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Thread: Gateway monitor on Dell computer |
    
New member Username: Sdesthetician
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Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 07:04 pm: |
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I am looking at purchasing the Gateway FPD2185W monitor, but am using the Dell Dimension 8300. What do I need to do to the Dell to get best video out of the Gateway? I chose the Gateway because of all the features, plus high resolution of 1680 x 1050. HELP! |
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anthonybib Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 07:33 am: |
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umm throw away both things...
no im just kidding..just plug it in and u will be good...
but a 21inch screen thats gonna hurt ur eyes its pratically uselesss... unless ur computer is ur media center.
the dell originally came with a 18inch LCD which imo was the best solution. I cant believe u actually dished out the money for that computer though u coulda built ur own for half the price. |
New member Username: Sdesthetician
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Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 11:22 am: |
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Thanks for your reply. It came with a 15 inch and a friend actually bought it for us as a gift, so never look a gift horse in the mouth, right? Plus, the 21 inch will be installed on a wall of cabinets for a new kitchen which will be far enough away to see well. It will also be used as a tv. Does it still make sense? |
anthonybib Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 07:07 am: |
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yea that makes good sense... Ivew seen it done...although u may want to look into partioning the harddrive and run windows media on one partion it would provide for ease of use...but that a whole nother story...
for tv make sure u get a TV tuner cause that thing has RGB and HDTV and RCA inputs but not a tv tuner...
the aspect ratio isnt actcually a widescreen 16x9 its a 16x10 so its not gonna be perfect widescreen...
what u might think about doing instead of using 1 21inch screen use 2-3 17inch screens...it would be around the same price. |
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