Dell UltraSharp 2001FP Preview: Gaming LCDs for the Masses
by Kristopher Kubicki on November 10, 2003 12:36 AM EST- Posted in
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Power Consumption
Power consumption on the 2001FP is a tad high, even for a 20" unit. According to the PDF spec sheet, the maximum power consumption is 90W. Let us compare that to the (slightly) smaller Samsung 192T, which operates on 40W. In comparison, a good 21" CRT will operate on about 140W.
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Power is provided by a fairly standard 90W (20V, 4.5A) power brick. Some people prefer bricks, some external adaptors. We tend to yield from the school of brickless LCD advocacy, mostly for the cable management advantages. Brickless or not, we should stress that this monitor has one massive level of consumption for an LCD.
Perhaps the excess amount of ventilation we noted earlier is due to the excessive amount of heat generated by the large power requirements. This monitor is physically hotter than any other LCD that we've seen in the lab, and depending on your point of view, it could even be considered hotter than a CRT. Temperatures on the brick measured anywhere between 25-30+ degrees Celsius, while the hottest point on the monitor measured about 28 degrees Celsius. It's our strong feeling that you will not be able to justify this LCD's purchase on the basis of energy savings (over CRT).
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Shalmanese - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
Couldn't you just put the Cable insulator on the inside of the cable holder so that it doesn't snag?wicktron - Monday, November 10, 2003 - link
impressive.spynoodle - Thursday, January 24, 2013 - link
Almost ten years later, I'm still using this monitor, and I think that it's still great. I bought it at a yard sale for $40 around a year ago, and I have not been disappointed. I'm not much of a gamer, so all that really matters to me is accurate color reproduction and good anti-glare, and I think that this monitor still beats many modern LCDs in those areas. Honestly, given my dual-monitor setup with a Samsung 172t, I wouldn't trade it for most new widescreen LCDs.