Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW Wide Aspect Black 20.1" LCD Monitor - T6130
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Customer Review: Awesome Monitor, Awesome Price
Summary: 5 Stars
This monitor is fantastic. It looks great physically even though many people complain about the Dell's "cruddy" design. I think the black/silver colors and very thin area around the screen all look very nice sitting on any desk.
I purchased this monitor for use with my Apple MacBook Pro. Since Apple uses DVI instead of VGA, I wanted a monitor with support for DVI so I didn't have to use a VGA adaptor anymore. I recently sold my Dell E193FP monitor which worked well with the laptop, I just wanted something that was about the same height and widescreen. The 2005FPW seems to match up better in terms of color/brightness/contrast with the screen on my MacBook Pro. Apple's screens are known for being a little brighter, so I had a hard time matching the E193FP's screen to the Mac's. This monitor looked dead on the minute I connected it. I work as a web designer, so its very important that I have two monitors that look the same. The monitor also came with a new VGA and a DVI cable.
Another thing that caught my attention with this monitor were built in Composite Video and S-Video ports. I also recently purchased a slim PS2 (silver) and wanted a monitor that I could plug the PS2 into so that I didn't have to lug a TV up to college for my last semester. I popped the standard PS2 video cable into the monitor and it worked! The picture isn't really anything to brag about, but it suits my needs and will work for me when I don't have a TV around. I'm going to try picking up an S-Video cable for the PS2 as the picture should look a little better with S-Video over Composite.
Overall I'm very happy with the monitor. I got a killer deal on this monitor as it was refurbished. It came in a new Dell box and came with the CD drivers which I'll need for my Dimension 8400 if I ever decide to use it for other than a networked storage computer.
Customer Review: Dell 2005 FPW
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this monitor a week ago from Amazon when the price was listed @ $549, which is a pretty decent price I think considering everything.
The monitor I got was a newer revision and had excellent quality. No dead pixels, very limited backlight bleed and excellent packaging. Delivery was prompt.
The monitor is very easy to "put together" and the stand and the swivel/raise features really add to the overall feel of the system. I moved from a 19" crt and while it seems to be about the same size, it adds a tremendous amount of desktop viewing space by virtue of being wide. Smaller than I thought it was going to, it is still a big step up for me.
Color reproduction is excellent and FEAR and Half Life 2 play flawlessly. No ghosting. PBP/PIP features help and I am able to connect my XBOX directly and picture quality is pretty good.
Complementing my X2 4400+, 2GB Corsair XMS Pro, AIW x800xt card very nicely. The tv output from my AIW is well reproduced and now I can use the widescreen format without stretching issues as were evident on my CRT.
Highly recommended.
Customer Review: Bright, reliable monitor
Summary: 5 Stars
I liked this monitor enough the first time I bought it to insist on the same model, not the 2007 version, the second time I bought it. The color reproduction on the 2005 series of dell monitors, you may notice, is better than the 2007 series. Though, for truest color reproduction, you should use a CRT.
I use one of these for my Mac Mini (DVI input) and the other for my gaming rig (PC). The response time is super quick, colors are bright and crisp. The only problems I have ever run into is with the odd aspect not being readily recognized on some older versions of linux. Most current versions recognize the 1680 x 1050 pixel aspect.
You may have trouble finding these new anymore, but if you do, it's a good purchase. Also, it supports 90 degree rotation if you want to do some desktop publishing that way. It seemed unusually narrow to me when viewed that way, but did work just as well.
Customer Review: awesome picture for a resonable price.. buggy software
Summary: 5 Stars
Just bought a brand new one off eBay for about 375 bucks. Lovin it. Im getting rid of my original Dell FP17in. INterestingly, I am running both on a dual monitor card and the differences in clarity owing to the contract ratio are amazing. (I am cheating a bit because the old on is running off analog and this one has the DVI interface.)
I love the fact that it has a 4 port USB hub on the monitor, as that helps me from having to fumble behind the desktop.
Excellent reproduction of bright and dark colors. Love the fact that it can be rotated, but havent really used the feature much.
Cons:
- Not really a fault of the monitor, but several applications cant really take advantage of the wide aspect ratio hence its a waste of white space at times.
Never thought Dell could make a decent cheap monitor to compete with Samsung, but they did it again.
Customer Review: This is one beautiful monitor
Summary: 5 Stars
I write this review while using this gorgeous monitor... I am a bit of a hardware snob - I've really only been impressed with the flatscreen monitors that Apple has put out. Until i bought this one (it took some impressive online reviews to convince me) - and i am more than really impressed with it!
The colours are so clean and bright - at first it kind of looks surreal, there is almost no loss of colour or brightness at a range of angles (and it is amazingly bright). it raises up and down, swivels 90 degrees (in case you want to view two pages vertically) has a heap of inputs, and is quite attractive also.
So, for anyone who wants a good widescreen monitor (a really good one!) get this baby! You will not be disappointed at all! And i really do mean that.