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Hey, I thought I would share this snippet from my xorg.conf file (located in /etc/X11) in case any of you are running Linux (I'm running Ubuntu Edgy 6.10) and want to get full use out of your Westinghouse 37" monitor and are having trouble figuring out how. These options will give you...

Hello, Dam the deals keep getting better on this LCD. Makes you wanna get more of them! :-) I am posting back here because I finally had the opportunity to try out the HDMI port and it works brilliantly with my HDTV Cable Box -- beautiful HD picture! Also, I never heard the speakers...

There's little point in waiting for HDMI 1.3 for this monitor. Because the monitor can only handle 16.7 million colors, it can't take advantage of the higher color depth + bandwidth offered with 1.3 and as for the audio update, that's only important for 7.1 users I believe...and most people...

Hey guys, Has anyone wall mounted their Westy 37"? I'm seriously considering wall mounting so I can spare even more desk space and push the monitor even further back... I'm looking for a good quality wall mount (flat or tilt) but at a reasonable price... Any suggestions? Thanks in...

Hey everyone, Dam I just checked this thread and see the deal going on at Crutchfield! Free White Glove shipping -- that's usually 100 bucks by itself! Total steal at 999/979 !! I paid >1200 w/free UPS shipping at NewEgg and thought that was a steal but this is a total blowout!! and...

Thanks W1retap! That's exactly what I wanted to know! So you have confirmed it! The 1.3 backward compatability is the issue after all! That's what I was thinking since I've been reading threads about certain things about 1.3 that might cause the issues if used with 1.2 or 1.1 hardware...

Hey W1retap and Political, Thanks for clearing things up. Good info. So Component only goes as high as 1080i due to the lack of HDCP support over component? Well good to know. Okay so if it's the monitor that's the problem guys, is it because the Westy is using HDMI v1.2 and the PS3 is...

Not sure if someone asked this previously but if you don't like black bars surrounding your correctly mapped 1:1 games in lower resolutions than 1920x1080, then use the "FILL MODE" to stretch your game to the full width of the screen. Have fun! -WaitAndSee

Well I hope you're right W1retap. Thanks for the info. It does sound like a PS3 issue on the HDMI output only since the component output for 1080p is working fine supposedely. Also, I hear it could be an issue on that particular Samsung blu-ray player. Most likely Sony and Samsung will fix...

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Hi guys, How you all doing? I was not going to camp out for frickin 3 days to get a PS3 even though I wanted one (mostly for the Blu-Ray player since they're still overpriced as stand alone's)... Anyways, did any of you try a blu-ray player or PS3 on the HDMI port of the Westy 37" W3 ...

1920x1080 needs a single link DVI cable however DUAL link is backwards compatible and will work with all single link devices. Anyways, any decent quality DVI cable will work. As for your purple line on the left side. That is most likely due to your input source such as a bad HDTV signal...

Yeah, you would need two of those DVI cables. DVI1 on the left side of monitor and DVI2 on the right side. What's cool is that because there is PIP, you should be able to see both sources at the same time and easily switch between them. Did I mention this display autosenses and autoswitches...

Cliff Notes for last 30 pages... Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall off the Wall when he realized he could purchase this great Westy 37" LCD Monitor from NewEgg! LOL -WaitAndSee

Basically if you are going to be buying this thing, I would not recommend using Analog cable or basically anything lower than 720p. Although games in lower resolutions still look decent, you will want to use the highest resolutions possible for everything and ideally the native resolution of...

To answer a previous question: I'm sitting about 3 - 3.5 ft back from the monitor and that's a good distance -- you wouldn't want to sit too close. I have a keyboard/mouse tray on my desk so it helps to allow me to sit further back as well as completely free up my desk for writing and...

Well, I would post some pics but my digital camera on my mobile phone really sux (duh) and wouldn't do the display justice. Once I get a good digital camera soon, I'll upload one sometime but all I can say is that you have to see it in person to believe the crispness and quality esp. at 1080p...

Hey Danger and friends: Don't get pissed. I'm just posting the Westy review here too because it was mentioned on this thread as an alternative to the Benq and that's why I even looked it up to begin with because I was personally disappointed with the Benq release. Anyways, not bashing the...

I was originally going to order this Benq FP241W and it is a great display for the price range however lack of 1:1 mapping killed it for me and NewEgg was/is running a sale on the Westy 37" and so for a few hundred more, I got myself the Westy 37" 1080p and man I'm so glad I did. It rocks and...

I was originally going to order the Benq FP241W and it is a great display for the price range however lack of 1:1 mapping killed it for me and NewEgg was/is running a sale on the Westy 37" and so for a few hundred more, I got myself the Westy 37" 1080p and man I'm so glad I did. It rocks and...

Elvn, thanks for the info, pics, and posts. It's decent enough to own so I'm going to order one and finally own an LCD despite my resistance to the technology. And like you said, it can be used as an "extra" display down the road when the tech improves on Crt's to make them lighter, thinner...

Well thanks for the wattage. I wasn't expecting it to be small for a screen this size...I realize this will get hot from the backlight and power supply...need a nice cool room to put it in... The dot pitch is hidden from the spec sheets I've seen. I guess they don't quote dot pitches for...

If this is a Chi Mei 37" Panel then is this the right info? http://www.cmo.com.tw/cmo/english/product/showtv.jsp?flag=20040804203848 (takes a long time to load this page from Taiwan...) Super MVA Panel for LCD TV application Says Dot pitch = 0.4275mm Contrast Ratio is >600:1...

Hey great pics of your Westy 37 and your Sony FW9012! I have a Sony FW900 and I thought this thing was da bomb when it first came out! I remember going from a 15" monitor to this 24incher and my jaw dropping! Now in your pic, it looks like a tiny little nothing next to the Westy! I...

Hey it's no problem. You're probably all tired of talking about this Westy 37". Here's the problem: The NET is FULL of info BUT more info does not equal quality info. Unfornately search engines are not inherently intelligent and cannot distinguish very well between "good/correct"...

And why is Westinghouse hiding this information from the spec sheets at their site and online? Why don't you answer that? Are they embarrassed that the pixel pitch is probably HUGE and the wattage is probably like 250W or greater? Hey it's understandable for a 37" TV/LCD, but what's with...

Hey smartass. Yeah I tried that. When the manufacturer doesn't list these things on their own site they are somewhat difficult to find elsewhere on the net as well. That's why I'm on this thread trying to ask people who own it. Thanks for sharing. -WaitAndSee P.S. MAN created...

Hi guys, I am having a hard time finding the following information online so please do post answers to the following if you happen to know the answers. 1) What is the dot pitch on the Westinghouse 37" W3? 2) What is the power consumption wattage? When on and when in power saving mode...

Well, this is really sad news! I am very disappointed with BENQ! What MORON engineer over at Benq decided to implant an interpolation circuit in the monitor WITHOUT giving the user a CHOICE in the firmware and onscreen menu as to whether they want to stretch or not stretch the picture...

Sweet pics of Vista Beta there...! Do you happen to know the retail release date of Vista by chance and how much it is going to cost? Hey as far as the overheating problem, I saw your review on NewEgg! :-) Batts, Stupid question but are you in a cold climate area right now with heating on...

What could possibly be causing the Benq LCD to overheat? Defective Power Supply??? Bad Backlight? I know some LCD's get hot, but I thought they are supposed to consume less than half the power of CRT's??... Hope his replacement is perfect. I know what it feels like to have to do an...

Yeah what I meant was that using 2nd Day Air or Next Day Air on Newegg is usually a waste of dough because you can't guarantee same or next day shipping. As for Rush Processing, I know it's refundable if they don't ship per terms, however most of the time paying rush processing is also a...

Dude, you don't ever use "rush processing" with NewEgg. Total waste of dough because usually most orders will ship out next day anyways in my experience unless there was a 3 day weekend like there was just recently with Columbus day and then they might be backlogged. Or if you're a new...

As far as I know the difference between single link DVI and dual link DVI is just bandwidth. Dual can carry twice the bandwidth and therefore info than single. To get the bandwidth you multiply the res by the Hz. So assuming 60hz, you get 1920x1200x60 = approx. 138mhz and therefore well...

Chi Mei makes a 22" panel that right now Acer and Samsung are selling as well. They are large but cheap TN 6-bit panels (that's why they get 5ms)...This 26" panel is also most likely Chi Mei as the specs look the same...Chi Mei also makes a 24" panel and 30" and larger... If you don't care...

Well the answer is that hopefully with the release of the FP241WZ with AMA-Z/BFI Tech, Benq will also address the 1:1 issue and I guess that will have to do for the time being unless Samsung or other manufacturers can release superior 24" tech w/HDCP and HDMI support in the same time frame...

I read up on SED and OLED tech and wow very interesting stuff. SED is basically going backwards to improve CRT tech but in a more compact "lcd form factor" and less power hungry way and therefore less emissive/less radiation way. It's essentially a "compressed" CRT to the max! Very very...

Hey, Well I'm not up to par yet on the future tech SED and JED(Beverly Hillbillies Tech) and OLED and the GDEAD (Grateful Dead Tech) -- I'll have to go read my Tom's Hardware Guide now -- and CRT's may be OLD TECH, but it took a LONG time to get CRT's to where they ended up at their demise...

Hey Guys, First of all, I'm glad I found this great forum and a big thank you to DangerIsGo: Thanks for all the pictures and information on this Benq FP241W monitor. Totally appreciate it because I had this succer ordered with Newegg last night (NewEgg Rocks and of course has the very best...