Mac Mini with Dell 2005FPW

[idave]

[blam_man]

I have the 2005FPW hooked up to the DVI connectors and yes you loose the contrast control on the monitor. I just got it and it looks very good, no dead pixels and response time is very good, I also use it with my PC to play games on.

[bouldergeek]

[Merlyn]

For the money its hard to beat the 19" Sceptre I got from Sam's for less than $400 last Dec.

I'm using it with the Mac Mini and a homemade PC, linked by an IOGear KVM.

[k3lso]

I own a dell monitor... great display... bad thing its a black monitor
doesnt match mi mini
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[quote="smentzer"]FWIW: I have my mini hooked up to a 2005FPW, and it works great. Don't seem to have the blacklight or pixel issues some folks have.

It is very bright, even at lowest brighness setting, but I am living with that...[/quote]

The 2005FPW is bright indeed. I have one also and that's the first thing you really notice about it. I don't think it's a bad thing since most people sit in front of dim displays - bad for your eyes. The bleeding and dead pixel issue was never an issue with the 2005FPW, it related to a previous model. There's lots of write up on both the 20-inch Cinema and the Dell 20-incher. If price wasn't an issue I think the Cinema is a clear winner for me because of its design but considering one can get a Dell for about half the price (at times) and you get the same LG Philips "tube" as the Cinema - well that's why I bought it.

[blazer]

I have the brightness turned down to 40% on my Samsung 191T. Any higher and I need shades!
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[ninjamini]

I gust got the 2005FPW and good god this is a great monitor. I really wanted that 20" apple for 3 reasons, 1 looks that looks cool, 2 firewire ports, 3 cord managment

I got the dell cuz i got it for $476 delivered. Thats a steel. It looks great yea its black, not white but it still looks great. Here are its plusses and minuses:

+some people have poseted its too bright first thing i did was turn the brightness to 45% and contrast to 50%. It was blinding.

+so many inputs dvi (for mini), vga (for pc) and 2 tv inputs composite (little yellow plug) and s-video (for better tv quality)
-now i got 3 cords to connect, dvi, vga, usb (both a + & - here)

+Picture in picture & Picture out of picture(s screens all by them selves.

+its a bueatiful quality

+gobs and gobs of realestate. which i have to tell you is good while i get used to this program open but not showing things.

+++turns 90 degrees, wich the mini supports (found it right in system prefs). Think open web page thats long or word doc full page.

+usb hub
- no firewire hub

+has a cord keeper so there not hanging down in view from the front
-no cord cover so you can see them from the back
-not the clean look that the cinema display has


So hear are its only real minuses:
-look: color & cord visability

It has alot of pluses, if you pref function over style get the dell.
if you prefer cost ($476 (add in the cost of a FW hum to make the cost compare) vs $847 tax included) over style get the dell. Geeze thats almost 2x the price. You really have to like style alot in my opinion.

But if your a apple head who wants it all to match - prefering style over all else and money is not the object - get the cinema. I cant argue w/you here.

This really is a bueatiful display - works great, functions great. I would get it again. for me function & price tale the cake. Although I did not even realized all its function when i ordered it. I just thought $476, later if i want a iMac i can always use this as a TV.