Product Description

The E 198WFP delivers an affordable solution for users who want a basic widescreen monitor for overall productivity and multimedia usage. The widescreen format allows the user to run multiple applications within a single screen, helping to achieve greater efficiency and time management.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23272 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Dell
• Model: E198WFP
• Display size: 19

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.

Customer Reviews

Great Widescreen monitor
I picked up this monitor to replace a 17"CRT Dell monitor. Actually my wife got it for my Anniversary present. Beautiful on movies, google earth, internet and my topographical programs for hiking. I ordered an Radeon 9550 video card right after I got this monitor and once installed it automatically adjusted the screen to 1440x900. I also love that it comes with a DVI cable in the box. These things run from $30 on up. Very happy with the monitor and I'm sure with the 3 year warranty I will have it a long time.

Need a small, multipurpose screen for gaming/PS3? Look no further.
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 1440x900 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!

Monitor Review
First off all, don't blame your monitor if your video card doesn't support the fantastic 1440x900.

This monitor is crisp, doesn't have the ghost effects of many lcd displays, the screen refresh is fast enough that I can play games without shooting at a ghose instead of another player, and its just a generally great monitor. I replaced a 17" CRT, and the CRT sits on the floor (anyone need a good CRT monitor cheap?)