A few quick questions on the Dell 2405FPW

[AFK_Matrix]

Hi,

Ok thanks to all u peeps raving on about the dell screens u have I am starting to want one grrrr lol.

Anyway it won't be till april till i can get one and hopefully the new screens from dell will be out and i can get a deal on a 2405 or see how much the new screens are going to be.

Just had a few quick questions about it though:

1. Was wondering if you could connect this monitor to a ntl/telewest cable box? If not is there a device i could buy if i wanted to do this?

2. I am worried about all this HDCP stuff, if i get this screen does it mean i won't be able to watch future DVD's with HDCP on them? If so I might see how much the newer dell 24" is.

3. Is my X1800XT graphics card going to be able to run games like BF2, COD2 and Civ 4 ok at that res?

4. This is to Gibbo really, it says 4-7 days on the website for stock, does that mean u will be getting stock in that time or is it that it takes that amount of time for the screen to get to me.

5. How many people have had dead pixels and backlight bleed from these monitors, if you have had this how is Dells policy on this, can u get them to replace it easily?

Thanks, sorry for all the questions.

 

[AFK_Matrix]

Thanks for the responses guys, but think i may go for the new 20 inch dell widescreen, hopefully it won't have the backlight bleed issues of the 2005.

Main reason for not going for the 24" is that i can't use all the eye candy with my graphics card, which won't be ugraded for a while. The fact that i can't really use it as a tv. And I will be saving 200-300 quid which might go on a nice new xfi sound card and some speakers.