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Hey all,
I am currently on a 6 year old 19" Sony computer monitor, and it is starting to give out. The pixels are darkening at an alarming rate, but I guess it's about had it's time, and plenty of hours. With my Economic Stimulus check arriving soon, and a birthday coming up, I think it is about time to replace the old dino. I am looking for something that is going to do both my PC and my 360, since I don't really watch TV. However, I want it to be BIG, I love BIG monitors, and if I had a few grand I would gladly buy something huge like the 60" monitors they have in our digital media labs. Alas, I just had to pay another $8K for this semester, and that took a rather big chunk out of my credit. I know there isn't supposed to be any price talk, but I hope it is ok to say that I am searching for something less then $800, because anything over that is just not do-able at this moment in time.
What it MUST have:
Ability to play PC games on it through VGA or DVI (I know some monitors can be hooked up to a PC, but I can't have too much lag)
Component RGB jacks (For my 360)
What would be nice:
HDMI Input (For my upscaling DVD player)
Optical Output (to piss off my new dorm neighbors with my surround)
Backlit remote
Any and all help is greatly appreciated, because I went to a local store and was scoffed at because I told them how much money I had to spend, and that no, I didn't want to look at a smaller TV and Surround Sound system instead.
Steve
I am currently on a 6 year old 19" Sony computer monitor, and it is starting to give out. The pixels are darkening at an alarming rate, but I guess it's about had it's time, and plenty of hours. With my Economic Stimulus check arriving soon, and a birthday coming up, I think it is about time to replace the old dino. I am looking for something that is going to do both my PC and my 360, since I don't really watch TV. However, I want it to be BIG, I love BIG monitors, and if I had a few grand I would gladly buy something huge like the 60" monitors they have in our digital media labs. Alas, I just had to pay another $8K for this semester, and that took a rather big chunk out of my credit. I know there isn't supposed to be any price talk, but I hope it is ok to say that I am searching for something less then $800, because anything over that is just not do-able at this moment in time.
What it MUST have:
Ability to play PC games on it through VGA or DVI (I know some monitors can be hooked up to a PC, but I can't have too much lag)
Component RGB jacks (For my 360)
What would be nice:
HDMI Input (For my upscaling DVD player)
Optical Output (to piss off my new dorm neighbors with my surround)
Backlit remote
Any and all help is greatly appreciated, because I went to a local store and was scoffed at because I told them how much money I had to spend, and that no, I didn't want to look at a smaller TV and Surround Sound system instead.
Steve