Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW 20" Widescreen LCD

[Meshuggah]

i came pretty damn close to goign insane many times during this whole ordeal...its really a great sign of relief knowing i dont have to call dell anymore for at least a few days, heh

[reloaded2003]

reloaded2003:

Gorgeous monitor! And where did you get Longhorn?

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Thanks, this is not Longhorn! It's Windows XP using the "RoyalMod" Visual Style.

The sidebar I use is DesktopSidebar, a free skinnable sidebar that has lots of plug-ins and a big community...

[reloaded2003]

For others interested in this monitor, there is a new coupon that takes off $200 of the price! Thanks to Tech Bargains :D

$200 off, with coupon code SGS8?T0JFVF1CR

Dell 2005FPW 20in widescreen Digital LCD Flat Panel 600:1 contrast ratio, 12ms response, DVI, Svideo, Composite Video $599

[IK47]

THAT is what I call a review..

[moneykins]

For others interested in this monitor, there is a new coupon that takes off $200 of the price! Thanks to Tech Bargains  :D

$200 off, with coupon code SGS8?T0JFVF1CR

Dell 2005FPW 20in widescreen Digital LCD Flat Panel 600:1 contrast ratio, 12ms response, DVI, Svideo, Composite Video $599

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Hey reloaded2003, thanks for the heads up man! But, I'm getting this when I try and enter the code...

Coupons Entered

The following coupons have been entered but require additional information or do not meet eligibility requirements. Click "View Details" link(s) for more information.

Save $200 off Dell 2005FPW.

Expires Monday, December 06, 2004 View Details Remove Coupon

Is anybody else getting this? My old crt is about to die, I want one of these! :cry:

[Steven]

Hey reloaded2003, thanks for the heads up man!  But, I'm getting this when I try and enter the code...

Coupons Entered

The following coupons have been entered but require additional information or do not meet eligibility requirements. Click "View Details" link(s) for more information.

Save $200 off Dell 2005FPW.

Expires Monday, December 06, 2004    View Details    Remove Coupon

Is anybody else getting this?  My old crt is about to die, I want one of these!  :cry:

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There's better coupon in the DellF Thread in Hardware Hangout.

[moneykins]

There's better coupon in the DellF Thread in Hardware Hangout.

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The %25 off one? well I am buying one of those off ebay, and will get it in an hour or so. but when I entered somebody elses 25% off one I got the same error. Somebody help me fix this. nobody else is having this problem? :angry:

[moneykins]

well I guess that -$200 is a small biz coupon, hopefully my ebay %25 will work.

[asdflkjsdrhthfhrhr]

Widescreen is simply awesome. I love my laptop's widescreen. I got a 1920x1200 for cheap through HP. Lots of people complain that it's too "small"... Some text from further off than 3 feet is impossible to read, but that has its advantages in school :D

[acliff]

I've been playing about with mine for a while, been fiddling around with the rotation feature :)

Gotta love 3 day delivery :)

[Hypoxiaicon]

Me wants....

[cq_]

so is everyone able to get 1680x1050 resolutions using DVI?

[acliff]

Standard DVI supports up to 1920 x 1200 resolution I think...

Which is why the apple 23" can run off a normal graphics card, and the 30" apple must be run off dual link DVI.

[NY1]

Standard DVI supports up to 1920 x 1200 resolution I think...

Which is why the apple 23" can run off a normal graphics card, and the 30" apple must be run off dual link DVI.

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My ATI 9800pro goes up to 2048x1536 res

[darkmark327]

ummm, you dont know the whole story, ive had alreayd 3 1/2 weeks of delays with dell...only recently was the delay with DHL...but dell gave me the run around for a few weeks and ive probably been on hold alone for over 12 hours of total time....if you dont think thats insane, then go sit on a phone for 12 hours and see if you arent ****ed off

luckily though, today i was only on hold for an hour and a half...im not calling them anymore, i did what i had to do, and dell today issued me 140 dollars of coupons to this monitor....so im getting it for WAY under 500 now (not going to say the exact price though...but its a steal)

so yes, now im happy, now i just have to wait for the monitor, and hope there are no dead pixels on it when it gets here...if there are, i dont think im shipping it back for at least a month, i have an lcd with 2 dead pixels (black ones) and they honestly dont bother me

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Well sorry to hear it but I've had nothing but good experiences with dell, I just ordered a Canon S410 on Tuesday night, had it in my hands Friday.

[Cyrana]

Most newer cards can do 1680x1050 via DVI (and higher).

However, my previous card (A GF4 Ti4600) could only do DVI at 1280x1024. So, if your card is near that age, I'd double check. :)

[OrangeChicken]

Hey anyone who is reading this now there is a Dell $45 dollar off coupon going on now , use that with the stackable 25% or 20% off any Dell LCD monitor so everyone out there can buy this monitor for only $597 with free shipping. Act fast cuz the stackable $45 coupon can only be used 1500 times.

[nuscur]

597 isnt cheap i only paid 549 for my baby :) ...but **** dell those ******s are screwing us over with not honoring the $1 lcd-tv

[OrangeChicken]

im sayin $597 for those who do not wanna wait... its a while till we get to see a $550 type price. I just bought mine cuz I couldnt wait any longer!

[unimatrixzer0]

Is there any way to hook this up to a hdtv cable box with the dvi to watch tv on it? I'm sure theres an obvious reason why a direct connection won't work, I just don't know it. Any kind of module or adapter needed? I know with some view sonic monitors you need to buy some kind of adapter module to ge hdtv on their screens. Thanks.

[NY1]

Is there any way to hook this up to a hdtv cable box with the dvi to watch tv on it? I'm sure theres an obvious reason why a direct connection won't work, I just don't know it. Any kind of module or adapter needed? I know with some view sonic monitors you need to buy some kind of adapter module to ge hdtv on their screens. Thanks.

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I connected my cable box to this monitor and it worked perfectly. I was using a svideo cable. Everything worked except the picture was a little blurry but that was because i was watching regular tv not HDTV.

[unimatrixzer0]

Yeah, I'm sure you can watch reg tv on it, but I'm wonder if its possible to plug HDTV directly to it some how.

[OrangeChicken]

I ordered my monitor today can anyone tell me how long it took them to receive theirs? And I feel sorry for ya Meshuggah! I hope you get yours ASAP and I hope Dell doesnt do that to me as well.

[nuscur]

took me 5 working days from order date

[aldo]

Yeah, I'm sure you can watch reg tv on it, but I'm wonder if its possible to plug HDTV directly to it some how.

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I believe so. Does your HDTV box have a DVI output on it? Most do nowadays.