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HDTV vs Monitor for PC gaming ?

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I have recently shifted from gaming on my 14in laptop to gaming on a 32in LCD.. And I must say I love it!! I sit approx 1m from tv max and it rox, I must admit though - playing BC2 I do have to look around the screen so to speak to see it all. I want to sit a little further away but do not have a cordless KB yet or anything to sit my mouse on (I use it on entertainment unit) :)

I have always had issues with using HDMI on my TV. It is a full HD lcd and HDMI looks great with movies etc. but the desktop looks shit using HDMI. I stick with VGA and it looks as good as my Dell 24in LCD upstairs.

Man...do a test & create your own (lowered) custom resolution in NVCP when using HDMI (Digital) w. desktop & you will most certainly get a clean sharp pic. thats greatly improved from VGA (Analog).

I have done so myself (32" HDTV) & my custom res. is quite low (but clean/sharp) compared to native res. in VGA.

:toast:

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oh on that, its likely that you're running at the wrong resolution.

HDMI loves defaulting to 1080i, when many screens are 1360x768 (or 1366x768) P.
 
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oh on that, its likely that you're running at the wrong resolution.

HDMI loves defaulting to 1080i, when many screens are 1360x768 (or 1366x768) P.

Spot on Mussels:cool:
 
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for those interested. a couple 32" 3D LED televisions are coming out this year.

the Sony Bravia KDL32EX720 and Coby LED3DTV3286.

The 32" size from a few feet away is just perfect for 3D. You can illustrate this by trying this awesome analglyph 3D video at youtube. Trust me. Track down some cheap 3D glasses and you will understand just how awesome true color HD 3D can and will be on a monitor that size. Here is the link. The video is really awesome and it has CGI dinosaurs. Very cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJjJeYfAwQw :rockout:
 
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oh on that, its likely that you're running at the wrong resolution.

HDMI loves defaulting to 1080i, when many screens are 1360x768 (or 1366x768) P.

But my TV is full HD 1920 x 1080. Shouldn't that be fine?
 

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But my TV is full HD 1920 x 1080. Shouldn't that be fine?

maybe its not... sometimes its easy to be misled. PM me if you want, theres a fair amount of stuff that complicates things. mostly, i need to know your video card, OS, and TV model.
 
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My rig's connected to a 37" Samsung lcd via an HDMI/DVI cable and I couldn't be happier. If it's an either-or-choice, I say tv.
 
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