Question about Desktop display

J0efrmcanada · 01-15-2006, 11:46 PM

Ok so at the beginning of another year of university i had a choice okay comp and sweet tv...or sweet comp and a comp monitor...the fact that i am posting on here lets you know i went the comp way. But my question is that after having my comp for a while i still want a tv. Now i know my comp can handle high performance gaming and multi-tasking and my monitor seems to do okay, but i want to make my comp into a all in one centre...ie media centre, movie theatre, comp gaming, x360 gaming etc. This is the tv i currently am getting unless i get a strong suggestion otherwise and keep in mind i have canada.
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...43&catid=23249

This is the tv, one thing i also wanna point out is that i wanna be able to see good picture and have a good refresh rate..

and this is my comp monitor..
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...86&catid=22557

i have heard people talking about never wanting to go from a comp monitor to a tv screen soooo... input would be amazing and thank you ahead of time..

Merky Works · 01-16-2006, 08:09 AM

well those are 2 totally diff. options, i mean 42inch plasma or 19inch lcd. its ture that tv's dont have the refresh rate that monitors do so on comp gaming you might have some ghosting.

**ceewi1** · 01-17-2006, 01:22 AM

Also keep in mind that plasma TVs won't support the same resolution as computer monitors. While this is fine for DVDs, you may find it annoying if you intend to play games on the TV, as a lower resolution image stretched over such a large TV may look rather pixelated.

**Praetor** · 01-21-2006, 02:55 PM

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i also wanna point out is that i wanna be able to see good picture

Then why is Plasma/LCD being considered?

01-15-2006, 11:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
J0efrmcanada Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Canada Age: 23 Posts: 68	Question about Desktop display Ok so at the beginning of another year of university i had a choice okay comp and sweet tv...or sweet comp and a comp monitor...the fact that i am posting on here lets you know i went the comp way. But my question is that after having my comp for a while i still want a tv. Now i know my comp can handle high performance gaming and multi-tasking and my monitor seems to do okay, but i want to make my comp into a all in one centre...ie media centre, movie theatre, comp gaming, x360 gaming etc. This is the tv i currently am getting unless i get a strong suggestion otherwise and keep in mind i have canada. http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...43&catid=23249 This is the tv, one thing i also wanna point out is that i wanna be able to see good picture and have a good refresh rate.. and this is my comp monitor.. http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...86&catid=22557 i have heard people talking about never wanting to go from a comp monitor to a tv screen soooo... input would be amazing and thank you ahead of time.. __________________ Processor - Pentium D 840 Motherboard - Asus P5LD2 Deluxe Wifi-Tv Tuner Ram- Corsair 5400 XMS2 DDR2 3(1 gb sticks) Harddrive(s) - 4 Caviar's at 500 gb each and a 74 Rap Sound Card - Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum edition Optical Drives - A DVD-Rom drive and a DVD-RW with dual layer drive both are plextor i believe Video Card - XFX 7800 GTX 256 Power supply - Antec 480 neoPower Case - Coolermaster Wavemaster Tower Case (Black) HSF - Coolermaster Hyper 6+

01-17-2006, 01:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
ceewi1 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,237	Also keep in mind that plasma TVs won't support the same resolution as computer monitors. While this is fine for DVDs, you may find it annoying if you intend to play games on the TV, as a lower resolution image stretched over such a large TV may look rather pixelated. __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 / MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 / GPU: Gigabyte HD4870 RAM: 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK / HDD: 2TB Total HDD / PSU: Antec NeoPower 480W Cheap PSUs - 2% of system costs, responsible for 28% of system deaths As Sealed Stick was removed, lost or damaged, it shall be out of warranty validity. - The "Warranty void if removed" sticker on numerous CoolerMaster PSUs. Useful PSU Guides

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01-16-2006, 08:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Merky Works Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 36	well those are 2 totally diff. options, i mean 42inch plasma or 19inch lcd. its ture that tv's dont have the refresh rate that monitors do so on comp gaming you might have some ghosting.