Originally posted by: Fr0zen2k4
Yes not washed out just not alot of color saturation it could use some more. I guess im to used to my old CRT. I turned the gamma and brightness down a little in my video card settings everything on the monitor is at 100% colors, brightness and contrast. Im happy with this monitor just sometimes the text calarity and color saturation could use some work. I will further attempt to tweak it etc..
As for the outlook I can see my entire outlook on the 2005FPW but im useing outlook express.
Yeah, the whole thing is different in 2003 Outlook. There are the Mail, Calendar and Contact bars and other bars at the bottom. If you get used to them, you will want to see them and have them fit. Actually, you can make them fit using the 2005FPW, but you have to have less of your mail showing. I guess I should have said that with more of the mail showing, I can see the whole thing on the 2001FP. But it's nothing to worry about because you can show less of the mail, and then you can see the whole thing with the FPW. It just pointed out to me that it was a shorter monitor, and that there are times when having that extra real estate at the bottom can be a practical asset.
It's interesting that you find the 2005FPW could sometimes use a little more text clarity. I don't find the text clarity lacking. Actually, I think it is superior to both my EIZO 21" CRT. When you say that it could stand to have more clarity, I'd be curious to have you elaborate. What do you actually mean? Is it that the text doesn't stand out as strikingly from the backright because the blacks aren't as "saturated?" I don't find that the blacks to look grey. They look black to me.
And are you using Clear Type? What I find is that Clear Type works really well, especially well with these 20.5 Dell Ultra Sharp monitors. It works better, in fact, than even the Dell 1905, which I also have on my desk. In other words, in the past, when I've tried "Clear Type" I've always thought that the text looked a little funny, a little blurry. But with these 20.5 Dell monitors, I don't really see that blurriness. I'd say that I actually prefer both the 20.5 sharpness of the text to the larger scale of the 1905 1280x1024. As I said earlier, this was one suprising factor for me. I thought I would have had a preference for the slightly larger scale for the text on the 1905, but the more I looked at both them, the more I felt the sheer appeal of the sharpness and complete clarity of the 2001 and 2005. I found the slight lack of crispness of the 19 a little distracting. Of course, I am sometimes distracted by the sharpnes too. I find myself saying "Geez! This looks really sharp!" But that kind of distraction is easier to live with than the other way around! The one that looks the best for me is not the 2001. It's the 2005. That's one reason why I don't think it's fair to say it's not the better monitor ... on size alone. I think some people, might prefer a slightly more crisp monitor, and to my eyes, it appears that way (I'm wearing my glasses, folks). Also, not a single dead pixel on the 2005FPW. The 2001 mus have at least 6 dead pixels. I don't know what's to be expected. I don't find the dead pixels annoying on the 2001. They aren't in a prominent spot, like right in the middle or at the top by the menus, even at the bottom by the toolbar.
So I don't really ever notice it the dead pixels on the 2001. But having none with the FPw is definitely a plus. I thought I had one but it turned out to be dust. I don't think I'm alone. I think a few people have remarked so far that there are no dead pixels. Can't remember if it was you, or Zeppelin2282. AS I said before, I can see others who have the 2001 getting this as 2nd monitor and loving it. Maybe not if the 23 Widescreens come down in price. But I got my FPw when it was on sale, and it was an excellent deal for the sale price. I believe I will hang on to it, happily, just because I find it to be more crisp and sharp than anything I have yet had. And that's a really nice asset ... at least for someone like me that uses Word and email and Dreamweaver a lot.