Dell 2405FPW UltraSharp Flat Panel Monitor


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Guys..... Lets Stop posting in this thread, someone please make a review in the review section and let this thread die.

This thread is no longer a news post its essentially nothing of the sorts.

To the review section batman!!!! :ninja:

Reply my account manager at Dell:-

Hi Bruce,

I'll be back in the office on monday, will give you call at 10:00AM on monday. Meanwhile i will check the possibility of you returning the 2005FPW for 2405FPW. Should get back to you with an updated solution on this...

Please feel free to revert or can leave a message on my voicemail..

Kind Regards,

Azeem Mohammed

Software & Peripherals, UK

DELL, Inc.

On the eve of my new purchase of the 2405, I find myself wary of the 1900x1200 resolution that comes with it. I have a 21in CRT and use 1280x960. I use this resolution because I really really hate everything being so small at higher resolutions. I just tried an experiment that I have tried many times in the past. I switch my CRT to 1600x1200 (closest i can come to 2405 native 1900/1200) and try to adjust all the settings to the point where I can actually see the tiny next on web pages without extra effort. I played with DPI scaling...font sizing....IE font override. But all these efforts fall short in some way to giving me a good viewing desktop. The fonts may be big, but the menu and buttons are still not properly scaled. I can almost live in windows with all the large fonts (which makes them almost BOLD typeface) but I cannot live with the tiny text on the net.

Is there any solution that I'm overlooking? I really want this monitor and am perfectly willing to spend the cash, but why spend that kind of money if it will give me an inferior experience. If I buy a 24in monitor but scale everything up, am I really gaining any extra desktop space? In a perfect world I would be able to use 1280x960 on this new panel without all the stretching...

Please help...

On the eve of my new purchase of the 2405, I find myself wary of the 1900x1200 resolution that comes with it. I have a 21in CRT and use 1280x960. I use this resolution because I really really hate everything being so small at higher resolutions. I just tried an experiment that I have tried many times in the past. I switch my CRT to 1600x1200 (closest i can come to 2405 native 1900/1200) and try to adjust all the settings to the point where I can actually see the tiny next on web pages without extra effort. I played with DPI scaling...font sizing....IE font override. But all these efforts fall short in some way to giving me a good viewing desktop. The fonts may be big, but the menu and buttons are still not properly scaled. I can almost live in windows with all the large fonts (which makes them almost BOLD typeface) but I cannot live with the tiny text on the net.

Is there any solution that I'm overlooking? I really want this monitor and am perfectly willing to spend the cash, but why spend that kind of money if it will give me an inferior experience. If I buy a 24in monitor but scale everything up, am I really gaining any extra desktop space? In a perfect world I would be able to use 1280x960 on this new panel without all the stretching...

Please help...

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No need to worry. The dot pitch is .27 and everything looks bigger than it would on your 21" at the equivalent rez. The tft will also be much sharper.

Basically, text is easy to read. It's a joy infact.

Mike is part of Dells Small Business I believe with his company.

Im not sure I should tell you anymore without Mikes consent as I may get him into trouble  :pinch:

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your correct mate......but best to keep hush hush

everyone wants to keep getting these good deals dont they???

i have juts replied to all the pm

juts to let everyone know

all i need is your name address and contact number along with email, then i wil get you a dell quote then you call dell and pay, easy as

mail me at [email protected]

sorry for the slow reply, been trying to get my car sorted that some SCUM broke in to :(

Edited by MikeBuzz
your correct mate......but best to keep hush hush

everyone wants to keep getting these good deals dont they???

i have juts replied to all the pm

juts to let everyone know

all i need is your name address and contact number along with email, then i wil get you a dell quote then you call dell and pay, easy as

mail me at [email protected]

sorry for the slow reply, been trying to get my car sorted that some SCUM broke in to :(

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Sorry to hear about your car, hope they catch whoever did it :angry:

Just replied to your PM mate :)

Thanks again

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