Is There a Monitor that dose it all?

[Peppered]

I am Looking for about a 24" monitor that is good for playing games, video editing and can work as A TV by getting th signal thre a AVR?

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Concillian]

Most 24 inch IPS monitors play games well enough. Really only pretty sensitive gamers will notice a diffierence, and usually only on very fast paced games. I game daily on a PVA panel, which is similar in latency to an IPS.

But there is no magic panel with <5ms response and great color reproduction and a variety of inputs. A 24" IPS panel as offered by Dell, NEC, HP and others is probably the best compromise, as I really don't notice the slight overdrive PVA / IPS "long" response as an issue (but some do).

 

[Peppered]

Ok thanks I was looking at maybe a IPS panel but If up grade to a HD box from comast most Tv's I see ar 120 HZ , I didn't no if having lower would cause a problem.
I don't think I will have enough room to keep a 24 " 1080p tv in the room as a second monitor for TV.
I will be bringing my PS 3 and XBOX 360 in the room already.

 

[NAGZS]

There is one I have been looking at, and plan to get. It has a 2ms response time full hd support and built in speakers, not to mention it is the second best rated monitor on new egg

Here is the link

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236049

 

[kamikazekyle]

Ok thanks I was looking at maybe a IPS panel but If up grade to a HD box from comast most Tv's I see ar 120 HZ , I didn't no if having lower would cause a problem.
I don't think I will have enough room to keep a 24 " 1080p tv in the room as a second monitor for TV.
I will be bringing my PS 3 and XBOX 360 in the room already.

Your cable box will work fine so long as your monitor has an HDMI port, or you can use a DVI port if you get a converter and run the audio seperately.

The biggest issue you're going to have, I invision, is going to be audio. I'm thinking the best bet allaround for you would be a Dell U2410. You'll get color accuracy, the option of the Dell soundbar for built-in audio, HDMI input, and reasonable input latency. The U2410 accepts audio over the HDMI input, and it also has a minijack audio out in case you want to run the audio to some more powerful speakers and not use the sound bar (the sound bar also has a headphone jack, BTW). Grab an HDMI switchbox from Monoprice for cheap, and you should be good to go.

 

[Ares202]

My Samsung T260HD has 2 HDMI imputs, DVI, VGA, TV antenna input (via coaxial) and component in

I dont know if Samsung sells this or a similar model anymore, i bought this over 3 years ago now so its probably discontinued.

 

[Peppered]

I will have a old Denon AVR reciver with speakers for 5.1 suround sound so i dont want to use built in auido on the monitor if i can get aaround it.

 

[Peppered]

Thanks all for the input I will see if I can afford the Dell 2410, I may look at the HP and LG ips too I have heard some good thigs about them

 

[imaheadcase]

Dell U2410, i got one, its awesome. Play FPS/watch movies on it and love it.

 

[Mr. President]

For gaming and video, I would suggest an IPS. While I wouldn't suggest against a PVA, you have to be a bit careful to avoid the ones that suffer badly of input lag. PVAs generally suffer more from it than IPSes (though there are exceptions to both) and the average IPS is going to perform better in that area than a good PVA. I wouldn't call it a deal-breaker but it's something to keep in mind.

Just avoid the TNs. They're only worth it for 120hz monitors while the lower response times (typically 2ms vs. 5ms) are a wholly meaningless marketing term. Response times were important when you were looking at the difference between 25ms and 16ms but that hasn't been an issue for the better part of a decade.

My own IPS is specced at 16ms and I honestly can't tell much difference from my (effectively) 0ms plasma TV. My 2ms TN at work blurs more than either.

 

[BD231]

Yeah I'm on the 2410 as well, great for gaming.

 

[Peppered]

Thanks again all I think I will get the Dell 2711, I have read a lot of reviews of complaints on the 2410. I will just have to stick the 24 in 180p 120 hz lcd on a shelf above my monitor for when I want to use the TV and maybe the PS3

 

[Peppered]

Soory I had to change to the 2410, the 2711 would of been a great monitor I think but I neeeded to use the HDMI input instead of the DVI. For some reason the 2711 needed two dvi inputs to get the best resolution. Odd that a hdmi input is all you need on any high def TV and they dont have near the power of todays GPU's.
Being that I will run every thing threw my AVR, HMDI was the best way to go.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

I suggest a 32" 1080P HDTV (32LK450 in particular). I have my PC connected directly to the TV and watch TV via USB Tuner and WMC. Gaming consoles are connected to AVR.

 

[blackened23]

I am Looking for about a 24" monitor that is good for playing games, video editing and can work as A TV by getting th signal thre a AVR?

Any suggestions?

Thanks

A plain LCD is fine for gaming IMO as long as it has a good response time. I was hesitant to switch from CRT to LCD years ago for this very reason but it was unfounded.

On the flip side of the coin, a lot of 120 hz monitors tend to have 2d windows image quality issues such as bleeding and uneven contrast. That would be pretty annoying to me, since work is about 80&#37; of what I do on my PC...I haven't yet found a reviewed 120hz monitor that had been praised in anything except games. I haven't looked at the 2410 yet though, i'll have to check that one out.

 

[lavaheadache]

I've been looking at the title for days now wondering why it still says "dose".

 

[BladeVenom]

There is one I have been looking at, and plan to get. It has a 2ms response time full hd support and built in speakers, not to mention it is the second best rated monitor on new egg

Here is the link

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236049

Some people don't like TN panels. I game so they are fine for me, but you find those who care more about photography don't like them.

 

[Peppered]

I don't Play first person shooters like call of duty I have trided them but get bored real fast playing them.

My wife and I take a lot of picturse of our Grandson that lives with me.

I play games like Dragon Age, Mass Effect and would like to get back to onlie games like EQ 1 but I just dont have the time to play it.

My wife has a IMAC and I always admire the screen when ever use it.

So real fast reponse time isn't as importain to me as visual part, the things I use it for should cause no lag issues.

 

[Will Robinson]

Another vote for the Dell Ultrasharp U2410.
It's great for gaming and looks terrific for general use multimedia apps/photos/movies etc.

 

[kamikazekyle]

Soory I had to change to the 2410, the 2711 would of been a great monitor I think but I neeeded to use the HDMI input instead of the DVI. For some reason the 2711 needed two dvi inputs to get the best resolution. Odd that a hdmi input is all you need on any high def TV and they dont have near the power of todays GPU's.
Being that I will run every thing threw my AVR, HMDI was the best way to go.

The U2711 needs dual link DVI to go to its native resolution. This doesn't mean that you need to use two DVI cables/ports, just a cable that uses all the DVI pins. The monitor includes the correct cable, and pretty much all video cards with DVI out have dual-link capable connectors. You'll need a somewhat upper range video card anyway to run more modern games at that resolution, and those have dual link guaranteed. Scaling of 16:9 (1080p) material will also look better on a U2711 since it's also 16:9.

That being said, if you're also running your PC through the HDMI input, then yea, you're going to be limited to 1920x1200 as far as I know so it would be pointless to get the U2711. But with the output options computers give you, you can easily run surround sound audio to your receiver and the video signal via dual link DVI to the monitor.

Most computer monitors don't run with the newer 1.4 HDMI spec that supports the higher bandwidth required. See, high def TV is no more than 1920x1080 at best, and most cable/sat/broadcast TV is actually 720p upscaled to 1080i/p. Even most video games on consoles are rendered at 720p or less as the hardware can't push even that resolution. It's less of an issue of graphics power, and more an issue of bandwidth in the cable. A dual link DVI cable can carry more data than an older HDMI cable. Display port trounces both of them handily.

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to sum up. Basically, if you were looking at the U2711 and can afford it, go for it. Unless you are going to run you computer over HDMI no matter what or your computer can't play games at the monitors native resolution, there's no reason NOT to get an U2711 for your uses.

 

[Peppered]

The U2711 needs dual link DVI to go to its native resolution. This doesn't mean that you need to use two DVI cables/ports, just a cable that uses all the DVI pins. The monitor includes the correct cable, and pretty much all video cards with DVI out have dual-link capable connectors. You'll need a somewhat upper range video card anyway to run more modern games at that resolution, and those have dual link guaranteed. Scaling of 16:9 (1080p) material will also look better on a U2711 since it's also 16:9.

That being said, if you're also running your PC through the HDMI input, then yea, you're going to be limited to 1920x1200 as far as I know so it would be pointless to get the U2711. But with the output options computers give you, you can easily run surround sound audio to your receiver and the video signal via dual link DVI to the monitor.

Most computer monitors don't run with the newer 1.4 HDMI spec that supports the higher bandwidth required. See, high def TV is no more than 1920x1080 at best, and most cable/sat/broadcast TV is actually 720p upscaled to 1080i/p. Even most video games on consoles are rendered at 720p or less as the hardware can't push even that resolution. It's less of an issue of graphics power, and more an issue of bandwidth in the cable. A dual link DVI cable can carry more data than an older HDMI cable. Display port trounces both of them handily.

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to sum up. Basically, if you were looking at the U2711 and can afford it, go for it. Unless you are going to run you computer over HDMI no matter what or your computer can't play games at the monitors native resolution, there's no reason NOT to get an U2711 for your uses.

That is what I summed up I will need to use HDMI as the input, I believe being that I need to run my GPU to the the AVR then out to my Monitor. The U2711 is what I would of preferred but not being able to take the advantage of the resolution make buying it not worth it.

I will be using a XF 6950 2gb GPU for this.

I had a a Sapphire Radeon 5870 but it got fried along with every thing else in the electrical storm.

 

[gsellis]

I am running dual Dell U2211s on Display Port and happy. But I focused on video editing (Media Composer automatically sets up across both screens). So there is that option too. With a dual monitor, you could do both at the same time in a different fashion. You could run the TV on its own monitor or use dual screens. And the pair of 2211's is going to be a similar price.