19" Dell UltraSharp 1905FP DVI Rotating LCD Monitor w/USB 2.0 Hub (Black/Silver) -Rotates to Portrait or Landscape View!

by Dell

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds
• ASIN: B00091R6KC
• Item model number: 1905FP
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,510 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 29, 2005

Product Description

Enjoy crisp, clear viewing of movies, games and applications with this Dell UltraSharp 1905FP 19-inch Rotating LCD Monitor! This 19-inch LCD monitor delivers a 1280 x 1024 resolution, 250 cd/m2 brightness and an 800:1 contrast ratio. The 20 ms response time helps eliminate the blur out of fast moving multimedia images. Get a great view of everything thanks to the 170 horizontal and vertical viewing angles! The UltraSharp 1905FP is equipped with both DVI and VGA ports, including five USB 2.0 ports (four type A and one type B) for external peripheral connectivity! With height, pivot, swivel and tilt adjustments, the 1905FP offers a comfortable eyestrain-free viewing! Order your Dell UltraSharp 1905FP 19-inch Rotating LCD Monitor today! By law, California shipments of this product are subject to an $16.00 Electronic Waste Recycling Fee

Customer Reviews

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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent Flat-Panel Monitor!, April 8, 2005

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scherf.com "scherf.com" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 19" Dell UltraSharp 1905FP DVI Rotating LCD Monitor w/USB 2.0 Hub (Black/Silver) -Rotates to Portrait or Landscape View! (Electronics)

Dell is a trusted name in the industry and after we've used Dell computers since the early 90s, the top of the line Dells are the best performing and most reliable PCs out there, which are also competitively priced. This 19" Ultrasharp Flat-Panel monitor with its thin frame around it is a true 19" inch. It is crisp with no glare even in daylight -- I'm really positively surprised. As I'm spending 10-12 hours per day in front of the screen, staring at it, this Flat Panel works extremely well and easy on my eyes -- no more tears, etc. Its also light weight and it seems very sturdy with all kinds of adjustment features (incl. tilting in virtually all directions) to place it as comfortable as possible right where you want it. The colors are also really superb. Like with everything else we've researched a lot of monitors before we bought this Dell 1905fp UltraSharp and it seems to be the best unit for the money. In order to be comfortable working or having fun with/on the screen, make sure you're getting at least the 19" and the UltraSharp version which is just the perfect format and everything else as mentioned here, and it's also a very stylish futuristic unit. This monitor worked right out of the box and my PC recognized the hardware immediately automatically and adjusted it accordingly by itself. Excellent Flat-Panel Monitor!

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Bang for the Buck, August 7, 2005

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E. Moscato (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 19" Dell UltraSharp 1905FP DVI Rotating LCD Monitor w/USB 2.0 Hub (Black/Silver) -Rotates to Portrait or Landscape View! (Electronics)

This is my fourth Dell monitor and they have all held up well. I got this to use as my primary monitor replacing my 21" Dell / Sony Trinitron CRT. While it is slightly inferior in specifications to the Trinitron in a few areas, it more than makes up for it in other areas:

1.) It has a much smaller footprint than the CRT and this means more desk space.
2.) My guess is this weighs 15 pounds with the stand, my 21" CRT weighs 70 pounds
3.) LCD uses much less energy than a CRT
4.) LCD emits much less heat than a CRT (great as I am writing this on a hot August night)
5.) Much more mobile than a CRT
6.) It looks really cool with its sleek, modern styling

This is a great monitor and you get much more in terms of features compared to the models you will find at your local big box store. Look at all the features I list below and you will see few if any of these features come on the typical models sold at the brick-and-mortar stores.

The monitor has four USB ports built in (two on the back and two on the left side) and this is very handy. You can never have enough of these and I keep my computer under my desk so the ports on the monitor are much easier to access. It also keeps cords from getting tangled up by allowing me to keep some items above the desk and away from the computer. The stand also has a nice cord management spacer built in.

The stand is among the best I have seen and it pivots and tilts. You can elevate the display about a foot with the sliding stand. And you can easily tilt the monitor up, down and to the right or left. It can even be rotated 180 degrees to a portrait mode with ease. It offers both DVI and SVGA connections so you can have two computers hooked up at once (one digital and one analog). If your video card supports it, the DVI connection will eliminate the flicker problem many CRTs experience.

The actual screen area is 11.85" in height and 14.82" in width (175.6 square inch viewing area and 1,310,720 pixels). For comparison, the viewable screen on my 21" CRT was 12" in height and 16" in width.

The 250 nits brightness is plenty bright and the 800:1 contrast is superior to that found on much more expensive models. The only area for improvement is the 20-25 ms response time, but it serves my purposes well as I never play video games. These displays are also made in China or Mexico instead of Japan where Dell's better monitors were made in the past.

You can download a free program named Dead Pixel Buddy (just Google this) which allows you to test for dead pixels on your display, and mine had zero when I ran the test.

Dell has a great return policy and although others complain, I find the outsourced customer service in India to be helpful whenever I need them.

Dell also makes some nice widescreen models, but I'd check to see if your video card can handle them before you consider those models. This one is a no-brainer and you just plug it in and Windows XP recognizes the monitor.

I got mine for just over $200. You have to be patient when buying a Dell, they run great specials around the end of their financial quarter.

I also recommend getting the sound bar for this monitor. The monitor has a power plug to input the sound bar into. It is silver, attractive and complements the monitor well. It snaps onto the bottom of the monitor, is about an inch long and runs along the length of the bottom of the monitor.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dell provides no warranty unless you buy direct from them, August 24, 2005

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J. P. GRANT (SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 19" Dell UltraSharp 1905FP DVI Rotating LCD Monitor w/USB 2.0 Hub (Black/Silver) -Rotates to Portrait or Landscape View! (Electronics)

I have liked the technical performance of this unit for the one day I have had it, but nothing in the factory-sealed box said what warranty I would receive. Everything stated was carefully hedged gobbledegook. I called Dell and they told me I would have to "look to the reseller" to provide any warranty. They were outright dismissive since I hadn't bought it from them. I checked with the (highly rated) seller, and they called Dell and received the same message. The seller suggested I send the unit back to them for a full refund, saying they wouldn't want a monitor with no warranty either. I am doing it. I guess now that Dell is the "big guy", it feels arrogance is OK.