[mythtv-users] Monitor Opinion

William Powers wepprop at sbcglobal.net
Wed Nov 30 22:34:36 EST 2005


It's a very highly rated monitor.  See 
http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2400.  I tried to get 
one yesterday for $334, but the $100 coupon code had already run out.  I 
guess I'll just keep an eye out for the next deal.

Chris Ribe wrote:

> Call me paranoid,  but that deal is too good to be true.
>
> Questions I would want answered before buying :
>
> -  Is mythtv going to have a problem with the weird resolution?
>
> -  How well do the internal scaler and component input work together 
> given the weird resolution?
>
> -  What is the response time really like?   I've never met an LCD TV 
> whose picture impressed me.  Of course, the pricetag on that one could 
> make up for a lot of shortcomings.  
>
> On 11/29/05, *Mike Robinson* <mike at robinsonhome.org 
> <mailto:mike at robinsonhome.org> > wrote:
>
>     I'm in the process of putting together a Myth system.  I've got the
>     hardware for the combined BE/FE box picked out, but now I'm
>     looking at
>     monitors.  This will be a smaller monitor for a bedroom.  I was
>     wondering if I should have any concerns about using this monitor:
>
>     http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=20053YR&c=us&cat=snp&category_id=6198&cs=04&l=en&mnf=694&Page=productlisting.aspx
>     <http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=20053YR&c=us&cat=snp&category_id=6198&cs=04&l=en&mnf=694&Page=productlisting.aspx>
>
>     It has a resolution of 1680x1050 (16:10 aspect ratio).  I'll be
>     recording OTA with two HD3000 cards.  My graphics card will be an
>     FX5200:
>
>     http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814125191
>
>     Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
>
>     -Mike
>
>
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