20 Inch Dell 2005FPW (Widescreen) $389

Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:03 pm

Got one yesterday and this thing is sick, picture in picture, DVI, Composite and the list goes on. Paid $410 with instant discounts. Deal only last till Monday I believe. Ran BF2 on it last night with no image loss, ghosting or motion blur.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?TabPage=producthighlights&sku=320-4111&c=us&l=en&cs=19

Once you add the item to the cart and start the checkout process there
will be an option to input coupons, you need to enter and then apply
this code:

6WZ30DBFL14P2W

and then enter and apply this code:

FKPVH8KZFHDJT?

The subtotal should then read $389 order it 3-5 day free shipping.

Anandtech did a review of this and the Apple 20 inch Cinema and turns out they both use the exact same LG.Phillips guts, just a different backlight, and the Apple runs around 1,000.

http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2400

Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:14 pm

Says $429 for subtotal... Still a great price. I need a flat panel for my dorm room because it has 0 desk space. Native resolution is pretty high, I dont think my 6600GT can run that smoothly.

Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:21 pm

Actually mine ran it fine. I have a 6600GT (Athlon 64 and a gig of ram) and it ran fine in WoW at that rez. Wish I knew a way to get BF2 up that high

Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:43 pm

Nice! The 24" is fun too

Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:24 pm

nice

Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:59 pm

Yeah my roomate just ordered the 24 after he checked out mine. He's always gotta wait for me to get something cool then by the next bigger or better one so he can gloat. But he's paying almost 400 more for his

Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:12 pm

I had the 2005FPW for a week or so, but after replacing it three times I got frustrated and returned it. The colors were great and it was bright, blacks were obviously not CRT caliber but still pretty good for an LCD..

The bleed from the backlight really started to bother me. I had it in all four corners on all three units ( some worse then others).

Just started to annoy me. Of course for $389 I would consider getting it again. It was awesome in WOW and EQ2.

Havoc you have any bleeding on the 24" on a dark screen?

Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:47 pm

This is what I'm saving up for
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116277

It's a ViewSonic VP191B 19' LCD with an amazing 8ms responce time.

Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:44 am

Is that the one with the 6bit coder?

Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:36 am

Originally posted by ShellShock
This is what I'm saving up for
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116277

It's a ViewSonic VP191B 19' LCD with an amazing [b]8ms responce time. [/B]

Funny you should mention this monitor, I just ordered it yesterday, It is due at my house this wednesday. I will let you know what I think after I set it up and test it. I will definetly test it with BF2 to see how it handles games.

I also ordered it from Newegg.com, it cost me $459.00 and $12.86 S/H for a total of $471.86

Allister Fiend

Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:08 am

I have the 24" widescreen sitting here in a box still heh. Finally putting the rest of of the new PC together today and gonna have it up and running

Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:23 pm

Damn Jinky.. That would be the first thing I unpacked!!!

Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:23 pm

Originally posted by Allister Fiend
Funny you should mention this monitor, I just ordered it yesterday, It is due at my house this wednesday. I will let you know what I think after I set it up and test it. I will definetly test it with BF2 to see how it handles games.

I also ordered it from Newegg.com, it cost me $459.00 and $12.86 S/H for a total of $471.86

Allister Fiend

Newegg is the best! I look forward to seeing your opinion on this monitor before I splurge on it myself. :cool:

Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:57 am

Okay, I've been using the View Sonic VP191b 19" LCD monitor for over a week now and I am very satisfied with it.

I run it in the native resolution of 1280x1024 and windows and photoshop look awsome, I had to turn the brightness down but other than that the colors and the sharpness look great.

My big test was games, as I like to play them, A LOT, and I've been playing BF2 for a week now and have not been disappointed by the monitor at all.

I only wish I could play BF2 in the native resolution of 1280x1024 but it only goes up to 1280x960 and besides, my computer starts to choke when I play games about 1024x768 (which is what I'm playing BF2 with). I also turn off anti-alias as it also slows down my computer a good bit.

overall, I am very satisfied with this monitor. My only complaint now is that I wish I had two of them

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Allister Fiend

Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:02 pm

Originally posted by Bromsin
I had the 2005FPW for a week or so, but after replacing it three times I got frustrated and returned it. The colors were great and it was bright, blacks were obviously not CRT caliber but still pretty good for an LCD..

The bleed from the backlight really started to bother me. I had it in all four corners on all three units ( some worse then others).

Just started to annoy me. Of course for $389 I would consider getting it again. It was awesome in WOW and EQ2.

Havoc you have any bleeding on the 24" on a dark screen?

I can't say I've noticed any bleeding. To date I haven't ahd an issue or a complaint.