Posted: 10/16/2011 10:08:29 AM EDT
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I see nice set ups with either dual or very large monitors. Can you use a 42 LCD TV some how? I have read a little bit and would like to get a much bigger monitor than the 21 inch I have now. |
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I have a 40" Samsung hooked up to watch movies and whatnot, but for web browsing or doing anything else productive I wouldn't recommend it. My main displays are two HP LP2475W's and I find the size to be about perfect for something sitting on the desk in front of you. I have used 27's in the past and for me there was no noticeable gain. I would buy a dell 30" Ultrasharp if I were you, but be prepared to pay about double what 40" TVs are going for. |
| Most current video cards have either an HDMI output, or a DVI or DisplayPort output which can be used with HDMI through an adaptor. If you're using it at a desk, multiple monitors are better; if you're using it in the living room for movies & gaming, a big screen is the way to go. My work/gaming machine uses 3x 23" monitors on a single Radeon 6850 card, and I've got a separate media PC connected to a projector for movies. |
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I just purchased an LG 27" LED HDMI monitor, model 2750. My old ATI video card had a max resolution of something like 1900x1100. At max, the picture was distorted horizontally so I replaced it with a card with much better capabilities. Now I can run the monitor at the higher resolutions without any distortion at all. I am running a six year old Sony Viao 3 GHz Pentium III desktop computer with 2 GB of RAM and about a TeraByte of disc memory. I don't play interactive games and I'm running XP. The system is tuned up well and it performs outstandingly. Nothing I do stresses it at all. HD movies really look great on this monitor. The clarity of everything is amazing. Excel spreadsheets look great. Online stock profile sheets fill the screen and show the details beautifully. ARFCOM fills the screen without distortion. All of the MS apps look great in fact. At work I have two 20" HP monitors. I'm running a new Dell laptop from a docking station, and using Windows 7. I actually prefer two monitors for work. I'll never go back to one 4:3 style monitor. |
| I found that when playing video games I like the smaller monitors more. Currently I have a 19" Widescreen as my primary monitor via DVI.(Probably going to get like a 21" or something though) I also have a HDMI cable running to my main 37" TV. I use the smaller one at my desk for regular use/gaming but prefer to sit on the couch and watch movies on the big one. |
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Quoted: I see nice set ups with either dual or very large monitors. Can you use a 42 LCD TV some how? I have read a little bit and would like to get a much bigger monitor than the 21 inch I have now. Yes. I play video games often on my 1080p multipurpose monitor...err "tv". It has 2 hdmi inputs. I connected one to the blue ray and the other to the dvi-d output from the computer. |
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I found that when playing video games I like the smaller monitors more. I lived with a 21" video tube (1600*1200 from 1995 through a couple weeks ago) one of the first with 100MHz electron guns. I replaced it with a new Samsung 27" LED 1920*1080 120 Hz monitor. A week later, I replaced my wife's 15" LCD with a 23" Samsung monitor of similar ilk. In many respects, I like my wife's monitor better––although I haven't put my finger on exactly why, yet. Yet, here, I did spend my timine looking at the monitors in the stores, but I did not spend the time at the proper reading distance from them. So when you go shopping, spend the time at reading distance. |
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Quoted: I lived with a 21" video tube (1600*1200 from 1995 through a couple weeks ago) one of the first with 100MHz electron guns. I replaced it with a new Samsung 27" LED 1920*1080 120 Hz monitor. A week later, I replaced my wife's 15" LCD with a 23" Samsung monitor of similar ilk. In many respects, I like my wife's monitor better––although I haven't put my finger on exactly why, yet. Yet, here, I did spend my timine looking at the monitors in the stores, but I did not spend the time at the proper reading distance from them. So when you go shopping, spend the time at reading distance. Pixel size? I find that lcd panels of the same resolution but different diagonal sizes have different pixel sizes or pixel pitch. So maybe the size of the dots is the deciding factor. From newegg's website of acer lcd monitors:
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You win! My daily setup is work on the left, ARF on the right and xbox on top. I can flip the TV to my media server and watch movies or TV or use it as a giant third monitor if I want. |
