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I wanna see the specs.]]>Dec 21st 2005 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


Another ho-hum from an industry follower.]]>Dec 21st 2005 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/
11ms

700:1....



I want one]]>Dec 21st 2005 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/
> those things we'd have to pony up for ourselves.



So, what are you waiting for:



http://www.apple.com/displays/]]>Dec 21st 2005 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


Crossing fingers for Composite/Component/S-Video/DVI/VGA connections...]]>Dec 21st 2005 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


"Jan 5/2005"



Oh well, I guess there is always this year?

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Hopefully this will spark a price war between Apple and Dell....



and subsequently a p0rn war between our somewhat affordable 30" dual display rigs.



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-Ryan

http://blog.cyberwags.com]]>Dec 21st 2005 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


it's not like either company makes the displays themselves.



besides, even though the specs are better on the dell, apple's display came out a full year earlier.]]>Dec 21st 2005 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/
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The frame is black whats there to see? I have the 24" and blacked out the dell logo. At least this one has a new base. Do the Apples swivel? or have as many adjustments? or

5 different video inputs? Ohh yea and I paid $790 3 months ago.]]>Dec 21st 2005 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


I'm hoping that the Dell will come in around $1,700CDN since the comparable Dell 24" vs the Apple 23" is a bunch cheaper too.]]>Dec 21st 2005 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


http://AlGoreLabs.com]]>Dec 21st 2005 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


Reason 1: Resolution: Yes, 2560x1600 is WAY too many pixels. Don't get me wrong, for regular desktop use, this is fantastic but consider gaming in 1 to 1 for a moment. Have you ever seen how bad your 17 inch looks when you kick back the resolution from 1280x1024 to 1024x768? You get pixel doubling and all sorts of scaling and it looks awful. In addition, it sacrifices both your DVI connections which keeps you from going dualhead.



Reason #2 Speed: Yes, speed, your machine is not fast enough to render games or movies with any kind of scaling worth mentioning. If you want to scale to the native resolution of the screen, I hope you have a much more serious rig than I do because a Athlon 64, 4000 wiht a 7800 GTX 512 is NOT going to cut it :)



Reason #3 Connectivity and HDTV: If you want to use this thing to do anything other than be a monitor, you may want to consider that it's fairly unlikely it will have connections like Component Video or Standard DVI. This means that if you don't have a bleeding edge dish tuner, you will be connecting using 15 pin analog.



Conclusion: There is nothing wrong with this TV but consider the resolutions you game in and the native resolution of HDTV content. Running 1:1 to source material always looks better than anything else. When I play NFS most wanted in 1024x768, I get 1:1 mapping with black bars on the left and right. Games that DO support widescreen always offer 1280x768 and can usually be configured to run in 1366x768 with a little messing around. You won't be able to drive this display for anything other than desktop/professional use in its native glory for at least another year with current GPU technology.



Cheers,



Josh.]]>Dec 21st 2005 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/
"Oh it looks so ugly, it's not Apple Silver, laaaame. If it doesn't have fruit on it, I don't want it. - Fanboi"



Silver's the second worse color for a monitor display, right after white.



Black provides a better viewing experience. I guess every non-fanboi knows that.]]>Dec 21st 2005 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


Once you see the comparison pics, of the 30" next to a 24", the new one will look so much bigger that you'll be crying for one.



By the way, I just bought a second 24" for my office. With all the extra hardware I'd need for a 30", I'd stick with the 24 anyway since the onboard video for my new AOpen shoebox-sized PC can handle the 24's 1920x1200 (not a gamer).]]>Dec 21st 2005 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


Why? They already have LCD panels out there that significantly undercut Apple's offering despite being the same product. Why would this be any different?]]>Dec 21st 2005 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


Anyways, I wonder if one of those 7800GTX 512s could pull it off solo pretty well, or maybe it'd take like 2 7800 GT/GTX 256s to perform well?



Perhaps you're thinking that'd be overkill but according to http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/09/seven_of_nvidia/page38.html at Toms Hardware, 2 7800GTX 256s running in SLI only drive FEAR (on ultra quality) to 59fps at a resolution of 1280x960. I guess time will tell, it will be interesting anyways.]]>Dec 21st 2005 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


And I could care less about the styling of the monitor - I'm looking at the screen, not at the case (which I think is fine anyway).

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I was planning on getting the 24" monitor for my monitor/gaming/tv, but 24" widescreen is a little small for multiplayer halo (particualrly more than 2 player).

30" would be perfect, but damn, I don't have that kinds of money :/]]>Dec 21st 2005 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 21st 2005 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


For me it's not about outputting the games at the greatest resolution. It's more so about using it for dual duty as a Television set for my otherwise small apt.]]>Dec 22nd 2005 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/


http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/resolutions.php?w=2560]]>Dec 22nd 2005 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/
"I'll be surprised if this has any connections but HDCP enabled ones."



Why? There is no reason why they can't have HDMI with HDCP and composite and component in. There is no line out after all. As long as the signal from the system to the device is encrypted there is no reason why it can't support all the other standards.







"Hopefully this will spark a price war between Apple and Dell"



Apple doesn't DO price wars.

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When the thing is lit, the thin bezel and that small base are going to fill just what fractional percentage of your remaining field of vision? Not much, no.



How more minimal do you want?]]>Dec 22nd 2005 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 22nd 2005 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/Dec 22nd 2005 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/the-dell-3007wfp-to-drop-jan-5th/
http://www.samsung.com/Products/TFTLCD/Monitors_n_Industrial/LTM300M1/LTM300M1.htm]]>Dec 22nd 2005 4:42AM