I had mine 2405 for 3 weeks, and I love it. I have not found anything that I don't like about the monitor. It came perfect, no noises or dead pixels ... no backlight problems. I was a bit unsure about the extreme brightness at first, but after playing with settings, adjusting picture warmth...
I use DVI and my contract is locked out as well, but not brightness. However, you video card drivers should give you the ability to tinker with that. I know NVidia allows that; I suspect ATI as well.
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I didn't particularly care for the colors myself ... it tended to be "reddish", or warm. I changed the "Color Settings" in the OSD to "User Presetset" at the default 50 accross the 3 colors ... that was more to my personal liking.
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My 2405 arrived yesterday, and I must say I am quite impressed with that display. I have followed this forum for a while ... enough to get a taste of the wide range of opinions on this particular model, and I was a bit worried that it might not meet with my approval. My fears proved to be...
I think you are experiencing a common enough affliction ... I believe happens to all of us making transition from CRT to LCD. When I first started working on LCD, my eyes felt the same. Now, they're used to it. I move between CRT and LCD without a problem, but now, I seem to notice the CRT...
A canadian company has models now available for sale:
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050923_170519.html
It will cost you a cool $50,000. It is a great start in the right direction ... as with most technology, it will be affordable in a few years.
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I acquired the 2405FPW primarily for the real-estate. I do alot of work on my own business, some casual gaming, and I need as much space as I can squeeze without making the resolutions so high as to make the text neglible. Currently, I use a dual CRT setup and it's not enough. The primary...
I ordered mine on September 8 ... according to this, that means that mine won't be shipped until the 20th. Oi!
It's hard to be patient waiting for a new toy ... :p
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