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edit: geok1ng is correct, post amended \( ﾟ◡ﾟ)/ The cheapest option is to use your desktop's VGA output and an active DP to DVI dual-link adapter/cable for your laptop. This will cost ~100USD. Note that the quality won't be great for VGA at that resolution, but it would be...

OLED displays do not have backlights, and thus do no support strobing backlights.

Framing channels are plenty strong; use regular nuts though. If this will only ever be leaning forward and the springs aren't too stiff there is a lazier option of using a pair of turnbuckles.

These guys: Pre-drilled holes are optional and nothing is to scale. They will be subject to what we'll call a bending force, and the extra cost is negligible for a one-off thing.

Assuming the bottom of the desk is flat an extension would definitely be the easiest route. Some thick slotted steel angle (and bolts) should do it, though tubes would be better. Just be aware that the clamp becomes more reliant on friction, and more prone to slipping off as you extend it...

I'd like to throw some ideas at you but it would help if we had a cross-section or picture of the desk you're trying to mount this to. Is it a solid 5" slab?

Probably, most games are fixed vertically and the FOV extends with higher aspect ratios. And I've said this many times before in many other threads, dead horse indeed, but 1920x1080 can be displayed pixel for pixel on a 1920x1200 screen. Either there is a very large demographic that is...

As much as I like our fancy IPS/VA panels I have to say that I would give this serious consideration. Despite probable color shift at any angle I could live with it for 'non-graphic' work and web browsing in exchange for what it would do for games. There is the slight matter of putting enough...

Depending on your disposable income you might even look into the older dell or HP models that don't have scalers. For games it's probably 50/50 since the older monitors lack input lag while the newer panels respond slightly faster, but second hand screens can go for less than half of their...

Video cards have had built-in scaling capability for quite some time; this is essentially not an issue for PC use. It does, however, prevent you from hooking up just about anything else like game consoles or bluray players. I own a 3007-WFP HC and wish it forced them into windows as I'm still...

Here, I fixed the gif. It does go both ways though; you can have a fixed vertical width where 16:9 > 16:10 > 3:4 or a fixed horizontal width where 3:4 > 16:10 > 16:9. Personally I would just opt for the largest screen possible, but there is the 'evil black bar' camp that prefers 16:9. I've...

Most monitors are cooled by convection, this is natural.

Personally the $100 is significant. Even for $400 the Acer currently costs you can get two 2048x1152 panels and the benefit (while nice) is exclusively for gaming.

I have another laptop without screw-holes for the monitor out, sucks; maybe we can form a support group. Anyway the best you can do without preforming laptop surgery is to get an extension cable with longer pins on the male end. With analog being phased out and all you might want to check...

Technically, for the 24"+ monitors, they are equally wide and the 16:10 is taller. There is nothing stopping you from playing a game at 1920x1080 on a 16:10 monitor. Or if you're playing a 16:9 movie with subtitles you can have them under the video. Sure, if you view 16:9 content exclusively a...

You can use 2:1 pixel mapping with 720p which is technically marginally better because the sub-pixels are more evenly distributed. Anyway, don't buy a 30" purely for movie use since you can do the same for less with "TVs" and not have to worry about scaling 1080p or that crazy extra vertical...

I'm certain it won't work with the PS3 courtesy HDCP. From what I've read it requires it for everything and anything. Congrats for having an IPS though. Also, 5:4 monitor that rotates, what's up with that?

I don't know, all I read from that was the Acer has better 'dark contrast', buttons with tactile-feedback, and is $100 cheaper. I'm probably waiting for the two others to come out since I've made it this far without pulling the trigger. I still don't like that bezel, that's probably it. I...

With bandwidth limitations the resolution is all that matters. You can have a screen the size of a football field but as long as the resolution is around 1080p dual-link DVI can drive it at 120Hz no problem. There's no reason we can't have larger 120Hz screens but AFAIK there's just one panel in...

I'm fairly sure Viewsonic and LG have monitors in the works based on the same panel that's in the Acer and Dell (Alienware) monitors now. We haven't heard much so unless they surprise us like Dell did I would expect a longer wait than 2 months.

It's technically possible, you just have to write your own drivers :]

If it's digital you need pixels. To store or display an image digitally you need a way of breaking it down into numbers. The only way to do this is to break the image into dots of color (pixels) and represent each with a value. There is no way around this for a computer or any digital device...

I believe this is what is actually listed for the height dimension of most monitors. I should know because whenever I try looking for the screen dimensions I can never find an official spec and end up estimating using the diagonal.

The industry is shifting to 16:9 because it is slightly cheaper and can be marketed as a feature. There is no reason a 16:10 monitor can't display a 16:9 game letterboxed. All you have to do is configure the scaling of either your monitor or graphics card.

I have a 4:3 screen and all of my games, Valve's included, run fine at 16:9 resolutions. Now admittedly it get's a little tricky when you want custom resolution (such as 1680x945) but that's really beside the point since this thread concerns 24"+ monitors where the horizontal resolution is...

You'll have to let me know how that works out since I'm likely going to end up with the same setup. I expect it to be incredibly awkward combining a 4:3 IPS with a 16:9 TN but I game enough that I need a TN and my existing panel is just so nice...

I primarily use VLC because of the built-in codecs and simple GUI; it's really what a video player should be. It doesn't handle everything though so I have MPC-HC on hand too.

It only costs three dollars to go from DVI to HDMI. Aside from the audio on HDMI it's the same signal with a different connector. That's a nice deal on SJetski71's link but if you primarily game you might want to opt for one of those TNs anyway. Still, you should consider it for the viewing...

Currently no TV that is advertised as 120HZ will work; they all accept 60Hz max and insert dummy frames. This is typically bad for games because the TV needs to wait for both input frames before it can even begin processing them to get the dummy frame. It may make it look smoother, but it does...

A single DVI cable can support two data links (dual-link), but it needs the pins/wires to support them. Dual-link needs to be specified for products that need it because not all cables and graphics cards support it. Have a look at this image for a general idea.

It looks like Dell dumped the AW2210 stock into the outlet, doubt those are going anywhere fast.

Since an LCD is essentially a grid of pixels it's resolution never changes. If you want to display an image with a lower resolution than the screen you typically have two options, 1:1 or a scaling algorithm. The benefit of 1:1 scaling is that each pixel of the input is paired with a pixel on the...

If I leave for more than 20 seconds I turn my LCD off. I've been doing this for 5 years. Generally, the less you have it on the more power you save and the longer it lasts. Also, a screen-saver really shouldn't be necessary. Burn in is possible on an LCD, but you have to try.

You could have a separate dual-link DVI interface for each side of the screen. It would require the eyefinity drivers or something similar to be useful but it's possible. (that's actually what I thought dual-link DVI was until I read into it)

You can pre-order for the rough equivalent of 500 USD. That's the early-adopter price anyway. It should cost more than a 'normal' monitor because of the hardware needed to accept the extra bandwidth but '120Hz' raises the cost of a TV even more because it requires buffering and interpolating...

"starting to get", not "has" Digitalversus has one and I'm just being naive and assuming there are a few more in the wild.

Yes, unless Asus or LG have a history of surprising us with new products out of the blue. The GD235HZ is starting to get reviews and (by our standards) should be out soon.

If you want a standard-gamit 1080p IPS for less than $500 you can get the NEC ea231wmi. The T260HD is notorious for input-lag so I would avoid it. The reviews I've seen for the VW246H show/suggest that the pixel overdrive is well done. If you want a responsive screen for cheap it's nice but it...

An LCD is just a grid of pixels so technically it is always displaying 1680x1050. 1080p is 1920x1080 and must be downscaled. (but you probably know that) The kicker is the aspect ratio. 1680x1050 is 16:10 while 1080p is 16:9 meaning it's a little 'wider' than your monitor. Thus for your monitor...

It's this, assuming you have that model.