LCD Monitor or HDTV ???

[Sim]

Originally Posted by Zoom2136

Tri putting your Track iR directly behind you. This way it can be closer to you without impairing your vision. But you will need to reverse it axis, and a Track Clip Pro (the one with leds) would probably be required..

Other than modifying clip or buying clip-pro, there is no way of fixing that due to my setup.

[CharveL]

Originally Posted by Sim

I'm gaming on 55 inch 1080P with 240hz. One small problem is that TrackIR doesn't work too well when you're sitting far away from TV.

If you go with HDTV, make sure you buy quality and something with smoothing - read reviews and don't go cheapo! And buy online since price can be 1/3 of what stores ask.

Clip or not, the best way to fix this is to find a way to bring the IR receiver closer to you.

[Heliocon]

HDTV are ugly for gaming, the low resolution compared with the large size and high cost makes it unnatractive (to me). You could go multi monitor.

I love my monitor - Dell 24inch 1920x1200, I would highly suggest a high res 24inch monitor tbh.

[Zoom2136]

I have a 28" 1920x1200 I-Inc that I got from TigerDirect. But I don't like the colors. I tried a lot of different setup to no use.

What about you guys using multiple monitors? Is it better than 1 large screen?

While we are at it, anybody using a projector? If so, how do you like it?

Guess I have some time before COD is available in Canada...

[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by Zoom2136

I have a 28" 1920x1200 I-Inc that I got from TigerDirect. But I don't like the colors. I tried a lot of different setup to no use.

What about you guys using multiple monitors? Is it better than 1 large screen?

While we are at it, anybody using a projector? If so, how do you like it?

Guess I have some time before COD is available in Canada...

Well I dont have a projector myself but do not do that unless you got alot of $ to throw at it. I dont know a huge amount but all I have read and the gaming one I have seen are not that good. So if you go that route make sure to get a really good quality projector (so good colors/ability to adjust twink with setting aswell I think would be a must) and have a room that is the right size to set up a projector in with a projector screen pulldown for it to display on (unless you have a really really white wall ). But still I think its the same prob with tvs, you get a much larger screen but the same if not lower resolution (so like 25% less pixels and 9x the display area = you do the math ^^ ).
I only use one monitor for gaming even though I have another 3 22s for work and are different brands so it would look weird connecting them up as the sides are different shape/height/width (the monitor casing or whatever around the screen). Multi monitor systems are good, but you have to have the $ to buy the displays and the GPU's to run the games at the high resolutions that are needed. I am a nvidia person but ATI eyefinity I hear is pretty decent. In face I think a combat flight sim would be by far the best game for multimonitors, because I dont like the breakup of the image because I feel between the screens there are blindspots which distract me. But in a flight sim your cockpit has beams/supports in it, in fact if the center monitor is your forward vision, then the side screens work perfectly as your L and R periferals, and I am sure it would be less distracting since you have those blindspots in the game already in a way...

Other option is go for a 120hz monitor and buy the nvidia 3d set, I have only seen really positive reviews about it.

[Porksmuggler]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

HDTV are ugly for gaming, the low resolution compared with the large size and high cost makes it unnatractive (to me). You could go multi monitor.

I'm sitting here with a 1080p 32" HDTV and multiple 24" monitors. Even with the lower PPI of the 32", I would choose it every time over the 24" multiples for gaming.

It's all about viewing distance, you will not notice the lower PPI unless you are retina burning close to the screen.

http://members.ping.de/~sven/dpi.html

[Heliocon]

Hmmm, thats really interesting stuff, maybe the tv I saw was not hd/we were using it to close.

Btw nice website

[Porksmuggler]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

Hmmm, thats really interesting stuff, maybe the tv I saw was not hd/we were using it to close.

Btw nice website

I sit exactly at 1 m, at little over 3 ft. I find at 1080p the 32" is ideal for this distance, with a 24" text is too small, and a 42" is much too large to sit this close (I haven't yet tried a 37").

One of the most common problems for those with HDTVs is incorrect setup. Most newer HDTVs have a PC input setting which eliminates a lot of the processing incorporated for TV/movie viewing. Most of the complaints I see with HDTVs are from incorrect calibration/setup.

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/comp...ing%20Distance

[Heliocon]

Stop! I surrender already