked about that way.

edit: nvm about that too, unplugged the cord and reseated it and it works now also.