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BIG Problems with 2405FPW Hardware/Software
In the title I stated BIG problems with the Hardware/Software. I say HW/SW because after 9 hours on the phone with 4 different Dell departments and 3 different "unknowledgeable techs" in the chat help room, no one knows how to solve this problem and if it is hardware or software related.
I bought the 2405 to accomplish one thing...use my 2 desktop computers with a single monitor and allow me to operate or at least view, both desktops on the monitor by taking advantage of the PIP feature or the PBP feature.
After scouring hundreds of searches and posts I know one thing for certain..you cannot use the analog (d-sub) from one computer and DVI from another and get PIP or PBP. That has been my experience and those of at least 5 others I have read about on these and other forums, so we know the problem isn't a defective monitor. We all can toggle between sources but, they cant be put side by side or with PIP.
So the question becomes: Is it possible to use 2 computers on this monitor and get PIP or PBP and if so, how on earth can it be configured to so so? The back panel only has a single DVI and a single analog input. The other 3 are composite, component and s-video. At this point I will use shoe string and a paper clip with 86x77 resolution, I just want this thing to work as advertised and even a low res PIP in the corner will accomplish my goals.
I just dont think its possible and shipping this thing back to Dell will be a royal PITA.
I bought the 2405 to accomplish one thing...use my 2 desktop computers with a single monitor and allow me to operate or at least view, both desktops on the monitor by taking advantage of the PIP feature or the PBP feature.
After scouring hundreds of searches and posts I know one thing for certain..you cannot use the analog (d-sub) from one computer and DVI from another and get PIP or PBP. That has been my experience and those of at least 5 others I have read about on these and other forums, so we know the problem isn't a defective monitor. We all can toggle between sources but, they cant be put side by side or with PIP.
So the question becomes: Is it possible to use 2 computers on this monitor and get PIP or PBP and if so, how on earth can it be configured to so so? The back panel only has a single DVI and a single analog input. The other 3 are composite, component and s-video. At this point I will use shoe string and a paper clip with 86x77 resolution, I just want this thing to work as advertised and even a low res PIP in the corner will accomplish my goals.
I just dont think its possible and shipping this thing back to Dell will be a royal PITA.
Have you tried posting your question here? They have a lot of discussions going on the 2405?
delta
My card does have S-video out and I tried it. I can say it "works" but the issue with the s-video output is extremely poor resolution. It is essentially unviewable. Furthermore, when using the S-video output, the PIP box is locked on the "small" size and cannot be made larger.
A suggestion from the other forum is to use a DVI to component video adapter. The component input is able to recieve a much higher resolution than S-video. I will assume it will work the same way as the S-video and allow me to accomplish my goals. We'll soon see I just ordered the adapter on ebay at this link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=61396&item=5787305248&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
In my understanding the assumption was that component input gives a bigger PIP size, which I doubt. It seems for me that the PIP size is independant of the input, also the 1900x1280 DVI input is very small in PIP mode.
I can see small changes in size if I set small, medium, large.
The s-video quality is OK. You have 5 image smooth settings. For me the smoothest setting is not smooth enough. You can not set a resolution for s-video. It is PAL format in Germany 720x576.
luuie
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Posted July 7th, 2005 00:00