Product Description
E 198WFP provides cost-effective solution for users who want basic widescreen monitor for overall productivity and multimedia use. The widescreen format allows you to run multiple applications on a single screen, helping to achieve greater efficiency and time management.
Product Features
- 1440 x 900 native resolution
- Stunning detail and more viewable real estate without compromising desk space 5 millisecond response time (typical) Helps reduce ghosting and motion blur when gaming or watching movies
- 1000:1 contrast ratio Produces darker blacks for sharper images and crisp text
- High Definition (HD) Watch movies and play games in HD clarity Dell TrueLife Technology Greater contrast, darker blacks, vibrant color and sharper text.
For the price and size, this makes an excellent gaming monitor (though not THE best). PS3 looks excellent over DVI (I use an HDMI cable with HDMI adapter for DVI).
Though this monitor is a TN Panel, it is still fairly bright and displays colors very well. Just be sure to adjust your settings, factory settings lack at displaying a good picture.
I use the VGA port for my PC, and while it looks good, DVI looks slightly better (but again, DVI is for ps3).
With PS3, 1080P downscaled on this monitor looks perfect and is better than 720P upscaled. With the 1440×900 resolution of this monitor, stretched out 720p looks very blocky, but 1080P downscaled looks very detailed and sharp. Granted, its not full HD, but its definitely good enough :]
Also with PS3, contrast and color on this monitor is inferior to my Sony KDL26M4000, but I prefer the superior response time of the Dell (5ms vs. 8ms makes a BIG difference for me). The Dell also has a tilt function and is more portable.
Cons of this monitor:
-No HDMI port (have to use an HDMI/DVI adapter)
-No Component/S-Video/Composite ports (but they are really not needed)
-No built-in speakers (I use external ones)
-No usb (I would’nt use it anyway)
-Viewing Angle (Tilt eliminates this problem for me)
For the price (well under 200 bucks), this is a great, cheap alternative
to buying an expensive hdtv if you do a lot of gaming.
Great Monitor!
I was looking for the Dell e228wfp is the same model, but more and sold out, so I can do this and it is HDCP no doubt! I hooked my PS3 with HDMI to DVI with no problem, from SDTV to this game … Now it looks great. If you can not do this work for HDTV, it may help a lot!
It is the second monitor I've purchased from Amazon by Dell and I am very happy with both purchases. This is an excellent monitor any application … and an attractive price.
I own the next model version of this display and is the best. I've had it for years. I bought it for 179 dollars, and at the time worth $ 200, so he was very happy with the price. It has HD quality and easy to use. I love it. There are DVI and VGA compatible.
First of all, do not blame the monitor if the video card does not support 1440×900 fantastic. This monitor is sharp, there is no spirit of the effects of many LCD displays, the screen refresh is fast enough that I can play the game without shooting at ghose instead of another player, and its just generally a great monitor. I replaced the 17 "CRT and CRT is sitting on the floor (everyone needs a good cheap CRT monitor?)