Currently, I am experiencing analysis paralysis in my quest for a large HDTV. I have my HTPC doing everything I want it to on my desktop 19" monitor (ripped DVD's, SageTV, Games), and as I research HDTV's it looks like none of them will fit all of my criteria:
1) Plasmas can potentially suffer burn-in...since I estimate I'll use this set for up to 50% gaming (xbox and pc...with lots of static images), this scares the bejesus out of me. Also I run Xlobby for my music collection, and I would hate to always have to worry about shutting the screen off while it's playing an album because of the static images. Also can plasmas handle the various gaming resolutions without having to constantly tweak powerstrip? (800x600, 1024x768, etc...)
2) DLP...I find these sets extremely fatiguing to my eyse, and their off-axis brightness is the worst of the bunch. Probably the best solution for HTPC's, but can these also adjust for standard computer resolutions through VGA?
3) LCD Rear projection. I love the image of the Sony xbr950 sets, but reading the DVI to GWIII thread in this forum would scare off anyone except the hardest-core tweakers from trying to play pc games off of this set...
4) Front Projection...don't even want to go there due to the ambient light requirements...
So what is out there (if anything) in the 50-60" range that behaves like a regular PC monitor (can display all games resolutions with no over/underscan)? and that is actually SUITED for PC use (which I don't think plasmas are, due to burn in...)
1) Plasmas can potentially suffer burn-in...since I estimate I'll use this set for up to 50% gaming (xbox and pc...with lots of static images), this scares the bejesus out of me. Also I run Xlobby for my music collection, and I would hate to always have to worry about shutting the screen off while it's playing an album because of the static images. Also can plasmas handle the various gaming resolutions without having to constantly tweak powerstrip? (800x600, 1024x768, etc...)
2) DLP...I find these sets extremely fatiguing to my eyse, and their off-axis brightness is the worst of the bunch. Probably the best solution for HTPC's, but can these also adjust for standard computer resolutions through VGA?
3) LCD Rear projection. I love the image of the Sony xbr950 sets, but reading the DVI to GWIII thread in this forum would scare off anyone except the hardest-core tweakers from trying to play pc games off of this set...
4) Front Projection...don't even want to go there due to the ambient light requirements...
So what is out there (if anything) in the 50-60" range that behaves like a regular PC monitor (can display all games resolutions with no over/underscan)? and that is actually SUITED for PC use (which I don't think plasmas are, due to burn in...)