(Dead) Dell 1800FP 18.1" only $384 Free Ship + Tax w/ NEW 5% Coupon & 10% Auto Discount

[MisterMe]

Yep that's the trouble with large LCDs...if you don't like the super teeny resolutions, you're stuck with a fuzzy display - comletely negating any of the lusty benefits of the display...

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

1280x1024 is a super tiny resolution?

 

[Allen7]

Originally posted by: ss284
For some reason the lcd still seems to ghost a little, or seem sluggish in CS. Im running DVI on an AIW 8500 128, with the drivers from the cd installed. Also, does anyone know how to set the refresh rate to 75? Or is DVI limited to 60? Ive tried to manually change it to 75, and higher, but it seems to have no effect on the monitor ( checking from the built in osd ).


-Steve

Correct me if I am wrong, but I remember CS only supports up to 1280x960 the last time I played it on my 18" LCD (Not this Dell unit), it looks terrible on it.

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: Allen7

Originally posted by: ss284
For some reason the lcd still seems to ghost a little, or seem sluggish in CS. Im running DVI on an AIW 8500 128, with the drivers from the cd installed. Also, does anyone know how to set the refresh rate to 75? Or is DVI limited to 60? Ive tried to manually change it to 75, and higher, but it seems to have no effect on the monitor ( checking from the built in osd ).


-Steve

Correct me if I am wrong, but I remember CS only supports up to 1280x960 the last time I played it on my 18" LCD (Not this Dell unit), it looks terrible on it.

i play at 1600x1200

 

[ihatetigerdirect]

Originally posted by: MisterMe
Yep that's the trouble with large LCDs...if you don't like the super teeny resolutions, you're stuck with a fuzzy display - comletely negating any of the lusty benefits of the display...

I use 1600x1200 on a 15.1" laptop screen. It's very readable because the pixels are so small, making the text razor sharp. Funny, I find 1280x1024 on 18.1" makes text look huge!

 

[CoolTech]

god, I love this autoconfigure feature, its so pimp, dont have to spend forever tweaking horizontal and vertical, its automatic!! when you change resolutions

 

[Looney]

Yep that's the trouble with large LCDs...if you don't like the super teeny resolutions, you're stuck with a fuzzy display - comletely negating any of the lusty benefits of the display...

1280x1024 is super tiny? What size monitor and resolution do you use?

I use 1600x1200 on a 15.1" laptop screen. It's very readable because the pixels are so small, making the text razor sharp. Funny, I find 1280x1024 on 18.1" makes text look huge!

Of course text would appear bigger on the 18"... first off, it's a bigger screen. Second of all, the resolution is smaller, sooooo the text would be larger. And 1600x1200 on a laptop isn't so bad, because you sit closer when you use a laptop. I would hate to use 1600x1200 on a 15" LCD.

 

[babutiger]

Originally posted by: CoolTech
god, I love this autoconfigure feature, its so pimp, dont have to spend forever tweaking horizontal and vertical, its automatic!! when you change resolutions

so true

 

[CoolTech]

this green light on the front is annoying me

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: CoolTech
this green light on the front is annoying me

get some black tape

 

[Looney]

this green light on the front is annoying me

Yeah, i know what you mean. I just stuck one of my sticky notes over it.

 

[nta]

barely noticable

 

[Kuhlman]

You will not notice the green light after you use it a few days.

 

[ihatetigerdirect]

Originally posted by: CoolTech
this green light on the front is annoying me

did you have to post that. Didn't even notice it... I NOTICE it now. maybe i should turn on some lights...

 

[coolred]

Yep the green light is definately my worst feature of this monitor. I originally set it up with cleartype and the text looked all blurry and blended together, I shut that off and now its quite a bit better. What brightness and resolution are you guys running? What about color temp, It seems that 6500 looks like crap to me, but I just want to make sure i have this set up right.

 

[ss284]

Originally posted by: Allen7

Originally posted by: ss284
For some reason the lcd still seems to ghost a little, or seem sluggish in CS. Im running DVI on an AIW 8500 128, with the drivers from the cd installed. Also, does anyone know how to set the refresh rate to 75? Or is DVI limited to 60? Ive tried to manually change it to 75, and higher, but it seems to have no effect on the monitor ( checking from the built in osd ).


-Steve

Correct me if I am wrong, but I remember CS only supports up to 1280x960 the last time I played it on my 18" LCD (Not this Dell unit), it looks terrible on it.

Im playing windowed, so the pixels are still one to one. I played a little more, and while it doesnt seem to ghost anymore, It just doesnt seem fluid. Oh well, its fine for me, I was just hoping for a more dramatic increase from my old lcd.

-Steve

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: coolred
Yep the green light is definately my worst feature of this monitor. I originally set it up with cleartype and the text looked all blurry and blended together, I shut that off and now its quite a bit better. What brightness and resolution are you guys running? What about color temp, It seems that 6500 looks like crap to me, but I just want to make sure i have this set up right.

sRGB 6500K, 65 brightness, 100 contrast

 

[babutiger]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: coolred
Yep the green light is definately my worst feature of this monitor. I originally set it up with cleartype and the text looked all blurry and blended together, I shut that off and now its quite a bit better. What brightness and resolution are you guys running? What about color temp, It seems that 6500 looks like crap to me, but I just want to make sure i have this set up right.

sRGB 6500K, 65 brightness, 100 contrast

same for me as well

 

[coolred]

Yeah I made a mistake, I know I said the 6500 looks like crap, but it was the other way around the 9300 is the crappy one, too blue I think. I do have brightness set to 100 as well as contrast, but i lowered the brightness of my video card a tad.

 

[CoolTech]

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[noxxic]

I tried 65/100. Waaaay too bright for me. My eyes hurt on anything above 30 brightness.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

yeah, i had mine at 100 earlier today, and figured I'd try lower...stopped at 65 to see how it looked for a while...still a bit bright though...putting it at 50 now.

 

[Ranulf]

Got mine today (UPS was uber late, 7pm delievery). Flawless. No dead pixels and looks great so far in analog. Whats the best way to save power/ lcd life with regards to powering off/stand by mode? Most of the time its going to be on all day in use and off at night.

 

[DougS]

Yeah, thanks, I never even noticed the green light, now I do

I'm off to get some black electrical tape to cover up the Dell logo. I find the logo more annoying than the light.

Oh yeah, and this monitor rocks for $384. No dead pixels. Text razor sharp. Colors vibrant. Now I wonder how I lived without it. If I can just not tempt myself to get the 2000fp, I'll be set.


Doug

 

[slayer1001]

i got convinced to get an fp2000
the1600x1200 resolution sounds nice to me, but mostly i wanna have the composite and svideo input that the fp2000 takes..


so im gonna tell ups to take mine back when it gets here... its gonna be sad.