DEAL IS DEAD: $925+tax maybe ?? Free ground shipping(or 2-day if you ask for it)

[edplayer]

Originally posted by: Bmott
there is no autoadjust for dvi cause its digital, it needs no adjustment.

does that mean the colors are perfect for everyone (without any need to adjus them)?

 

[astrocase]

Those HD clips are amazing!

 

[Bmott]

Originally posted by: edplayer

Originally posted by: Bmott
there is no autoadjust for dvi cause its digital, it needs no adjustment.

does that mean the colors are perfect for everyone (without any need to adjus them)?

Well in theory yes, but in reality it really only means there is no vertical or horizontal adjustments that need to be made. Colors are totally preference.

A lot of people are having luck lowering their gamma levels from 1 to 0.66

Other things to tweak, i changed my dpi from 96 to 100 and i like the slightly larger text, so i can be further away from my monitor (104% enlargement btw). I did this as reccomended by apple for their displays.

 

[tamasrepus]

Originally posted by: edplayer

Originally posted by: Bmott
there is no autoadjust for dvi cause its digital, it needs no adjustment.

does that mean the colors are perfect for everyone (without any need to adjus them)?

You can still make adjustments through your video card driver (nVidia and ATI's drivers both have separate color panels that let you adjust almost everything).

 

[astrocase]

Tim is still doing this deal.

 

[kamranziadar]

Well i tried ATI HDTV TV Tunner which i bought from CompUsa $149. I just wanna say it cannot be better than this. Crisp clear channels of HDTV, i was getting 11 Channels of HDTV, but few of them had week signals, some of thems were at 480i some of them were at 780i but i did not see any one at 1080i. But in near future there will be some at this resolution, i also bought other TV tunner card just in case to compare, and it was $49, and to be honest it looks great too. Picture was on the full screen nice not as sharp as HDTV, but not bad at all specially WB54 was nice and compareable to 480i. So any way i checked the game Need for Speed Underground 2 and TV tunner cards they all works fine or i should say Excellent with this monitor. Now the only thing left is the DVD.

 

[3NF]

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
Well i tried ATI HDTV TV Tunner which i bought from CompUsa $149. I just wanna say it cannot be better than this. Crisp clear channels of HDTV, i was getting 11 Channels of HDTV, but few of them had week signals, some of thems were at 480i some of them were at 780i but i did not see any one at 1080i. But in near future there will be some at this resolution, i also bought other TV tunner card just in case to compare, and it was $49, and to be honest it looks great too. Picture was on the full screen nice not as sharp as HDTV, but not bad at all specially WB54 was nice and compareable to 480i. So any way i checked the game Need for Speed Underground 2 and TV tunner cards they all works fine or i should say Excellent with this monitor. Now the only thing left is the DVD.

Out of curiosity, why did you get the HDTV tuner card? Why not use the component video out of the settop box you have now? I'm thinking about using the HDTV cable box I have now, and connecting it to my monitor via the component video inputs. Is this not an option for you? Would using a tuner card be better?

 

[imported_BeanBandit]

edit: sorry, nevermind

 

[sxr7171]

Originally posted by: BeanBandit

Originally posted by: astrocase
Tim is still doing this deal.

Apparently not anymore. I just called and he said the deal was no longer available.

Again:

DEAL BACK ALIVE!!!!!!!!!

I just ordered for $839.30!!!! + Tax (ground shipping only)

See info below:

Mayur K. Patel
Account Manager
Small & Medium Business
Dell Inc.
1 (800) 901-3355, Ext. 7958818
FAX (800) 607-9327 Attn: Mayur Patel
Mayur_Patel@Dell.com


This guy is a real nice guy and he hooked me up!

 

[imported_CNC]

Hi,
I`m interested in 16:10 ratio LCD monitor for CAD/3d work, something like this fabulous 24" Dell 2405 or maybe 24" Samsung. Does anyone here using Rhino, Solidworks, Artcam,other CAD/CAM on Dell 2405 widescreen monitor? Would like to know of any possible problems (the wide aspect ratio might create some distortion with certain CAD/CAM applications..)

Thanks

 

[kamranziadar]

Originally posted by: 3NF

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
Well i tried ATI HDTV TV Tunner which i bought from CompUsa $149. I just wanna say it cannot be better than this. Crisp clear channels of HDTV, i was getting 11 Channels of HDTV, but few of them had week signals, some of thems were at 480i some of them were at 780i but i did not see any one at 1080i. But in near future there will be some at this resolution, i also bought other TV tunner card just in case to compare, and it was $49, and to be honest it looks great too. Picture was on the full screen nice not as sharp as HDTV, but not bad at all specially WB54 was nice and compareable to 480i. So any way i checked the game Need for Speed Underground 2 and TV tunner cards they all works fine or i should say Excellent with this monitor. Now the only thing left is the DVD.

Out of curiosity, why did you get the HDTV tuner card? Why not use the component video out of the settop box you have now? I'm thinking about using the HDTV cable box I have now, and connecting it to my monitor via the component video inputs. Is this not an option for you? Would using a tuner card be better?

I used HDTV Tunner PCI card with my PC, and please clear what do you mean by component video out of the settop box i have? i really don;t understand because i don;t have any, or did i mentioned some thing.

 

[3NF]

Originally posted by: kamranziadar

Originally posted by: 3NF

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
Well i tried ATI HDTV TV Tunner which i bought from CompUsa $149. I just wanna say it cannot be better than this. Crisp clear channels of HDTV, i was getting 11 Channels of HDTV, but few of them had week signals, some of thems were at 480i some of them were at 780i but i did not see any one at 1080i. But in near future there will be some at this resolution, i also bought other TV tunner card just in case to compare, and it was $49, and to be honest it looks great too. Picture was on the full screen nice not as sharp as HDTV, but not bad at all specially WB54 was nice and compareable to 480i. So any way i checked the game Need for Speed Underground 2 and TV tunner cards they all works fine or i should say Excellent with this monitor. Now the only thing left is the DVD.

Out of curiosity, why did you get the HDTV tuner card? Why not use the component video out of the settop box you have now? I'm thinking about using the HDTV cable box I have now, and connecting it to my monitor via the component video inputs. Is this not an option for you? Would using a tuner card be better?

I used HDTV Tunner PCI card with my PC, and please clear what do you mean by component video out of the settop box i have? i really don;t understand because i don;t have any, or did i mentioned some thing.

Before you got your card, how were you viewing HDTV? Did you have a television that had a built in HDTV tuner?

 

[tamasrepus]

Originally posted by: CNC
I`m interested in 16:10 ratio LCD monitor for CAD/3d work, something like this fabulous 24" Dell 2405 or maybe 24" Samsung. Does anyone here using Rhino, Solidworks, Artcam,other CAD/CAM on Dell 2405 widescreen monitor? Would like to know of any possible problems (the wide aspect ratio might create some distortion with certain CAD/CAM applications..)

Unlike CRTs, the pixels on LCDs (at least all the ones I know of) are square. You need to run the monitor at an appropriate 16:10 resolution (like it's native 1920x1200), and you'll get square pixels and no distortion.

 

[imported_CNC]

Distortion ( like ovals insted of circles) would come from CAD/CAM software not supporting 16:10 screen ratio. Most screens use to be 4:3 and thats why some older programs and games seem to have trouble. I`m afraid Rhino 3d might have a problem.

Another thing is the single link/dual link DVI confusion. Single link may only work up to 1600x1200 but no one here seems to complain, I guess there is no visible problems running 1920x1200 on single link DVI.

 

[kamranziadar]

Originally posted by: 3NF

Originally posted by: kamranziadar

Originally posted by: 3NF

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
Well i tried ATI HDTV TV Tunner which i bought from CompUsa $149. I just wanna say it cannot be better than this. Crisp clear channels of HDTV, i was getting 11 Channels of HDTV, but few of them had week signals, some of thems were at 480i some of them were at 780i but i did not see any one at 1080i. But in near future there will be some at this resolution, i also bought other TV tunner card just in case to compare, and it was $49, and to be honest it looks great too. Picture was on the full screen nice not as sharp as HDTV, but not bad at all specially WB54 was nice and compareable to 480i. So any way i checked the game Need for Speed Underground 2 and TV tunner cards they all works fine or i should say Excellent with this monitor. Now the only thing left is the DVD.

Out of curiosity, why did you get the HDTV tuner card? Why not use the component video out of the settop box you have now? I'm thinking about using the HDTV cable box I have now, and connecting it to my monitor via the component video inputs. Is this not an option for you? Would using a tuner card be better?

I used HDTV Tunner PCI card with my PC, and please clear what do you mean by component video out of the settop box i have? i really don;t understand because i don;t have any, or did i mentioned some thing.

Before you got your card, how were you viewing HDTV? Did you have a television that had a built in HDTV tuner?

Yeah i have a HDTV which has a built in HDTV Tunner. So you are saying i can take a S-VIDEO connection from it and put it into my computer and i can watch HDTV. If yes then there is possible that if i wanna watch different channel then sombody is watching different channel on the TV

 

[kamranziadar]

Here is a news for the people who are ordering this 24" LCD. Dell now have a 26"LCD.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1772583,00.asp

 

[EektheCat]

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
Here is a news for the people who are ordering this 24" LCD. Dell now have a 26"LCD.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1772583,00.asp

That's a 26" LCD *TV*. They probably also have 30" or larger models too. Check out the stats on that and you'll see it's not in the same league as the 2405fpw.

As for viewing HDTV over svideo, I'm not sure that's possible... I think you'd need either DVI or Component... (that's if your tuner in the tv supports outputting the signal)

 

[edplayer]

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
Here is a news for the people who are ordering this 24" LCD. Dell now have a 26"LCD.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1772583,00.asp

It is 1280x768 (15:9)

looks nice though (and good price on it)

 

[elbosco]

What's the warranty on these monitors?

 

[daveeasa]

Just a quick note to say thinks to everyone on this thread. Mine arrived on Monday, I picked it up yesterday, and it's still sitting in the box at home today but hopefully not tonight.

I have lots of background reading to do on wallpaper, tv tuner cards, dead pixel tests, gamma adjustments, etc. I'm also not sure my ASUS 9650 dual dvi card will handle 1920x1200 or if I'll have to sheckel down for a 6600 or 6800, but I'll try it out and post my results. It'd be particularly cool if I can still use the other dvi port on the video card (running dual 1704FPV's right now.)

The only funny thing I have to add is that I'm moving and I declined $40/month cable tv service b/c it was too much $. I crack myself up.

Is there an unofficial 2405FPW faq somewhere like the SC420 and 400SC faq's? It'd be nice to aggregate all of this basic info into one page.

 

['BARtMAN']

Is this deal still good? I emailed Mayur but never got a responce, I don't want to bother him if it isn't...

edit: and it looks like he is overloaded with orders since his voicemail is full, any other reps that'll sell it for 840? Feel free to pm if you don't want to make it public...

 

[jsu]

dayum, i tried calling the guy i bought mine from to buy another and he said the lowest he could go is $920 before tax. is this still alive?

 

[Hasbean]

hell right now I'd take it for $920 who did you call? PM me if it has to be private

 

[machintos]

Did anybody try Jonathan Swanson?
Like I said earlier, I emailed Tim Ness about the monitor, but the sales rep who called me and sold me the monitor for $860 was Jonathan.

jonathan_swanson@dell.com
1-800-456-3355 ex: 7246429
direct line: 512-724-6429

I ordered mine yesterday afternoon (3/15/05) and the monitor already shipped today.
Good luck!!

 

[pufftissue]

Machintos,

Where are you located? I'm starting to get so upset b/c I ordered March 11 and it's still in production. What happened to waiting in line? I just don't get why Dell is so random with what ships when. I have no monitor right now b/c I just returned a 2005fpw that I recently bought in favor of this 2405 fpw.

What about you Bay Area folks? Anyone ordering on the 11th get a "shipped" order status yet?