I just bought a alienware with 2700+ athlon, ATI 9700, 512 MB Ram, 2 Hardrives with Raid, DVD, and CD-RW.
Currently I have a 7 year old 15" monitor. I would like to get something better. My objectives in order of preference are these:
1) PC web surfing and gaming look good
2) DVD looks good
3) HDTV looks good
I have read a lot on this webpage and I have an ok understanding of resolution, frequency, contrast, and etc...., but still below average it seems.
1 question for now:
1) How does PC web surfing look and gaming compare on a good PC monitor vs. a XGA PC/TV (such as Arcadia 3.4FTW at http://www.princetongraphics.com/Pro...ProductsF.html ) vs. a rear projection t.v. (such as a http://www.toshiba.com/tacp/tv/current/50H72.html ) vs. a direct view (such as 34" FD Trinitron® WEGA® Hi-Scan 1080i™ TV
KV-34XBR800) vs. a lcd vs. a plasma vs. a front projection (such as sanyo plv-70)
For info, I know of powestrip and transducers and component vs. vga vs. s-video vs. composite, so mention of these to help explain differences is cool, but I don't need them introduced to save you time
Also, some of these options such as plasma and sanyo-plv-70 our outside my budject, but I would like to know what I'm missing if I'm in fact missing out in your view when purchasing the others.
Thank you,
Guy
Currently I have a 7 year old 15" monitor. I would like to get something better. My objectives in order of preference are these:
1) PC web surfing and gaming look good
2) DVD looks good
3) HDTV looks good
I have read a lot on this webpage and I have an ok understanding of resolution, frequency, contrast, and etc...., but still below average it seems.
1 question for now:
1) How does PC web surfing look and gaming compare on a good PC monitor vs. a XGA PC/TV (such as Arcadia 3.4FTW at http://www.princetongraphics.com/Pro...ProductsF.html ) vs. a rear projection t.v. (such as a http://www.toshiba.com/tacp/tv/current/50H72.html ) vs. a direct view (such as 34" FD Trinitron® WEGA® Hi-Scan 1080i™ TV
KV-34XBR800) vs. a lcd vs. a plasma vs. a front projection (such as sanyo plv-70)
For info, I know of powestrip and transducers and component vs. vga vs. s-video vs. composite, so mention of these to help explain differences is cool, but I don't need them introduced to save you time
Thank you,
Guy