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

[woodman1999]

I gotta know, is this thing really worth getting. I have a 19" Sony HMD 400 Flat CRT which is GIGANTIC!!! I play a ton of big time games, so is it worht it for me to make the switch?

 

[GetSome681]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
ok, what's up with this grainy thing everyone's talking about?

compared to a high end laptop LCD screen and this screen, which would you say is more grainy?

-FP

Ok, as I previously said, compared to my pl201m, it's very grainy - as in let's say w/ the taskbar on winxp, I see the blue as little boxes of blue. I did not see this w/ my pl201m. I also have an hp zd7000 laptop that I just recently got, and it is not grainy.

Honestly, lots of people will be fine with these monitors, but if you're anyone who is particular about things, and used to quality products, you will notice how bad this monitor is (at least mine is, and my friends as well). Sure my pl201m only has a 25ms response and this 16ms is very nice, but I can't live with these issues, especially in a $800 monitor, compared to the $600 I paid for my pl201m, which in my opinion, is much better in terms of picture quality.

Also, to those of you saying you don't notice the spots, you can only really see it when the screen has a black image/background/picture. Try running a dvd in full screen, and I'm betting you'll see it just like the majority of people are.

 

[Schnieds]

Just wanted to comment on the dead pixels / white light issue.

I ordered my 2001FP on Friday afternoon and received it yesterday. My 2001FP has no dead pixels. Also, I tried the black background trick and even turned off all the lights in the room, but I don't see the white light. I have a feeling that it was just a bad batch to go out.

For reference my 2001FP was made in Oct. 2003 REV A00

I will post a review as soon as I get some spare time...

Schnieds

 

[Kwei]

Originally posted by: Schnieds
Just wanted to comment on the dead pixels / white light issue.

I ordered my 2001FP on Friday afternoon and received it yesterday. My 2001FP has no dead pixels. Also, I tried the black background trick and even turned off all the lights in the room, but I don't see the white light. I have a feeling that it was just a bad batch to go out.

For reference my 2001FP was made in Oct. 2003

I will post a review as soon as I get some spare time...

Schnieds

Congrats, glad you got a good one! Two things, I want to test my monitor for dead pixels, what do you guys do to do the test? Mine was also manufactured October 2003.

J

 

[OdiN]

Make a powerpoint presentation with a light green color as the background and nothing else. Run that and hunt. If now powerpoint, change your background to that solid color. Green works well, so does a light blue.

 

[oaaltone]

Originally posted by: OdiN
Make a powerpoint presentation with a light green color as the background and nothing else. Run that and hunt. If now powerpoint, change your background to that solid color. Green works well, so does a light blue.

Or use the Nokia Monitor Tester, which is a tiny download and has color tests and more.

 

[tedinde]

mine has a nice dead pixel that seems like the others around it look like a Shadow. about as big as a thumb print with any white or light back ground. Not happy!!!!!

I called dell, Customer service has no clue, I waited for tech support for 40 minutes on hold, no answer.

Funny you can call the order line and get someone by the third ring!!!!!

I sent a 2000fp back a year and a half ago, just under I wasnt satisfied, The colors looked terrible in it. This one is great though, better looking than my Planar 19" and FP1901, This was going to be my Center monitor!!! Dammit!!!

 

[ebolavirs]

Well after reading the concerns of others on this forum I checked mine and while I can see a slight amount of extra light in the top right.....(I would never have even noticed it if someone hadnt mentioned) I do not have any dead pixels or sub pixels......as for the grainy look it seems to me this is caused by the actual plastic screen on the monitor it seems to have more grain or texture to it than other monitors I have used....maybe im crazy but thats what it looks like

 

[oaaltone]

I'm getting interested now. Perhaps this is a problem that's been fixed on later production runs. Perhaps it would be helpful for everyone who has received the monitor to reply with: date of manufacture and whether or not the monitor experiences the backlight issue.

 

[lhplam]

lots of good tools for checking the heath of yer monitor here...

http://www.monitorsdirect.com/toolkit/index.shtml

lcd and otherwise

 

[grant2]

Originally posted by: audscott
I live accross the river in Vancouver....bitter sweet to purchase this beauty and not be able to pick it up in beautiful (sales tax free) Oregon.

GREAT DEAL!!!!!

Why not rent a mailbox and have it shipped there?

 

[Omer]

mine is sep 2003 Rev A00

no dead pixels, no white spots.

 

[Type-S Zero]

I have a Sept 2003 Revision A00, and so does my friend. We both have the white spots.

 

[Tiggerbaby]

The Dell 2000FP and 2001FP are the best LCDs evar!

I've kissed my 2000FP's screen before because it's so beautiful (and no I wasn't looking at porn, the LCD was off)

 

[Halcyon98]

Checked my monitor. No white spots. This monitor rules. At least mine does anyway, though sometimes when I come back and the power save feature has activated, I can't get the monitor to start displaying the desktop again. Anybody else have this problem?

 

[Tiggerbaby]

That could also be your video card or your computer went into hibernate

 

[ebolavirs]

Originally posted by: olliebg
I'm getting interested now. Perhaps this is a problem that's been fixed on later production runs. Perhaps it would be helpful for everyone who has received the monitor to reply with: date of manufacture and whether or not the monitor experiences the backlight issue.

october 2003 B9D is what I have and no problmes so far......

 

[GetSome681]

So, from the research that I've done, it appears that if your 2001fp was manufactured in Sept, then there's a HIGH possibility yours will have the defect. From the looks of it, people's whose orders didn't get filled right away are getting Oct models, which so far are fine.

 

[tedinde]

 

[tedinde]

I've kissed my 2000FP's screen before because it's so beautiful

The 2000 sucks, play some games @ 32 bit, and look at the skys and such, Color shows up looking like 16bit. When i bought mine over a year and a half ago. I paid the $1399, for that money i was ashamed of myself, I sent it back!!!

Then kicked myself for selling my 22" viewsonic CRT PF monitor since i saw the 2000 would be here. Guess i expected too much.

 

[Kwei]

here are some pics of mine next to my old beat down 19" CRT, dont mind the clutter....

http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~jkwei/pub/Dell2001FP/

J

 

[Heifetz]

I guess this is one time that it pays to wait.

 

[GetSome681]

Anyone who has already received their lcd, or has just received it, please be sure to reply with the date of manufacture, and whether when playing a dvd @ full screen you have whitish areas? Please also state when you ordered, and when it shipped from dell. Thanks.

Mine was Sept, ordered on the 5th, shipped on the 6th.

 

[tracerbullet]

Wow. I had it all cued up, all info entered, even hit the "I accept" button... and then chickened out. $801 with tax. I sat and asked myself "Self, ca you afford an $800 monitor"? Short answer - No. I can pay for it, but being able to put it on credit isn't really the same as being able to afford it. Oh well, maybe next year. Good luck everyone!

 

[Kwei]

Originally posted by: tracerbullet
Wow. I had it all cued up, all info entered, even hit the "I accept" button... and then chickened out. $801 with tax. I sat and asked myself "Self, ca you afford an $800 monitor"? Short answer - No. I can pay for it, but being able to put it on credit isn't really the same as being able to afford it. Oh well, maybe next year. Good luck everyone!

Ah thx for the story!: )