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Offline mbailey

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New Monitor or TV
« on: December 16, 2009, 10:40:27 AM »
Howdy all  <S>

Im looking to replace my computer monitor with something 22" to 24" and am a little stuck on what to do.

SHould i get a new monitor, or should i get a TV that i can use as a monitor. I dont need anything special, and it be residing  on the corner of my office desk. My thoughts were TV, that way i get a little more bang for the buck, but dont have any experiance in hooking up a computer to a TV, but that is of little importance.

What do you think, opinions?   TV or Monitor?

Also, any brands that anyone has had good luck with?
Thanks folks,

Mbailey
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Offline Heater

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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2009, 11:16:36 AM »
Monitor....
look at the Samsung Syncmasters
or some of the LG's are not to bad
depends on how much you want to spend

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Offline Flench

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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2009, 11:30:43 AM »
I have been looking at monitor's too  and wondered the same thing . Newegg has a ASUS 23 inch on sale this week but only has 5 reviews on it  for $199.99 .
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Offline Noir

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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2009, 11:31:24 AM »
Just bought myself a Iliyama ProLite E2607WS 26' 16/10 and its pretty damn good for games and big enough to watch movies, the remanance is below 1ms and the color accuracy is very good. Belive me I've read a lot of stuff before choosing that one, depends what money you want to spend. The DELL and Apple screens are the best out there, if you're willing to pay 600euros+  :D I think the TVs are not made for fast moving graphics that require precision like aces high, but that's my opinion I didn't look at actual numbers.
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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2009, 11:33:39 AM »
note that this 26' is a 16/10, thus has a resolution of 1920*1200 (HD is 1920*1080)
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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2009, 12:04:13 PM »
Get a monitor, it can be used as a tv.  On the other hand, computer games on a tv is soooo Atari 2600.
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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2009, 12:38:00 PM »
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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2009, 02:14:07 PM »
Well I have a Magnavox  26" HDTV and hook up isn't very hard, if your graphics card has an HDMI port you can run a HDMI cable to the back of.the TV. I will post pic when I can. The graphics are not atari-ish. So  :neener:, LOL
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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2009, 03:04:11 PM »
i have the Samsung 23inch Syncmaster and i play Aces high in 1920x1080 HD with twin XFX 260GT's video cards stunning picture and grafics, i paid 180.00 for it about two months ago.
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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2009, 03:34:28 PM »
Here is my "Monitor" even a blind man can see using this ...LOL

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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2009, 10:00:34 PM »
man ebfd let's hope the addage our mother's told us that sitting too close to the TV will make you blind isn't true....dear god LOL :O
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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2009, 10:08:02 AM »
LOL like I said even a blind man can see using that as a monitor. The funny thing is joking around I hooked it up to the 56 inch we have in the living room and let me say this... Wholly watermelon that was nice. And btw thanks, it seems I do go a little overboard... Once in awile...
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Re: New Monitor or TV
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2009, 03:34:12 PM »
Quote from: ebfd11 on December 17, 2009, 10:08:02 AM
And btw thanks, it seems I do go a little overboard... Once in awile...



THAT is overboard!

From what I understand, that's a 42" SONY Bravia. I'm pretty sure bigger is better .....
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