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It is with great triumph that I announce, as my first post (and as a test), that I have completed reading every single page of this thread, from the beginning.
You may all now give me extended raspberries.
What did I find most compelling, in all these 257 pages of reading, including the OP? A post by "albovin" regarding the multimedia capabilities of the NEC LCD2690WUXi, despite that it "only" has two DVI and one VGA ports. There has been excellent info throughout, and truly superior info and perspective from xtnight (although 10e has been good too). That's what led me to buy that display in the SV version including calibration at $1150 without shipping. It was $987 for the non-SV version.
What, that seems too low? Check OnSale.com: that's where I bought it from. They have instant discounts on these NEC 2x90s, including a $250 instant discount on my LCD2690WUXi-SV. That suddenly found price incentive swayed me to buy this, even though the forthcoming DougleSight DS-265W (August sometime) will no doubt be a worthy successor to the previous model. I figured I'd know that I bought quality, and have no doubts. This instant discount is also why I got the SV option now: it turns out to be less than paying $987 and then $250 later on for the SV kit.
I believe MacMall owns/partners OnSale.com: they seem to have the LCD2690WUXi-SV at $1170, still a lot less than normal (example, the OP has the LCD2490WUXi non-SV at around $1200, or $30 more for a display missing SV and 2" smaller. Amazing).
Mine doesn't appear to have any dead pixels. I calibrated it once for "Broadcast" because that was the default, but need to understand more and do it again for the settings best for me.
I admit that I may have been better off saving $350 or so and buying the new DS-265W (although to be fair, $150 extra was for the SV option). What can I plead, but temporary insanity? :laugh:
The price incentive changed the delta from $600 to about $250 or less for getting an NEC over the DoubleSight (guessing that the new model will be $800 or so). I wonder what xtnight would recommend, given that ?
I urge folks to search on "albovin" to find his extended post, and then continue to see xtnight's informative response. Memory tells me it's around page 157 ?
I'm completely new to console gaming, and now want to buy a silver PS2 (I fondly remember playing the old Megaman games, and want to get the PS2 collection).
All I need to do is identify the video output of that device, and then buy an adapter cable if it's not DVI. I *think* it's component out, and that I can get a component-VGA or component-DVI adapter (Monoprice.com of course). Does anyone know for sure?
Who else uses consoles with this kind of NEC and how have they connected them? I'd appreciate any comments or perspective. I can try to answer questions too, I suppose.
also sprach The Hosehead