monitors: lcd tvs

[rh71]

I finally came across one at my cousin's place ... he said he got it from Dell since there was a nice coupon for it... what do you guys think of these ? I believe it was a 19" ... was pretty sharp looking... opinions ?

 

[blackdogdeek]

it would be perfect in our kitchen but difficult to run the cable and vga to.

someday though.

EDIT: we actually had one for a little while but the reception wasn't so great. it was a great convenience though.

 

[aswedc]

Are you talking about watching standard TV or HDTV?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
it would be perfect in our kitchen but difficult to run the cable and vga to.

someday though.

EDIT: we actually had one for a little while but the reception wasn't so great. it was a great convenience though.

scary to think you'd put a nice piece of hardware in a kitchen with all that grease in the air... the 13" tv set in our kitchen is covered in sticky stuff. :shocked:

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: aswedc
Are you talking about watching standard TV or HDTV?

it would just be standard tv (digital cable though)... already have hdtv out in the living room.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
it would be perfect in our kitchen but difficult to run the cable and vga to.

someday though.

EDIT: we actually had one for a little while but the reception wasn't so great. it was a great convenience though.

scary to think you'd put a nice piece of hardware in a kitchen with all that grease in the air... the 13" tv set in our kitchen is covered in sticky stuff. :shocked:

we would like to cook more. but mostly we order out. and our kitchen must have good venting or something because even after big parties we don't get a lot of grease on anything.

 

[KEV1N]

Hmm, of hte LCD TVs I've seen running at stores.. it looks like you're watching TV on your computer. Jaggy and ghosty. Maybe it's because of the signal? Anyway I would prefer a plasma or a good CRT any day.

 

[aswedc]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: aswedc
Are you talking about watching standard TV or HDTV?

it would just be standard tv... already have hdtv out in the living room.

A $50 box would let you turn any LCD monitor into a TV...I have one I use with a CRT and it works great. You might be able to save some money doing it that way. Also standard TV doesn't look very good on high resolution devices unless they have deinterlacing, so make sure any monitor you buy has it...

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: KEV1N
Hmm, of hte LCD TVs I've seen running at stores.. it looks like you're watching TV on your computer. Jaggy and ghosty. Maybe it's because of the signal? Anyway I would prefer a plasma or a good CRT any day.

I think it would depend on the signal for sure... the Dell he had... had component-in but we only used it for GameCube for a short time. Didn't really get to play with it much.

 

[0roo0roo]

tend to be overpriced with marginal image quality. uses are in places where it makes sense to save space.. kitchens whatever. if you care about the cost and it getting dirty, its not for you.

 

[rh71]

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[RossMAN]

Ed,

I received your PM but cannot reply so I'll post here.

Did you ever buy an LCD or LCD TV? If so, which model?

I adjust my 2005FPW's brightness and other aspects using my video drivers (Leadtek A250 Ti4200).

You can also use NEC's Brightness Controller v1.00 as Amol mentioned here.