Quick monitor question

danbhala

would this dell monitor be anygood for 360 gaming? i've got the vga cable all ready for some monitor action....

http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?TabPage=producthighlights&sku=29082&spagenum=&category_id=6198&brandid=&k=&c=ie&l=en&cs=iedhs1&mnf=&prst=&prEnd=&mnfsku=&orderby=&searchtype=&pageb4search=&page=productlisting.aspx&instock=&refurbished=

anyone know of any other decent widescreen lcd monitors around the same price bracket?

Ciaran500

What dell monitor?

scuba steve

^^^^ i second that, what dell monitor?

KeRbDoG

also, what price range?

danbhala

http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?TabPage=producthighlights&sku=29082&spagenum=&category_id=6198&brandid=&k=&c=ie&l=en&cs=iedhs1&mnf=&prst=&prEnd=&mnfsku=&orderby=&searchtype=&pageb4search=&page=productlisting.aspx&instock=&refurbished=

DELL
Dell Ultrasharp 2005FPW 20" widescreen LCD Flat Panel Monitor. 300cd/m2 brightness, 600:1 contrast, 16ms response time. Midnight Grey TCO99

dang!!! sory about that

price is about € 564.16 reduced from € 751.41

zAbbo

Go for this one instead - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000CCB0OG/ref=br_lf_li_1_2/202-0759324-1704648

And its half that price, read the reviews

[DF]Lenny

nah forget the rest and buy this,i tried the dell as well and there is no comparison .
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=311134&cks=SPK

zAbbo

thats a non widescreen monitor, waste of time for a 360

danbhala

zabbo wrote:

Go for this one instead - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000CCB0OG/ref=br_lf_li_1_2/202-0759324-1704648

And its half that price, read the reviews

looks very good... some reviewer who has a 360 was giving it great praises....

so then with it am i able to play games in high definition with my vga cable??

cheers for the help

ohh.. and i have never ordered items of this size from amazon... anyone know what they're like?

xanthor

16ms reponse time might be a bit on the low side..

danbhala wrote:

looks very good... some reviewer who has a 360 was giving it great praises....

so then with it am i able to play games in high definition with my vga cable??

cheers for the help

ohh.. and i have never ordered items of this size from amazon... anyone know what they're like?

Amazon are okay for books. The rest I can't specifically say.


In order to get HD support you need a TV/Monitor that is marked HD *READY* not just HD Compatible.

Most if not all LCD monitors will run at a maximum resolution of 720p, while true HD is 1080i and upwards

For the moment, it would 'do' as most Xbox 360 games are 720p,and you can set your 360 down to 720 if you do buy a 1080 game......


In the long run, you're better off investing the $$$ in a proper HD Ready TV,Eventually they'll step it up a bit and more Xbox 360 games will be 1080 resolution.......


Philips do a 20 inch HD Ready for around the 720.00 mark......

However the Philips shop on the corner of Dame/Georges St in town is having a 10% off sale at the moment, so you could pick up one for 648.00 or so.,,,,

Much better investment.

danbhala

well thats a bit ****.... went to go and buy it and it said they cant shop to ireland. but on the item description page it says they do ship the item to ireland...

Model Number: ET.L5209.015
ASIN: B000CCB0OG
Boxed-product weight: 1 Kg
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28
(Manufacturers: improve your sales)
This item can only be delivered within the UK and Republic of Ireland

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000CCB0OG/ref=pd_luc_mri/202-9607030-0589459?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

the error was:

*** We're sorry. This item can't be shipped to your selected destination. You may either change the shipping address or delete the item from your order by changing its quantity to 0 and clicking the update button below. ( See geographical restrictions.) ***


sent them a mail anyhow.....

im gonna get this cuz im gonna use it for both my 360 and pc.... then when hdtv's become cheaper i'll get the finger out and get one..... being a student sucks.... i want to get a full time job.. or even better... win the lottery...

zAbbo

you just need to tody up your delivery address, mine was

Name
House Number
Street
Town, County
Country

danbhala

could you test to see if you can do it? im having trouble.....

EasyBoy1974

xanthor wrote:

16ms reponse time might be a bit on the low side..

Most if not all LCD monitors will run at a maximum resolution of 720p,

actually LCD monitors run at a variety of resolutions - 720p is a hdtv resolution

xanthor wrote:

while true HD is 1080i and upwards

not true. in fact in raw resolution terms, 720p is a higher resolution than 1080i (which is 540 lines interpolated)

xanthor wrote:

For the moment, it would 'do' as most Xbox 360 games are 720p,and you can set your 360 down to 720 if you do buy a 1080 game......

actually all x360 games are rendered internally at 720p so in fact 720p is the ideal resolution for running xbox360 games

Vegeta

Ok now I am confused, so ideally will I just buy the bloody samsung one that are on the display shelves with the 360

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

Nice one EasyBoy1974, just saved me the trouble of having to post that!!

Vegeta

FuzzyWuzzyWazza wrote:

Nice one EasyBoy1974, just saved me the trouble of having to post that!!

So what is in your opinions the best way to get a HDTV for future television broadcasts that will also cope with anything the 360 can throw at it while also being affordable

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

Vegeta wrote:

So what is in your opinions the best way to get a HDTV for future television broadcasts that will also cope with anything the 360 can throw at it while also being affordable

Well the 'best way to get a HDTV' is probably to go down to the shops and buy one.

Affordable is a relative term, I just bought a LCD HDTV, and was easily able to afford the price, others might not. I would say and HDTV with a native 720p would be a good bet. There are numerious debates across the net as to weather 720p or 1080i are the better format, and after reading many I have decided that I believe 720p to be superior. It is very likley that future TV broadcasts will be in 720p over here as we have always used a progressive scan with our TV signals, where as in the states interlaced is/was the norm.

smithy1981

Could anyone tell me ifhttp://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=314527&cks=FRT is any good/value for money. I have read many threads on HDTV but i only get more confused.

3rdDegree

smithy1981 wrote:

Could anyone tell me ifhttp://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=314527&cks=FRT is any good/value for money. I have read many threads on HDTV but i only get more confused.

It is HD-Ready (has the resolution) and the price looks good. It's got three "HD" inputs (HDMI, Component and VGA), so it's fairly future proof. Also has two SCARTS and one S-VHS, for non-HD inputs.

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

smithy1981 wrote:

Could anyone tell me ifhttp://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=314527&cks=FRT is any good/value for money. I have read many threads on HDTV but i only get more confused.

Looks decent, and not a bad price for a 37' model.
You could save yourself a chunck of money with this, I got one last week from Currys for €1099. Has a pretty good selection of inputs but no HDMI. It has the same resolution as the LG, and so far I have been very impressed with the HD output of this TV, it's like having a second 32' monitor, with regards to the PC input.
2 x SCART
1 x S-Video
1 x RF
1 x SD RCA
1 x HD RCA
1 x DVI (with phono jack)
1 x D-Sub (with phono jack)

Currently have Digital TV, PC, Xbox and Xbox360 connected, using SCART, D-Sub, SCART and HD RCA respectivaly.

Flaccus

I got a Dell 2405FPW 24" widescreen which supports composite,component and svideo and does 720p up to 1080p.....I wonder how this would be with the 360. Just wondering if it will highlight the jaggies in PGR3 in 720p I heard some people complaining about.

danbhala

i ordered one of these


Acer AL1916ws 19" Widescreen TFT, 1440 x 900, 16.7M, 150°, 300 cd/m2, 500:1, 8ms, Analogue inputs, Silver/Black, Internal power supply, 3 yr warranty

came to about €266 in total from amazon... had to get it ordered to the uk as couldnt get them to send it here..... which works out fine cuz im headin over to london on the 20th to see my bro...