On January 09 2010 23:15 haduken wrote:
anything less than 42 (correct me if i'm wrong) inch screen will not tell the different between 1080i and 1080p.

Modern LCD TVs come with HDMI port anyway.

WD Live is pretty good.

i can for sure tell the difference on my 23" 1080p monitor. things are smoother in 1080p (for gaming at least) because all the lines are shown on a single pass rather than being interlaced with two passes. closest thing i can compare it to off the top of my head would be going from an old CRT SDTV to a 240hz HDTV, the "animation" or movement appears a lot more fluid and lifelike, even with the same footage.

edit: although i should say that in 1080i, things appear a bit brighter to me, even with the same contrast settings on the monitor, and in GTA IV it seems it's less blurry or the motion blur has less of an effect or something, but the jaggies are more noticeable than in 1080p (for PS3).

jeddus

United States832 Posts

January 09 2010 17:48 GMT

#23

http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/122868.html is an informative article on the matter.

You have received a lot of good information here already so it may not be worth the click.

Not sure why it would be weird seeing 1080p in a slightly smaller resolution though, but I'm an old man whose eyes blur everything anyways.

jeddus

United States832 Posts

January 09 2010 17:53 GMT

#24

On January 09 2010 23:15 haduken wrote:
anything less than 42 (correct me if i'm wrong) inch screen will not tell the different between 1080i and 1080p.

Except the interlacing that is inherent in the video in the first place I think.

Interlacing...I hate it :B

GHOSTCLAW

United States17042 Posts

January 09 2010 18:06 GMT

#25

I'm actually looking at exactly the same question ^.^ No idea what to get though

Monokeros

United States2493 Posts

January 09 2010 18:22 GMT

#26

I reccomend ASUS monitors, theyre sick and the prices are incredibly 'forgiving' you get a lot and you don't have to pay half as much as the huge brand name HP etc stuff

HDMI , and almost all good monitors have the risk of display lag, which is a serious fault for gamers, so make sure there isn't any on monitors you buy.
the monitor i got (ASUS VW246H) is used at most fighting game tournaments, which like starcraft require precision so of course no display lag, great quality and even greater price.

statix

United States1760 Posts

January 09 2010 19:00 GMT

#27

You'll be fine with any 1.3a HDMI cable. (I typed a huge paragraph on AWG but then I deleted it realizing it was pretty much pointless. All you really need to know is it refers to the thickness of the wires inside the cable. The smaller the number the thicker the wires which translates to a better connection over long distances. For your purposes, you'll be perfect with a 1.3a 24-28 AWG cable.)

There is absolutley no difference between a $10 cable and a $200 cable save maybe a few design differences.. Like someone said earlier, it's all 0's and 1's.

I bought this guy a few days ago.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=1024004&p_id=3663&seq=1&format=2

Do you have a laptop or a desktop? If it's a laptop you might want to invest in a >10 foot cable so you can connect to to HDTV's around your house or at ur friends houses to watch movies or whatever.

yoden

United States64 Posts

January 09 2010 19:05 GMT

#28

On January 09 2010 23:20 Caphe wrote:
6. The last thing is, unless you are watching bluray from your laptop(which is unlikely) I dont think 1080p video is worth it( assume that you download these video from the internet). Just download the 720p one. 720p is a big jump from DVD quality video as well and It put much less pressure on the laptop

1080p is just sex is video form; it is so beautiful :X Using purevideo any modern nVidia laptop can handle 1080p; I haven't tried ATI's equivalent but I'd assume it is the same. Honestly, I'd say the opposite. 720p and a high quality dvd (~480p) aren't that different. Why piss around if you're not gonna go for real HD ,

1080p in software is dangerous; my expensive work macbook pro can't play 1080p stuff because it can't do hardware decode (rather, drivers are not supporting it; it's there in hardware).

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On topic, just look on newegg and find what you want. You can also get cheap HDMI cables there (HDMI is digital, you don't need expensive cables... lol). 1920x1200 monitors aren't bad either; that's 16x10 so you can have extra room for player controls if that's what you want. Unfortunately, larger 1080p monitors are a lot more expensive than the 22 inch ones. I can't help you there; I've been wanting to get a 35-50 inch HDTV/monitor for a while now, but they're all like $700

blabber

United States4448 Posts

January 09 2010 19:12 GMT

#29

My Acer 22" LCD HDMI monitor came with an HDMI cable ^^. Cost me $111 from Tigerdirect

GHOSTCLAW

United States17042 Posts

January 09 2010 19:14 GMT

#30

oops -_-;

haduken

Australia8267 Posts

January 10 2010 04:28 GMT

#31

https://www.pcdiy.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=9452&osCsid=489f8228c420fc19e5842f71eb2ad377

Boblion

France8043 Posts

January 10 2010 04:37 GMT

#32

On January 09 2010 21:49 haduken wrote:
P2350 Samsung is a decent cheap screen but no hdmi though

I have one and it is pretty good. One of the best TN.

Kennelie

United States2296 Posts

January 10 2010 04:53 GMT

#33

www.monoprice.com is a awesome place to get cheap cables. And yea 1080p on a pc monitor is just bleh imo.

Edit: But what do I know I only go up to 1050 on my samsung LCD.

ShadowDrgn

United States2497 Posts

January 10 2010 05:14 GMT

#34

I bought the Samsung T240HD last month, and I really like it. It's a 24" with a built-in TV tuner and speakers, DVI/HDMI/composite inputs, 1920x1200 but it does 16: 9 just fine too. The refresh rate is at least as good, if not better, than my "2ms" 226BW.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001280&Tpk=samsung t240hd