- Mar 15, 2006
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Posted something like this in the LCD thread but it's less a "is this a good LCD" question and more a general, philosophical ignorance on my part.
I'm moving up from a 21" Viewsonic widescreen LCD. I need a decent all-rounder -- I an a developer (programming - not graphic art) but since this is my home/home office, it needs to be able to handle games, movies, and (one day) console support. Probably a 360.
My budget is anywhere up to $1000 or $1100, but I'm having trouble with all of the options out there these days. I've read that it's best to stay away from TN panels, even though they are routinely $300-$400 less than MVA/other counterparts (say, the VX2825 or Hanns-G 28" vs. the Dell 27" - huge price difference).
I don't care about things like speakers or USB inputs. I care about video inputs (variety!) and visual quality, in that order. I am not a videophile by any stretch but if TNs are really that egregious, I'm happy to avoid them. I do plan to watch some TV on my monitor though I'm going to pick up a TV card so I don't care about built-in tuners.
That seems to leave two choices:
- A proper, large-ish widescreen LCD, ala the Samsung 275T or Dell 2707WFP. Both seem like fine products, though they are definitely on the expensive side.
- An LCD TV, ala the Spectre X37SV-Naga - http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824112174 - At first, I didn't even realize that people used these primarily as PC monitors at all, but it seems that they do. How practical is this? Can you actually sit a few feet away at a desk and work on a 37" display? The inputs are great and the native resolution is pretty high, but I'm a neophyte when it comes to TVs as I've never really owned a decent one.
It's possible that this is a no-brainer and I should be looking exclusively at LCD monitors and not TVs, but I'd like to understand a little bit more about why that would be the case. Since I need a sort of dillettante, does-everything-more-or-less-OK solution, what should I do?
I'm moving up from a 21" Viewsonic widescreen LCD. I need a decent all-rounder -- I an a developer (programming - not graphic art) but since this is my home/home office, it needs to be able to handle games, movies, and (one day) console support. Probably a 360.
My budget is anywhere up to $1000 or $1100, but I'm having trouble with all of the options out there these days. I've read that it's best to stay away from TN panels, even though they are routinely $300-$400 less than MVA/other counterparts (say, the VX2825 or Hanns-G 28" vs. the Dell 27" - huge price difference).
I don't care about things like speakers or USB inputs. I care about video inputs (variety!) and visual quality, in that order. I am not a videophile by any stretch but if TNs are really that egregious, I'm happy to avoid them. I do plan to watch some TV on my monitor though I'm going to pick up a TV card so I don't care about built-in tuners.
That seems to leave two choices:
- A proper, large-ish widescreen LCD, ala the Samsung 275T or Dell 2707WFP. Both seem like fine products, though they are definitely on the expensive side.
- An LCD TV, ala the Spectre X37SV-Naga - http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824112174 - At first, I didn't even realize that people used these primarily as PC monitors at all, but it seems that they do. How practical is this? Can you actually sit a few feet away at a desk and work on a 37" display? The inputs are great and the native resolution is pretty high, but I'm a neophyte when it comes to TVs as I've never really owned a decent one.
It's possible that this is a no-brainer and I should be looking exclusively at LCD monitors and not TVs, but I'd like to understand a little bit more about why that would be the case. Since I need a sort of dillettante, does-everything-more-or-less-OK solution, what should I do?