LCDs?
LCDs?
I have the 20" Dell FP2001 LCD at work and am seriously considering buying one for myself. Although it is the 1st lcd ive seriously used outside of a cluster.. anyone been using LCDs for a while that has any opinions?
My current 19" is fine, just probably heats up my apartment more than it needs to hehe
My current 19" is fine, just probably heats up my apartment more than it needs to hehe
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face.
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sounds like problem with the system not monitor.Jason wrote:The only weird thing I've seen with LCDs are popup menus. We have 19" Dell LCDs in one of the labs and whenever you right click and have a popup menu, the menu is black and each option doesn't get drawn until it's highlighted with the mouse.
DELL FP2001 seems to be a really good monitor according to word on the street, but if you play FPS you might get a bit of blur and/or ghosting. you might not notice it though.
go to a deal tracking website and wait until its on sale for 750 or less.
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvest ... fall_x.htm
LCD prices expected to fall faster this year.
LCD prices expected to fall faster this year.
My 19" is dying! Its fine when i turn it on to the desktop @ 1280, but then when I start CS or Doom (both at 800x600) it makes a weird buzzing noise for the 1st minute and then stops. It happens regardless of the refresh rate I force @ 800.
so anyways, I decided to buy the Dell 2001fp.
But then they emailed me this morning saying my address, phone number were incorrect... since I'm dumb and didnt change my info to down here yet.
so anyways, I decided to buy the Dell 2001fp.
But then they emailed me this morning saying my address, phone number were incorrect... since I'm dumb and didnt change my info to down here yet.
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face.
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If/when I get another monitor, it's going to be a 19" or 21" LCD capable of 1600x1200 and at most a 15ms response time. The fact that I can't get one for under $500 is the main gating factor right now and the fact that I really just don't need it. My laptops (my own and the one from work) have nice screens. T41's are pretty nice.
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There are some 19" and 21" LCD's at 1600x1200 but they're pretty expensive and therefore not too common. At 23" it doesn't really make sense to have a resolution lower than 1600x1200 since there's so much screen area. I realize that response times for large monitors are also not yet at my target performance, but in a year or two, it'll be there and at a price I'm willing to pay. I'm a discriminating technophile. Maybe, just maybe, that new fangled 3d technology will also work its way into my dream monitor within a couple years as well.
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I'd use my LCD to play movies in all likelihood. My laptop's LCD is good enough for this purpose, but it would be nice to have a larger screen at some point. Since the laptop has a 15" LCD already, I'm not going to go with anything small than 19". Presently, my apartment is pretty small, so I'm not really inclined to buy stuff to make it even more cluttered. When I move, which will likely be at the end of March, I'll be more likely to jump in and make a purchase. Until then, I have several months to wait and watch prices drop.
I went aroundto local stores to see some lcds, and none really impressed me enough to buy them over the dell.
plus, the dell has an uber useful/easy video select switch so when my 19 dies, i can hit one button to go between analog, dvi, svideo, or normal 3 color thingy.
and pip! lol
plus, the dell has an uber useful/easy video select switch so when my 19 dies, i can hit one button to go between analog, dvi, svideo, or normal 3 color thingy.
and pip! lol
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face.
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Well, the Dell 2001fp is and has been the bar for well-priced overall LCDs for a long long time. It's significantly above average. I remember once saying to myself I'll start getting an LCD with the successor to the 2001fp. It really hasn't happened yet...
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vinny, you should get this to improve your FFXI experience
http://www.theregister.com/2004/08/11/sharp_lcd/
http://www.theregister.com/2004/08/11/sharp_lcd/
well, got my dell lcd... no dead pxiels just some inconsistent backlighting which I am making them send me another one for lol. kinda like how I went through 3 Dell 19"s before giving up.
Running anything in non-1600 modes sucks horribly. 800 x 600 cs @ 120 hz no more! 1600x1200 it is. which make me need a faster video card =/
Running anything in non-1600 modes sucks horribly. 800 x 600 cs @ 120 hz no more! 1600x1200 it is. which make me need a faster video card =/
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face.