PC Gaming On The New 1080P Displays.

[stelleg151]

Originally posted by: yakapo99
Check out the Westinghouse 37" LVM-37W1

can be found for around $1500

http://computershopper.com.com/Westingh...505-6482_7-31386643.html?tag=pdtl-list

I would also recommend looking into this, especially if you think 40" would be ideal.

 

[Heinrich]

The folks on avsforum are great with these questions

AVSForum

also

HomeTheaterSpot

 

[CorCentral]

Murd0ck----- I just returned from CC where they had the Samsung DLP 60" 1080P display fed by a PC running COD2. I watched as the salesman went to the game options and set the resolution to 1920x1080 with AA and AF maxed along with all the other settings.

You were actually in a CC with a nice enough pc that could run COD2 that was hooked to a 60"dlp to run at those settings?? I find that hard to believe. I travel around the country and only see that type of setup at trade/electronic game shows.

If I want to play games, I'll do so on a computer monitor, If I want to watch movies, I do so on my 50" PannUhSonIc.

 

[Murd0ck]

Yeah, um corcentral, I'm lying.

If I want to play games, I'll do so on a computer monitor, If I want to watch movies, I do so on my 50" PannUhSonIc

Good deal, thanks.

Edit-

On a more productive note. It seems there might be some issues with using a DVI to VGA adapter when outputting to the Samsung.

I also read some reports saying the Sony looked great via DVI to HDMI @1920x1080. Guess I'd better go demo it.

AVS has a great wealth of information but it really takes some searching to get at it.

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: Murd0ck
Yeah, um corcentral, I'm lying.

If I want to play games, I'll do so on a computer monitor, If I want to watch movies, I do so on my 50" PannUhSonIc

Good deal, thanks.

Edit-
On a more productive note. It seems there might be some issues with using a DVI to VGA adapter when outputting to the Samsung.
I also read some reports saying the Sony looked great via DVI to HDMI @1920x1080. Guess I'd better go demo it.
AVS has a great wealth of information but it really takes some searching to get at it.

I doubt the hookup 100%
A CC doing anything out of the ordinary like that is highly unlikey. Let me know the State/City/Store# this was set up at and I'll give them a call.

 

[imported_ST]

Originally posted by: Murd0ck
I know I could go with the 37" inch Westinghouse LCD but being used to the CRT monitors and framerates at 60+ for FPS online gaming I'm not sure I would be happy with the 12ms response time on that one? Ghosting?

(the Sony LCOS was 5ms but it's no longer an option unfortunatley)

You're gonna need a nice rig setup to go 60fps for the latest games at 1080p. FWIW, the Westy 37" and my present Sceptre 37" shows minimal ghosting on FPS games.

Sceptre 37" 1080p with WoW

BTW> Since you don't seem to have a real budget, I would recommend you go for the Sharp AQUOS LC-45GX6U 45" LCD TV since it is confirmed to have 1080p input capability (if you bypass the AVS). Gives you the size you want, with resolutions in an LCD format.

Ask yourself what is your priority? PC compatibility? Image quality? Home Theatre? Footprint? Because from the looks of your system, you want to get into HTPC, but have some gaming capabilties with it. To that end, I'd highly recommend LCDs over DLPs. Limiting yourself just to Analog VGA connection will lose some image quality from DA/AD conversions, whereas LCD's excel natively with digital connections (HDMI/DVI). Then again, I don't really like the ungainly footprint of the DLP Projection sets. YMMV

 

[imported_ST]

Originally posted by: Murd0ck
I need 1 more GTX for SLI and maybe upgrade my CPU to a 3700 San Diego. I plan on doing something like this anyway, but thought I would wait and see what the current setup can do @1920x1080.[/L]

I can assure you, YOU WILL NEED more hp than a 3700, possibly an X2 3800 at minimum if you plan on doing any HTPC playback of DVD's (FFDShow Lancsoz2 post processing) or 1080i playback. Even my system will stutter occasionally at 1080p with most of the bells and whistles turned on.

 

[imported_ST]

Originally posted by: CorCentral
Murd0ck----- I just returned from CC where they had the Samsung DLP 60" 1080P display fed by a PC running COD2. I watched as the salesman went to the game options and set the resolution to 1920x1080 with AA and AF maxed along with all the other settings.

You were actually in a CC with a nice enough pc that could run COD2 that was hooked to a 60"dlp to run at those settings?? I find that hard to believe. I travel around the country and only see that type of setup at trade/electronic game shows.

If I want to play games, I'll do so on a computer monitor, If I want to watch movies, I do so on my 50" PannUhSonIc.

You really have no clue what you're missing out on. The PC has immense computational ability for digital sources like DVD's that you can take advantage of.

See FFDShow Postprocessing capabilities for what a HTPC setup can do.

 

[kylebisme]

Yeah, good upscaling owns. It adds a little alaising on thin lines and such sometimes but all in all it looks a whole lot better than straight low res video.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman
Yeah, good upscaling owns. It adds a little alaising on thin lines and such sometimes but all in all it looks a whole lot better than straight low res video.

I agree. I think FFDShow can do a much better job than most LCDs at upscaling video.