New PC Monitor

[post-it]

What I learned:

first you have to decide: TV or PC Monitor ...

WRONG!!!

.. first you must decide if you need a Capture Card or TV Card for your computer.

I chose to have my TV be my Capture/Tuner and my Software can take the Video from my TV without placing CPU Processing Power to Decode it and Copy it to my hard drive. The video is both pulled and played via the DV Ports.

The benefits out-way the drawbacks. The drawback is AC_7 Audio via the S/PDIF Connectors to and from my computer and TV Monitor ( it needs another stereo cable to accomplish that little problem ^__^ ) which it seem are built-in to both the Monitor and MY Computer -- by default

.. as to the problem invented by the post's made; Pixels are either Round or Square.

16:9, 16:10 .. the answer is .. 17:8 1366i .. 16:9 1080i .. who cares 720i -- someone mark this posting and compare it to the Standards Needed for the FCC's February 2009 Ruling and what products are being released in February 2009.

The Future: IMHO .. in 2009 the standards of 1366i & 1080i will be what the Sony Play-Station-Hand-helds will have and a New Standard will be accepted that we can not even begin to grasp and IT will be the Norm' ... KILLING-OFF the FCC's Mandated Ruling of Digital TV Standards by the set date of February 2009.
.. I like the idea of I-MAX TV .. but I can not see someone wanting an I-MAX Monitor!
.. AC_9 Audio has already been accepted as a standard oversea's !!
.. 80meg per second Cable Modems are already here today but no one can afford them >_<

.. now what I would like to see is a 32" high by 126" wide transparent wrap-around screen that you can roll-up and/or wrap around you showing a 180 degree view for Game Playing .. like Flying Ace's or Fighter Pilot's ( imagine having two screen for a 360 degree view of flying something ... or a very strange AMV 0_o where you can see things from every direction of the AMV; because you are now Part Of The AMV Itself 0_0 ) ... hey, it could happen

.. The futures not written yet .. so don't you dare stop dreaming about what is possible because "You Might Be One Of The Inventors Of That Project!"

[Tiiscool]

Hello post-it,

yes be both are right. I wrote in my view an dyou wrote in your view.
I have only used a PC Monitor for a long long time. And when I saw the TVs in Saturn I did not like it. I do not want to capture something. So I decided for me, that I prefere a monitor.

Cu,
Ti

[post-it]

^__^

one final thought .. one that most people do not notice:

.. does your Monitor loose its brightness in any direction?
1) Any monitor looks good straight/head-on.
but look at it when you are walking-by and notice if the brightness changes.
.... look at it when your viewing angle top-to-bottom changes.

if three people can see your Monitor, from different angles, and they all see "no difference" in the pictures quality, then you have a truly good monitor.

.. its a test that not many people are aware of. This test comes from problems people used to have with Lap-Top screens which would get lighter and darker by the viewing angles. This is something that, today, can tell you many things about the Future of your Monitor and helps keeping you from getting something that may not last very long.

.. I like technology but I also like cheap prices .. what I don't like is buying something that is cheaply made. ( can you imagine buying a Monitor that still requires a separate Power Supply? )