My new baby!

Dell actually gave birth to it for me! Dell 2405 24" Widescreen LCD. Low response times Ultra crisp colors and brightness. Its very natural to look at a widescreen because our eyes are side by side we are more accustomed to scanning from side to side.



It has a native desktop rez of 1920x1200 and the space you get is unbelievable. Here is Lightwave Modeler open with Stats, Layers, Numeric, and Surface Editor and you still have tons of room to play in.



These pictures do not do it justice its a very low quality webcam and to actually experience this monitor you have to buy one. The color clarity and brightness are a joy to behold I have never laid my eyes on a screen so beautiful. Here it is next to my 21" Viewsonic G220f Flatscreen CRT and if you seen both of these in person the LCD blows the CRT away in tearms of clarity and color reproduction its unreal. You can sorta see in the picture the clarity and color richness on the LCD compared to the CRT and they are both adjusted to perfection with Calibration DVD's. I have adjusted both the monitors with calibration DVD's so they are near or at perfection for adjustments for brightness color ect.







Now most monitors of this quality I looked at are around the 1600$-3000$ range but Dell steps up to the plate and delivers a stunning quality 24" LCD for under 1200$ you can actually get it for under 900$ now. Some places under 800$ shipped.

Anyone who is serious about 3D should look into a dell 24" LCD the difference in desktop real estate will blow you away when your working. It opens you up to a new world of visuals on a computer.

Playing games in Widescreen it truly an experience. There was a few times I actually got a little vertigo cause the screen utterly sucks you in by adding a ton of peripheral vision in games.

It raises from 3" off the desk to 7" tilts a very generous amount and even will spin 90 degree on its side.

If it was possible to have an Eyegasim I think I would.

 

I saw this monitor being displayed on HSN and the salespeople rotated it 90 degrees. It looks awesome when reading long documents/webpages while vertical. That's quite a sexy monitor. Congratulations!

 

Congrats!

how much you paid for it?
i saw that Dell had it on sale for around $700's before...
i am REALLY sorry that i missed that sale...

 

I paid a little over 800$ for it. If you shop around you can get it for less than 900$ although I personally wouldn't buy a refurbished one you can get them very cheap through Dell outlit. I also wouldn't buy it from a store that sells it say for 750$ but has very bad user reviews for there service.

 

How are the viewing angles? I know some of the previous Dell widescreens used S-IPS panels, but I don't think the 2405 does.

 

looks freakn awesome. i hate you.

 

Congrats I'm happy with my 22" CRT though

 

Oh man that is so so so hot. Too bad I just use my big ol' laptop screen.

 

The viewing angles are not bad but they are not great. Sitting in my chair there is defiantly a sweet spot where everything is at 100% I would say if I move out of that spot more than 85% it becomes apparent but that would mean I would have to be leaning to my side very uncomfortably and I never lean that far naturally. The monitor is very adjustable and finding that sweet spot where you Eyegasim every time you look at the screen is very easy. Sitting in my chair moving forward and to the side slightly doesnt affect that sweet spot its just a very high quality screen.

 

my friend just converted his garage into a home studio. his new protools rig is a dell mega desktop with dual lcds like yours. i hate you both.

 

Congrats, what's her/his name?

 

LOL at the last comment Johnny.

That is one SERIOUS monitor...amazing amount of real estate.

How's the contrast? Looks great from the pics.

 

Whoa nice, I hate you as well.

I'm looking at getting Dell's new 20 inch widescreen monitor. Its price has already dropped down a hundred bucks to 500 something canadian. Can't wait until I get some money.

Ooooooooh yeah, it'll be replacing my dying 17" LG CRT.

 

Contrast is awesome everything is just so crisp its amazing. Those pics just don't do the monitor justice because its a really low quality webcam I used to take them. If you see it in person you would know! Maybe I should buy a digital camera been wanting one for a while.