2005FPW vs. 2405FPW - 2005FPW wins.

[mcmikemc]

They factor their "Cost of doing business" into their price. Because of that we are paying for that.

It is Just like the cost of insurance fraud is factored into the price people pay for insurance.

 

[xhalation]

Originally posted by: koitsu
Prognosis: the DVI cable that comes with the 2005FPW might not be able to handle the higher frequency/bandwidth of a 1920x1200 monitor. I thought it might be noise or shielding related, but here's the kicker: the DVI cable for my 2005FPW is almost 2x as thick as the one for my 2405FPW, implying more shielding for the 2005FPW. I'm not sure what to think of that, but hey, whatever.

Consider it educational for future users: if you're using DVI and "upgrading" to a 2405FPW, be sure to swap your DVI cable out for the one that comes with your new monitor. It DOES matter!

Thanks everyone for putting up with me. ;-)

If you do a little reading on DVI technologies, the cables make a lot of difference. The DVI-D cable that ships with the 2005FPW is a single link cable. This means the cable isn't able to produce the image quality the 2405FPW may require. Has nothing to do with size/shielding but instead it's the pin count. You can use a single link DVI-D cable in a dual link port but the quality is much different.

http://www.datapro.net/images/dvi-config.jpg if you take a look at this image, the top right DVI-D cable is the one that ships with the 2005FPW. The bottom right DVI-D cable is a dual link and as you can see there is more pins. This is probably the one that ships with the 2405FPW.

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: xhalation

Originally posted by: koitsu
Prognosis: the DVI cable that comes with the 2005FPW might not be able to handle the higher frequency/bandwidth of a 1920x1200 monitor. I thought it might be noise or shielding related, but here's the kicker: the DVI cable for my 2005FPW is almost 2x as thick as the one for my 2405FPW, implying more shielding for the 2005FPW. I'm not sure what to think of that, but hey, whatever.

Consider it educational for future users: if you're using DVI and "upgrading" to a 2405FPW, be sure to swap your DVI cable out for the one that comes with your new monitor. It DOES matter!

Thanks everyone for putting up with me. ;-)

If you do a little reading on DVI technologies, the cables make a lot of difference. The DVI-D cable that ships with the 2005FPW is a single link cable. This means the cable isn't able to produce the image quality the 2405FPW may require. Has nothing to do with size/shielding but instead it's the pin count. You can use a single link DVI-D cable in a dual link port but the quality is much different.

http://www.datapro.net/images/dvi-config.jpg if you take a look at this image, the top right DVI-D cable is the one that ships with the 2005FPW. The bottom right DVI-D cable is a dual link and as you can see there is more pins. This is probably the one that ships with the 2405FPW.

But I thought that the 2405 was NOT a dual link monitor thus why it can be run by non-dual link dvi output cards. The only mainstream dual-link monitor was the Apple 30" (though that could be changed now). I don't think the pin counts are any different between the two cables.

-spike

 

[Turbopit]

Originally posted by: koitsu


1. Colour seems generally "off". Samsung panels (and monitors) have a known history of showing "yellow" or off-white instead of actual paper-white. The 2405FPW is no exception. It doesn't matter how much you tweak it, if you use DVI (what I use) instead of D-sub, yadda yadda. The "white" you expect to see -- and will see on the 2005FPW -- will appear as off-white or possibly even creme-coloured on the 2405FPW. In addition, gray on the 2405FPW looks quite different from that of the 2005FPW. And no, this is not a colour temperature selection problem: I use the OSD's rgb 50,50,50 setting on both monitors (I prefer a generally "cool" look to things, but 50,50,50 seems to be the best general setting for these monitors, as many will agree). Again, no paper-white on the 2405FPW -- instead, you get creme.

...

Did you calibrate it with a calibrator? Did you try more than one 2405?

 

[NoStateofMind]

If I could have a choice of LCD, it would have to be the new 30" from dell. If it were a CRT, it would have to be a Sony GW-900