Does 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz really mean 1280x1024? Or is it a catch? Help with monitor

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hkhil

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Hello everyone

It just happened that not only do I want a new monitor, but my family got a new tower and we are short 1 monitor.

Now this particular monitor I am looking at is Acer AC711 17" CRT MONITOR. It is cheap and here are the resolution specs:
1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz
1024 x 768 @ 85 Hz
800 x 600 @ 85 Hz

What does the 60HZ bit mean? Does it mean it only works under "certain" conditions. Because I have been gypped before. All this tech stuff. I am concerned because I am planning on buying an XBOX 360 and that is a HD gaming device. I just don't want any nasty surprises when I hook my PC or XBOX to it and it tells me it doesn't support 1280x1024 because it is only at 60HZ.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. No one in my family knows anything about computers.
 
1280x1024 is not true high defintion screen anyway. As for how many Hz a screen is.. The more Hz the less flicker effect you get from the screen.. And usually the closer you sit to a screen the more noticable the flicker.. so thats why computer monitors are usually ran at 60Hz or above and Normal TV's can be 50Hz.. i wouldnt worry about the monitor being only 60Hz at 1280x1024, i run my monitor at that resolution, its a 19" and i run it a 60Hz... No problems with any gaming or watching action dvds..

Im not sure about the monitor its self.. havnt had much to do with Acer.

Hope this helps :)
 
60 Hz means 60 Hertz and it's the refresh rate
usually the higher resolution goes the lower refresh rate you can set
because your monitor only supports a maximum refresh rate of 60 Hertz with 1280*1024 resolution
you can't force your monitor more than that
anyway i recommend you stay above 75 Hz so you dont notice a flicker
 
Thanks. It did help. For the a $20 price tag, I wouldn't mind if it isn't true HD. Though it is an old CRT monitor.

However I just found a bad user review on the internet on this model monitor. Said something about flickering black lines that cuase screen distortion. Ewww.. that doesn't sound good.
 
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