TV

[idfubar]

Hey;

Does anyone have a preference between watching TV on the tube v/s on a rig?

Raid arrays with massive storage plus hardware MPEG2 encoding is sweet (even nicer with software); but there's something about the comfort of a standard cathode ray.

Also, anyone know of any MPEG4 or DIVX hardware that can do encoding on the fly (640x480 minimum)...?

 

[Pauli]

When my wife is watching something crappy on our only TV set, what I want to watch looks pretty good on my computer!

 

[FrustratedUser]

I prefer the tube. Brighter image.

 

[Zim Hosein]

SunshineDaydream, I prefer to watch TV on my "tube tv" vs. my rig; a 19" CRT, while sitting at a task chair isn't what TV was meant for

 

[TheCorm]

You can never get very comfortbale sitting in front of your rig watching dvd's, divx etc....just not the same. When I have more space (and money) I wanna get one of those huge 42'' Plasma Monitors.....doubles as a TV then.....also "doubles" as a huge hole in my bank account..even something like a 28'' one would be fine.

Corm

 

[Demon-Xanth]

heh, I just got done setting up a PC to play DVDs and Divx on a TV. The TV provides a smoother picture because of the lower resolution. Text looks like crap (windows desktop) but the DVD picture is quite clear and crisp.

 

[idfubar]

Yeah, I'm leaning towards an XGA projector and about 60" of wall space.

Just a quick question; if I run something low-res that I maximize (say, Geiss for example, at 340x280), should the thing appear in 1/3 of the screen, or should the image be stretched? What I mean to ask is, if I run the thing full screen, should the image occupy just the pixels in the center, or should the image be stretched to the edges of the screen?

 

[jarsoffart]

Originally posted by: TheCorm
You can never get very comfortbale sitting in front of your rig watching dvd's, divx etc....just not the same. When I have more space (and money) I wanna get one of those huge 42'' Plasma Monitors.....doubles as a TV then.....also "doubles" as a huge hole in my bank account..even something like a 28'' one would be fine.

Corm

exactly... but I much prefer my Z-560's to the TV speakers.

 

[idfubar]

Yeah, I love my 4.1's so much that I tried to sell them (I'm interetsed in upgrading to some nicer sound in the future); 400Watts, sensitivity, and a good S/N is nice, but audiophiles always want the best.