My new Dell 2405FPW - pictures & first impressions

Baddass · 29 Nov 2005 at 21:25

EVH said:
Baddass mate.. any news, or a review about the Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-046-VS) ???

there was a bit of info about it here at Behardware. It's just an extension of the VX912 / 924 using a more overdriven version of the AUO panel used in those models. Viewsonic have supposedly improved theiir ClearMotiv electronics too, making them version 2 now, but tbh i doubt much has changed since the VX924

Baddass · 3 Dec 2005 at 11:09

pics of that cable tidy in the post here

Baddass · 6 Dec 2005 at 19:54

um, the 2405FPW comes with a DVI cable :confused:

Baddass · 6 Dec 2005 at 20:09

well mine did, and i know many others did too. Worst comes to worst, it prob won't be a problem to return it to the high street store anyway

Baddass · 24 Dec 2005 at 17:17

only on fully dead pixels though, won't cover dead sub pixels (red / blue / green)

Baddass · 29 Dec 2005 at 19:11

don't know if ATI software has it, i was using Nvidia to do it on mine

Baddass · 29 Dec 2005 at 23:02

Chadd said:
1) I was originally going to go with a dual monitor setup, but decided i will be using the monitor for watching films quite abit aswell,
And after reading Baddass's review at TFTcentral, it says "watching the movies from a few metres away is fantastic", will 2metres away be as good? or by few do you just

yeah, by a few metres i mean just not sat at the desk watching the movie as if you were playing a game / working. I tend to watch from maybe 2 metres away now and any noise which might be apparent is soon forgotten as you admire the size and clarity of the screen. Just so nice to have a screen where videos fit the whole screen!

Baddass · 10 Jan 2006 at 08:21

always

Baddass · 11 Jan 2006 at 22:21

glad to hear you're happy Chadd

Baddass · 24 Jan 2006 at 19:01

happy to hear that Stan. I still browse in a window in the middle of the screen roughly the size of my old monitor!

about 1280 x 1024 i'd say, purely out of habit, but when you want to do side by side it's excellent

Baddass · 24 Jan 2006 at 21:48

excellent to hear

Baddass · 2 Feb 2006 at 18:47

Exentia said:
Your never gonna guess what maria (the GF) might be buying and she hasnt even got a pc yet! I was speaking to her the other day about getting another pc and shes already got her eye on a 2405! I will be taking it

I might just whack the exentia up to it and just use it anyway even though the exentia's got a built in screen

lol, an excessive choice for a first time PC! but hey, sounds a good plan

Baddass · 7 Feb 2006 at 12:26

yes it does. either this, or "keep aspect" making it as much of the screen as possible, but keeping the aspect ratio rather than stretching to fill the whole thing

Baddass · 8 Feb 2006 at 14:04

Magic Man said:
It has gone down again. How do OCUK justify the price changes on their stock when other retailers still have it for around the £680 mark?

Dell are no longer supplying OcUK with new stock since they want to sell direct from Dell only from now on. This was the reason for the price bump i think, but the 2405FPW has always been fluctuating a fair bit really....

Baddass · 8 Feb 2006 at 14:38

well let's not get into a price discussion about competitors. It has often varied in price, but OcUK offer their excellent service and a 4 year warranty whereas other places don't. anyway, let's not turn this into a price discussion

Baddass · 6 Mar 2006 at 00:39

i'm afraid it would still be considered a competitor though vigil and so discussion of anywhere would not be allowed. Sorry