So last week I got my new toy (Dell Widescreen UltraSharp 2405FPW) and I’m now pretty much settled down with it. I had a few problems (like turning on features I shouldn’t have with my hacked iBook that uses Screen Spanning Doctor), but now everything is running great:
Anyone looking for a new monitor and can afford the $950 price tag (I got mine for $700 via a gift certificate), I cannot recommend this enough. It even comes with various video inputs, including component, which allows me to hook up my XBOX to it and play with picture-in-picture. However, don’t buy this with the assumption the video inputs, including HD ones, will look decent. The XBOX signal seems to be hit or miss — sometimes it looks great and other times it has a very “wavy” picture and is unplayable.
Now, if the XBOX 360 does DVI-D ouput, then we’ll really be in business…
on Jul 17th, 2005 at 6:10 pm
cool. i have a 12 inch ibook too. can it drive the resolution ok?
on Jul 17th, 2005 at 6:24 pm
It can, but it is a little slow. Also, don’t enable the rotate screen option. And lastly, the slideshow functionality of iPhoto seems to scramble the pictures at this resolution.