knowleqe Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 do dead pixels just decide to pop up one day, or if they don't show up on the first day they never will? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yayo Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 do dead pixels just decide to pop up one day, or if they don't show up on the first day they never will? 585103985[/snapback] You can pretty much safely say it is like that. Most will come dead/stuck out of the box. During the initial warm up phase when you power it on and use it for a bit, a pixel may die or become stuck after the panel has been warmed up. It really is luck of the draw and if it was manufactured well. But this does not tend to happen from experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypoxiaicon Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 pick of my new 2005fpw powered off my 700m.? comparing it to my samsung 712n it dwarfs the 17".? http://www.tr1kstanc3.com/public/102_0279.JPG 585103433[/snapback] Looks good. Glad to see its dwarfs the 17 Inch. Be nice to see the 2001 and 2005 compared though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrana Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 It shouldn't be -that- noticeable. I went from a 22" Iiyama HM204DT CRT, and I am not bothered by the size of the 2005fpw. It isn't as tall, but it seems very wide... Takes up a lot less desk space too (I know the last comparison won't be valid with the 2001fp though). Looks good.Glad to see its dwarfs the 17 Inch. Be nice to see the 2001 and 2005 compared though. 585104136[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deluis Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Mine finally shipped yesterday. Hopefully It will be here by monday. Hope everything turns out good. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhaskew Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Got mine today, no dead pixels!!!! w00t... I can't believe my eyes, they are going wowowowowow anywho, its my first time having an LCD for my desktop, my laptop, and Acer 4501 has a nice 15.2 inch widescreen... or whatever it is... :) they look great next to each other... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokano Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 ^take a pic for us please! :p and do you guys use DVI or VGA? will it look ok on vga? I dont have DVI (yet :shifty: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Nice review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhaskew Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 ^take a pic for us please! :pand do you guys use DVI or VGA? will it look ok on vga? I dont have DVI (yet :shifty: ) 585107351[/snapback] I had to come into work, but I tested it for about 30 minutes hooked to my laptop via VGA and I couldn't tell the difference between the two on clarity. The laptop as I said above is an Acer TM4501WLMi, its actually a 15.4 inch screen, so it does the same resolutions as the 2005FPW which is really handy. I have not tried the DVI yet, but I probably will tomorrow. Also pictures will be coming tomorrow as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrana Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 I thought the VGA looked fairly bad... I've tried a few LCD displays, and VGA always looks less clear, especially at anything above 1280x1024 (in my experience anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enisada Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Woot, just order on of these. I got 15% off and $10 shipping from $999 CDN. Hopefully I get it by Christmas. Will post pics when it arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrana Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 I got my replacement. The new one has more even backlights, so I'm happy. And, neither this one nor the 1st one had a single dead pixel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY1 Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Just got my replacement also.. 1st - No bad pixels, Had backlight problems. 2nd - 1 bad pixel (upper left corner), very little backlight bleeding. I am keeping the second monitor :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhaskew Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 so far mine has been flawless... I am going to hook it up via DVI when I get home, just been messing with it on the laptop as an extended desktop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt2 Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 OOOOMMMMGGGG!!!! This freaking monitor rocks to high heaven. This is my first LCD monitor ever. I hope it lasts years...it's soooo gorgeous. I didn't know my games could look like this. All my games look like those high res game pics they show you for game reviews. The lighting is so clear...the colors are AMAZING. MAN OH MAN. No dead pixels....no bleeding, no probs, just great service. Dell also delivered the monitor 5 freaking days ahead of schedule...how awesome is dat? You go dell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowleqe Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 OOOOMMMMGGGG!!!!This freaking monitor rocks to high heaven. This is my first LCD monitor ever. I hope it lasts years...it's soooo gorgeous. I didn't know my games could look like this. All my games look like those high res game pics they show you for game reviews. The lighting is so clear...the colors are AMAZING. MAN OH MAN. No dead pixels....no bleeding, no probs, just great service. Dell also delivered the monitor 5 freaking days ahead of schedule...how awesome is dat? You go dell! 585118374[/snapback] what revision do you have? and what month was yours made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neztea Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Hey, I got a question about this, could you take 2 of these 15% off coupons and use them together....Because that would be awsome.. ANd if it is possible.. Can anyone PM me with another 15% off coupon? :D:D Neztea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkwell Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 wow...ordered on the 12th, it arrived the 17th...living close to the warehouse really helps :) all i have to say is coming from my old, crappy viewsonic 19" is that this monitor is the coolest display i have ever seen. mine came with no dead pixels and it is super bright. This display was a steal at ~560 shipped after coupons and dell must be making a killing selling these things. if you have the means, i highly recommend this monitor. -inkwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhaskew Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Hey, I got a question about this, could you take 2 of these 15% off coupons and use them together....Because that would be awsome.. ANd if it is possible.. Can anyone PM me with another 15% off coupon? :D:DNeztea 585119312[/snapback] The % off coupons are not stackable... you could do this though, use a 15% off and stack a $10-45 dollar off coupon which you can find other places on the net. Cheers... PS... the DVI looks way better than the D-SUB connection, my monitor was way to bright, so I turned the brightness down to 23 and then reduced the colors down to 70 each, now its perfect. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypoxiaicon Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Hey, I found it on the UK Dell store. http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/Produ...uctlisting.aspx It costs ?616.88 Inc VAT & Delivered ($1,192.95 USD:blink:) Is the biggest discount coupon 15%????:(( With 15% off its still ?524 ($1,013.34 USD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted December 18, 2004 Global Moderator Share Posted December 18, 2004 :cry: dude your gonna make me cry... i want a ultra sharp wide screen since they came out!!!!!! im honestly gonna cry! DUDE THATS SUCH A WICKED MONITOR! lucky ******! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drslack Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 New to the forums and decided to post my expierence so far with my new 2005fpw. I recieved the LCD on Tuesday afternoon and upon opening the box I was shocked at how large the panel is. It dwarfs my 19" NEC CRT. Color and clarity is amazing on this thing. Any eyestrain problems I had are simply non-exsistent now and I can't imagine going back to a CRT. Good news and bad news. Good - no dead pixels. Bad - severe backlighting problems. When I first fired it up I did'nt notice the backlighting issue until after a couple hours of using it. It seemed to get worse overtime and during regular apps, games (like unreal, however not such as doom 3 due to the game being very dark), internet browsing, etc. it is not at all noticiable. But watching a movie ecspecially with dark scenes it is horrible. So I have been trying to contact dell about getting a replacement. I e-mailed them the day I got it about the backlighting with no response yet (supposed to get a response within 24 hours, been 3 days) and I have tried calling and have been put on hold for well over an hour and ended up getting nowhere due to me not being able to be on the phone for that long (busy). I will have plenty of time this weekend to try and get ahold of them though. So my question to anyone who has succesfully gotten dell to send a replacement out what method did you use? E-mail, phone? Am I simply having bad luck or is it due to the holidays? Any advice is welcome... Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IK47 Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejon Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 nice 585120572[/snapback] Dude, what's with all the one word posting you're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted December 18, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 18, 2004 Damn.. why do we get ripped off on stuff like these TFT's over here so badly :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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