LCD Monitor or HDTV ???

[Porksmuggler]

Originally Posted by fireship4

My monitor is a good one for the money - a BENQ 2200HD - but I notice these issues every so often. My screen runs at 1920*1080@60Hz, I have wondered whether the blurring is due to refresh rate (as opposed to how long pixels take grey to grey), but I can only get 75Hz if I use a dual DVI cable (I think) whereas I currently have single.

The panel for your monitor is the following:
BenQ E2200HD 2ms G2G 21.5"WS AU Optronics TN Film (M215HW01 V0)

The panel overdriven to 75Hz may have a negative effect:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles...ve_at_75hz.htm

The blurring is likely due to the TN panel type, even though it is specified at 2ms. Or possibly your eyes are more sensitive, although there's not much that can be done there, as even the LCDs marketed at 120Hz are not truly 120Hz/fps.

[WTE_Galway]

Depending on your budget there is also the option of a 2500 DPI 27" or 30" LCD.

[Porksmuggler]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

Depending on your budget there is also the option of a 2500 DPI 27" or 30" LCD.

2500 DPI? Maybe I do not understand your meaning.

For displays, it's PPI, and 1080p @ 30" is approximately 73 PPI.

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

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Porksmuggler

2500 DPI? Maybe I do not understand your meaning.

For displays, it's PPI, and 1080p @ 30" is approximately 73 PPI.

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

sorry I did not mean DPI that was a mistake.

What I meant to say was many 30"LCD's have resolutions up around 2560 x 1600 which is far better than 1080p.

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

sorry I did not mean DPI that was a mistake.

What I meant to say was many 30"LCD's have resolutions up around 2560 x 1600 which is far better than 1080p.

Your eye isnt going to percieve a difference between the two resolutions likely. UNless you sit inches away. But your PC frame rate will certainly notice it with much lower fps.

[CharveL]

All monitors pretty much suck right now until they can improve black levels and true refresh rate to 120hz or better affordably.

Hurry the hell up OLED.

[Untamo]

S!

I have a 30" LCD screen with 2560x1600 resolution. I have it about 1m from me and the immersion is great.

The best thing with it is that I don't have to use anti-aliasing. Sure the resolution in itself is a mighty hit on the performance, but the extreme definition is definitely(pun hell, here I come) worth it

-Untamo

[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.