Dell 2005FPW........ghosting.

[Poopscoop]

Bought this monitor secondhand a few days ago. It's great in every respect apart from one.

There is noticable ghosting in games.

It is A01 revison, assembled in the UK. (Like me )

I have tried different settings and the D Sub, but to no avail.

I have read that some people are just more sensitive to ghosting than others, is that why some don't see it on this monitor and others do?

Basically anything moving on the screen has a motion blur effect to it, unless it is static infront of me.

Also nowhere on the packaging or the monitor does it say "Ultrasharp"....it just says 2005fpw, is that normal?

Many thanks for your help.

 

[pulsedrive]

My guess is that there is something wrong with the monitor, because I have never seen any motion blur, which is what you are talking about not ghosting, which is something else. But I play WoW, Jedi Academy, and other games with fast motion in them an have never noticed anything, and neither did AT when they did a review of it. Yes, there are some people who are more sensitve to that kind of thing than others, but I doubt that is the problem you are having.

 

[IeraseU]

I would recomend to you going to someone you know who has this monitor (or store maybe) and seeing if you notice the same 'ghosting' phenomenon. If you do, of course the answer is most likely you are very sensitive to this type of thing. If not, that would point to a defect in the monitor being the likely culprit.

If you are interested in my opinion, I would make an educated guess and say that most likely the problem is a defect with the monitor itself, but I encourage you to double check this on your own to make sure.

 

No ghosting for me. Bad monitor?

 

[akubi]

no ghosting for me.. and i do twitch 180s in ut2k4 and bf2 all the time

 

[So]

No ghosting for me either. And my pastime also == FPSs

 

[veloc1ty]

omg should i buy it! penguins are evil!

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: So
No ghosting for me either. And my pastime also == FPSs

Same with me. I have two of them. No ghosting at all.

 

[frank84]

noghoisting... i play CS:S, HL2, WoW

 

[meson2000]

I have the same monitor. There is some very slight motion blur in some games, but there is no ghosting using this LCD.

 

[frank84]

btw, what your video card?

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

ghosting on a crt, motion blur on an lcd. it is called motion blur on your 2005 fpw.

 

[Lorn]

I have no ghosting or any similar issues on my REVA01 2005FPW

 

[So]

Originally posted by: veloc1ty
omg should i buy it! penguins are evil!

How'd you NOT get banned after last night? :impressed;

 

[gvayl]

How do you have 12x10 resolution on this monitor with out it streching?

 

[BroadbandGamer]

Originally posted by: gvayl
How do you have 12x10 resolution on this monitor with out it streching?

Turn of the scaling using the monitor menu settings and turn it off in the diplay properties.

 

[hootpie]

My 2005fpw arrived today. It ghosts compared to the CRT I was using, but the real killer is the INSANE backlight bleeding from all 4 corners

 

[gvayl]

can you show us a picture of what your bleeding looks like?

Originally posted by: hootpie
My 2005fpw arrived today. It ghosts compared to the CRT I was using, but the real killer is the INSANE backlight bleeding from all 4 corners

 

[BroadbandGamer]

Originally posted by: gvayl
can you show us a picture of what your bleeding looks like?

Originally posted by: hootpie
My 2005fpw arrived today. It ghosts compared to the CRT I was using, but the real killer is the INSANE backlight bleeding from all 4 corners

Yeah, I'd like to see what you're talking about. Turn off your wallpaper and set your backgound to black and take a few pictures for us.

Thanks,

 

[hootpie]

I'll take a picture as soon as I can get my hands on my gf's digital camera.

 

[hootpie]

Here's a crappy cell phone picture. I used a program called "Dead Pixel Buddy" to black out the screen, then closed my door and turned off the lights. It's not as exaggerated as it looks, but if the screen is completely black, it's noticable.

http://www.unfinite.com/backlight.JPG

 

[aatf510]

Originally posted by: SuperTyphoon
ghosting on a crt, motion blur on an lcd. it is called motion blur on your 2005 fpw.

CRTs ghost?

 

[imported_g33k]

Originally posted by: hootpie
Here's a crappy cell phone picture. I used a program called "Dead Pixel Buddy" to black out the screen, then closed my door and turned off the lights. It's not as exaggerated as it looks, but if the screen is completely black, it's noticable.

http://www.unfinite.com/backlight.JPG

Wow that can't be normal?

Originally posted by: toattett

Originally posted by: SuperTyphoon
ghosting on a crt, motion blur on an lcd. it is called motion blur on your 2005 fpw.

CRTs ghost?

 

[MBrown]

Oh my word. Thats insane.

 

[hootpie]

$50 says Dell's words will be, "Oh, that's normal!"