Recent content by Cygnus_X1

It's amazing that this is still discussed. Like some people are saying, LCD's don't use refresh rates like CRT's, they use pixel response times. It doesn't matter what Windows shows as your refresh rate on an LCD, it's a meaningless number. I always laugh when I see people tinkering with the...

I saw the 42" Westy at Best Buy hooked up to a Toshiba HD-DVD player. That was the most amazing picture I've ever seen on a TV. It was like looking through a window at real life action. I could be very happy with one of those. I'm wondering if that's about as good as it gets for a while or...

The Samsung looks bigger in that picture but up close the 20.1" widescreen is huge. When I visit my son and use his 19" LCD for a few days, I can't wait to get back to my Dell 2005FPW. The widescreen is so much more natural. Plus, like they said, the dot pitch on a 19" LCD is kind of high...

I use a Dell 2005FPW and I've never seen a ghosting effect on anything. Right now I'm playing Elder Scrolls IV at 1680x1050 and to me it looks perfect. Beautiful colors, smooth graphics, I couldn't be happier. Sure, my monitor has the same bleeding in the corners like everyone else's, although...

Cool post. I've had my 2005FPW for almost a year now and I just love the crap out of this thing. You can only see the bleeding if the screen is black and the room is dark anyways. I always noticed that I could change the level of bleeding just by pushing on the lcd screen and the frame...

Thanks, I finally found the image. http://www.3dcrew.com/details.php?image_id=136 In case anyone else wants it.

How about the name of the wallpaper then. It has to be a jpg or bmp I guess. We could probably track the file down on Google. Also, I hope you don't live in an earthquake zone. As much as that thing costs, I'd bolt it to the desk.

Nice monitor. Where'd you get that background with the snow covered mountains?

Dell monitors come with a CD which include the drivers to get the high resolutions. My ATI X700 Pro works great with my 2005FPW.

I was at Best Buy a while back and they had a Colts game live on one of the new Sony SXRD 50" big screens. They basically had an antenna hooked up to the back of that thing, getting the HD signal through the air. It had the sharpest picture I've ever seen on a TV. I'm not even sure what...

Same here. I've had my 2005FPW for a few months and I can't stand to look at any other LCD, especially if it's not wide screen. The 1905FP is really nice if you can get one below $250, I got one for my 8 year old son. The 2001FP just looks too tall and square compared to a 2005FPW, like...

I've never turned off the speed control. I can see the fan spin up and down using the Intel utility but I can't really hear any sound difference, which is really nice compared to the stock Intel fan/heatsink. I'm still having problems with high temps though. It cooled off a couple of degrees...

I use the Nexus PHT-7750. Clips right in like the stock Intel fan/heatsink without having to remove the motherboard. Not much of a temp change but this thing is totally silent even at full spin. The stock Intel fan can get pretty loud when it's spinning fast. http://www.nexustek.nl/pht7750.htm

I just bought one for my 8 year old boy and got the exact same Samsung panel. $254. No bad pixels luckily. It's weird looking at a 19" lcd after using my 2005FPW for a few months. The 1905FP seems too tall, I like the shorter and wider panel on my 2005FPW. The colors are great on the 1905...

That's exactly what mine looks like. Doesn't bother me at all though. For the price this is a really good monitor.