[DEAD DEAL] Dell 2001FP 20" LCD for $749 no rebates - NOT 2000FP

[klee]

I got mine today

No Dead Pixels, No white spot on upper-right corner of the screen.

klee

 

[Cfour]

So are we seeing that the ones bult in November seem to have the 'white light' issue resolved?

SO close to ordering...

 

[mrharold]

too bad not all of us could afford one of these babies. They should be free after mail in rebate.

 

[peterpro]

had the monitor for 2 days.
very nice big display.

today though after letting the screen blank itself
when it came back on i noticed one pixel was locked on.
white.

tapped it a couple of times

and when background and foreground where on it wasn't noticeable, but when black was on, it was just there a white dot on a black background.

luckily it went away.

is this common with lcd monitors

a point will just come on and stay on.


is this a point that is going to go, and stay locked on?

should i return the monitor ?

was it caused by the computer blanking out the moniotor for several hours?

do you need to run a screen saver, or monitor blanking with lcds?

thanks
pete

 

[zmatrix]

Originally posted by: Maddscientist

I have a CRT still hooked up via vga, and the 2001fp hooked up via DVI. What am I doing wrong?

What your doing wrong is trying to use 2 monitors with a card that does not have dual dacs. Unplug your VGA monitor sport You cant do duel displays on Most if not all TI 300's I believe.

Lol I did do that, but still no image came thru the dvi. No option in the nview window. Guess time to upgrade my video card.

 

[OdiN]

Stuck pixels will occur on LCD's. It's bound to happen and usually one or two you can live with. If you have like 6-8 like I read someone on here had I would definitely return it.

BTW, my two monitors are both October 2003, Rev. B89 (B98...??.have to double check, but it isn't the A00 I've seen on here)

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: mrharold
too bad not all of us could afford one of these babies. They should be free after mail in rebate.

I would have ordered 10 of them in that case. It's nice to have a company credit card Use like 4 or 5 myself and then sell the other 5 on Ebay in a few months lol Use the money from the ebay sells to get a nice Ergotron monitor mount setup.

 

[peterpro]

ya its was only one and it went away.

i was surprised that it locked on.. but i'm going to shut the monitor off now when i know i'm not going to use it
instead of lettting it blank


does anyone know if letting the system blank (no singnal) cause bad pixels

thanks

also whats the ergo mount? got a link?

 

[erector16]

got mine today... ordered sunday evening. i must say that i'm extremely pleased with it. mine has an october manuf date and has no dead/stuck pixels and no white spot at the top. played call of duty and have no complaints about ghosting. it's just as nice as my old sony 17" lcd. highly recommended

 

[lite]

Just got mine in today. It was built Oct 2003 Rev A00 and doesn't have the brightness variance problem up top from what I have observed so far.

 

[causality]

Got mine today.

October A00

It DOES have the white problem but not bad enough for me to return. It also has 1 dead and 1 stuck pixel, which also arent bad enough.

However, there is one big problem: I have what appears to be a permanent line going down the left side of the screen that appears when I use non-white lighter colors. Its noticable at times and not at others. I think I may be sending it back. =( Anyone else had this 'line' problem?

 

[ShoNuff]

Originally posted by: lite
Just got mine in today. It was built Oct 2003 Rev A00 and doesn't have the brightness variance problem up top from what I have observed so far.

Ditto, no problems what so ever. This monitor is sweet (and HUGE)!!!

 

[OdiN]

www.ergotron.com

I may look into the HD Multi-Monitor Mount for my desk. They are expensive, but very nice.

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: causality
Got mine today.

October A00

It DOES have the white problem but not bad enough for me to return. It also has 1 dead and 1 stuck pixel, which also arent bad enough.

However, there is one big problem: I have what appears to be a permanent line going down the left side of the screen that appears when I use non-white lighter colors. Its noticable at times and not at others. I think I may be sending it back. =( Anyone else had this 'line' problem?

i had this problem with my 2000FP but after a day or so of use it went away

 

[Waggles]

Originally posted by: causality
Got mine today.

October A00

It DOES have the white problem but not bad enough for me to return. It also has 1 dead and 1 stuck pixel, which also arent bad enough.

However, there is one big problem: I have what appears to be a permanent line going down the left side of the screen that appears when I use non-white lighter colors. Its noticable at times and not at others. I think I may be sending it back. =( Anyone else had this 'line' problem?

I have that issue with my Planar PL201M.... It just started about a month ago, but I've been too lazy to RMA it.

Doing pixel testing reveals that the monitor itself seemst to be issue free. I am wondering if it a result of a crimped cable or something like that. When my 2001FP arrives (grrr... wa shopign for it today.. Ordered on Tues), I'll swap cables and give it a looksee.

Either way, I'm gonna RMA my planar and hope i get a brand new one

 

[Vonkhan]

HTF DO U BASTIDS AFFORD ONE OF THESE?!!!



some1 with one of these adopt me!

 

[audscott]

Originally posted by: Vonkhan
HTF DO U BASTIDS AFFORD ONE OF THESE?!!!



some1 with one of these adopt me!

Now, now son

After long years of unthinkable work weeks and being fugal, I reward myself from time to time.....besides, even my flesh and blood isn't getting close to my 2001FP. :|

 

[ShoNuff]

Originally posted by: Vonkhan
HTF DO U BASTIDS AFFORD ONE OF THESE?!!!



some1 with one of these adopt me!

Didn't you just buy a 9800XT? It's kinda like that except we spent just a "little" more.

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: ShoNuff

Originally posted by: Vonkhan
HTF DO U BASTIDS AFFORD ONE OF THESE?!!!



some1 with one of these adopt me!

Didn't you just buy a 9800XT? It's kinda like that except we spent just a "little" more.

yes and after one year the 2001FP will stiill hold 85% of its value

 

[zaboo]

Has anyone been able to find the pivot software for this panel ? I found the driver/color profile for it on the dell website, but I dont see any pivot software.


Turning the bastard around would be pretty nice once in a while.

 

[BG4533]

How long is the base warranty with this monitor? Dell doesnt see to have anything for this specific monitor.

 

[cruzer]

Has anyone been able to find the pivot software for this panel ?

If you are using an Nvidia card, pivot settings are built into the latest driver, look for a setting called 'NVRotate'.

 

[zaboo]

no Nvidia here, Im using a radeon ve and it is actually working surprisingly well now after giving me a few headaches earlier

any other ideas on the pivto feature ? Are we going to have to shell out for a program in order to use this feature ?

 

[oaaltone]

Originally posted by: zaboo
no Nvidia here, Im using a radeon ve and it is actually working surprisingly well now after giving me a few headaches earlier any other ideas on the pivto feature ? Are we going to have to shell out for a program in order to use this feature ?

This will do the trick.

Originally posted by: BG4533
How long is the base warranty with this monitor? Dell doesnt see to have anything for this specific monitor.

3 years is standard.

 

[imported_Ziggy]

Has someone tried the S video connection through this? I plan to hook up my xbox to this too! Picture in picture with that will be cool.