Dell 24 incher (NO RULE BREAKING)

daddyorchips · 7 Mar 2005 at 20:52

By the way, have you had no need to tweak the colour/brightness settings on your ATI drivers at all?

If so, that's great news

Durzel · 7 Mar 2005 at 20:56

Paul Spiteri said:
It's so bright by the way! I've had to turn it down to 25%. Great now

What did you turn down to 25%? And where?

Did you change a setting(s) on the monitor, or in software? (drivers)

Would appreciate some input from a fellow 2405FPW owner who has actually owned a TFT before because I dunno what settings are "right".

Paul Spiteri · 7 Mar 2005 at 21:09

i'm now down to 15% brightness and it's still STUNNINGLY bright

As for settings, as long as you use DVI there's very little to tweak. I've done nothing and i've got absolutely no intention of doing.

In work we had it hooked up to a laptop over analog, and while i was enjoying the size & resolution I wasn't as wowed as I am this minute. (regarding the colours & clarity)

Essentially it felt like a 181T "but bigger", which is no wrong thing...but here at home it definately feels next-generation.

Paul Spiteri · 7 Mar 2005 at 21:15

Paul Spiteri · 7 Mar 2005 at 21:24

Last photo for now.......

Line up every half-decent possession I have into one frame.....pity I couldn't put OCUK forums as picture in picture

Paul11 · 7 Mar 2005 at 21:28

stop telling us how good this screen is, otherwise im going to have to buy one

Paul Spiteri · 7 Mar 2005 at 21:31

Oh just do it

I'm downloading some of these now

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/film/ContentShowcase.aspx

should look nice.

Yaka · 7 Mar 2005 at 21:33

quality so happy to see it working on a sky box

Paul Spiteri · 7 Mar 2005 at 21:36

Slap said:
The screen looks superb Paul!
I noticed it's hooked up to a 201 Coolermaster case and I am wondering what those two drive covers with the cut-outs are for m8?
I use coolermasters myself and I`m just being curious

Cheers

They're coolermaster cooldrive3 harddrive bays. I use them to help silence my RAID0 74gb raptors. Goes nicely with the reserator

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Half-Life 2 ran well after I turned the quality settings down, still looked awesome too. Very immersive at that size, and ghosting wasn't an issue. A definate improvement over the 25ms sammy panel, didn't really notice a thing. Quite incredible really......

Still, I could do with more horsepower than a radeon9800p but I'm not gaming too much lately.

daddyorchips · 7 Mar 2005 at 21:56

Paul Spiteri said:

That looks amazing, really can't wait now!

Ain't that the girl from the Sopranos??

daddyorchips · 7 Mar 2005 at 21:57

OOOH quick Q!

I just noticed on the [H] forums you mention that Joey is running as a 576p source? Is that off a PAL DVD player then? This is the first I've heard of the screen working will PAL progressive scan/high density sources!

Paul Spiteri · 7 Mar 2005 at 22:12

Sorry to disappointed, it's a downloaded episode, hence the NBC stamp.
So it's simply divx/xvid video, from a HDTV decoder source originally.

Mr Latte · 7 Mar 2005 at 22:57

Gess did some people think that was Hi def, doesnt look like HD material at all lads, which youve confirmed. If anything do you agree with comments from some users that with some video for fullscreen its perhaps best to lower the resolution hence less scaling, whats your thoughts?

Also please confirm what size the 4:3 mode for 1600x1200 is.
Im guessing approx 18"

Heres a usefull HDTV link

Paul Spiteri · 7 Mar 2005 at 23:10

from my very rough measurement i'm thinking about 20"
i wouldn't be suprised if it measured up with a 213T quite nicely

Mr Latte · 7 Mar 2005 at 23:21

Ok thanks next chance you get give it a measuring.
I think the old Medion 30" gave an approx 21" 4:3 so Id be surprised if you get over 19"

Just curious to know as many games although hackable arnt available in Widescreen.

Paul Spiteri · 7 Mar 2005 at 23:27

it's almost exactly 21" (slightly over) !
i had my finger on the shutter button with the tape measure infront, and the battery died. i'll take one tomorrow.

Durzel · 8 Mar 2005 at 00:20

Paul Spiteri said:
i'm now down to 15% brightness and it's still STUNNINGLY bright

As for settings, as long as you use DVI there's very little to tweak. I've done nothing and i've got absolutely no intention of doing.

But where are you changing brightness?

:mad:

Paul Spiteri · 8 Mar 2005 at 00:26

Monitor.
I'm not adjusting anything in my radeon properties...didn't really know you could. It's not the kind of thing I'd ever do....After all, the default's for the radeon is the only thing you KNOW is how it should be.

alexs · 8 Mar 2005 at 08:32

Unbelievable. One of my 2405FPWs that I had ordered has been damaged in transit resulting in a split box. Dell are refusing to arrange a "part" delivery with the undamaged box to follow at a later date, so my delivery date of today has now been pushed back to an unspecified date due to unknown stock levels.

To say that I'm angry doesn't cover it. Wasted day waiting for the delivery and it doesn't inspire confidence in the couriers and/or packaging that Dell are using.

IronFire · 8 Mar 2005 at 09:47

Well Dell have royal screwed me over. I phoned them up and said I would only order one if they would refund me for my 2005 with a faulty backlight I bought in December. They said yes sure, took payment for the 24" then transfered me to some one who flatly refused to refund it. Now I have spent over 2 hours on the phone and I haven't spoken to any one who can either take back my 2005 for a refund or cancel my 24" order as they all lie and say they will phone me back but do not.