32" LCD as a TV and monitor worth it?

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[crizzar]

Originally posted by: vapore0n
went to see the tv's today. They had the 28" viewsonic on display, and image wasnt really that good. Image was rather blurry. I tried messing with the settings but couldnt get it to display something good. It could be because its the floor model, even samsung had a blurry display. HDTV just didnt seem HD at all on some of the LCDs that I saw. Plasma otoh looked really nice on HD.

There were a few LCDs that really looked nice on HD, like the Philips. They are supposed to release a 32" model this september, with 8ms responce too, so I should wait.

My observations from todat, $1200 LCDs just dont looks as good as $2000+ panels.

picture is only as good as the source material

the 27" viewsonic is not the same panel as the 32... unless they had pc's hooked up to them at the store, they're not being done justice. Regular television isn't going to look the greatest, but pc apps, dvd's, and HD content look superb

 

[vapore0n]

I had gone to Bestbuy and compusa (they are side by side in NH). They all had the LCDs and Plasma connected to an HDTV tuner, showing it off. All connected using RGB (CMYK or something). Plasma indeed just looked really nicer. SOme LCDs looked nice in HD, the cheaper ones just looked like plain TV. It could be their signal not good enough, splicing a signal 20 times.

I also knew that the 32 viewsonic was different in all aspects to the 27. Different stats. When I buy Ill first ask about their return policy. See if I can return if I dont like it.


What do you need to play HD content from the PC to an LCD of that type?

 

[wonkyturk]

Read this thread with great interest.

I'd like to buy a large monitor for my new PC and I'm concerned about the resolution. I'd like to have a fairly large resolution but I also want to run games at acceptable frame rates (I'm considering buying a single Geforce 7800GTX). I find the 30" Apple Cinema HD Display quite sexy but the native resolution (2560 x 1600) is really huge.

Thus, I was wondering whether it wouldn't be possible to run demanding apps and 3D games at 1/4th of the native resolution (i.e. 1280 x 800) without the undesirable effects of scaling interpolation. Normally one pixel in 1280 x 800 should neatly match to 4 pixels on a 2560 x 1600 monitor and therefore the sharpness and crispness should not be compromised. Has anybody tried? Is the 1280 x 800 video mode supported by games?

 

[Novercalis]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
I've been using a 27inch ILO LCD TV (Native 1280x768 with 25ms response. Made by Tatung) as a Monitor since April.

With fast motion, there is a noticable amount of ghosting, however, IMO it's not bad.

There are LOTS of HUGE jaggies when not using AA, however, with 4X AA, they mostly are gone, and with 8x, there are no jaggies. I sit about 2-3 feet away (I like to be totally immersed into the game) and I MUCH prefer this for games over my 19inch CRT's.

Here is a picture of my desk with the LCD. Picture

A Very good friend of mine has the Dell 24inch widescreen LCD.
World of Warcraft looks Amazing in it's native res on that screen, however, since I am used to the slightly larger 27inch, the 24 seems to be "small" to me (even though It's not.) I sorta wish I would have rather spent my $800 on a dell 24inch widescreen vs my $800 ILO 27inch from walmart.com, but sometimes I'm glad I got what I did.

My plan is to upgrade to a 1080P LCD TV in the 26-30 inch range once they come around $1000. That way I can still use it as a HDTV, but I can also get kick ass resolutions for games ...

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