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It will look like shite if you stretch the 640x480 image over the whole of the LCD. You can play it with bars on the sides and top and bottom, but it will be very small and you have to tinker with the graphics settings, something that may not be possible at your LAN centers. LCD's have a native...

Utter shite.

Can the thing game at ALL?

I was very excited about this product and eagerly anticipated its release, but after seeing it, no way. The integrated graphics are depressingly out of place in an otherwise great system.

Widescreen vs. 4:3 aspect ratio has no bearing on image quality. IQ is determined by panel technology and your video card. That said, I much prefer widescreen for gaming, and I'm sure many others would agree with me. I would never go back to 4:3.

I wouldn't write off the LCDs that quickly. They have many real functional advantages.

2005FPW Sharper image + less eye strain > ghosting you'll get used to or won't notice.

Pull the trigger on it for that price. You won't regret it.

Vsync?

I would buy the G15, but since you'd have to move your mouse I voted for the Saitek. I hate having to move my mouse :mad: G15 ftw, though.

AFAIK, Dell Home counts for everything within the home & home office section, where the electronics and accessories thing won't count towards computers, just towards, well, electronics and accessories...

Money notwithstanding, I would prefer one huge screen. On a budget, having a separate TV is probably not a bad idea, but I know how space contraints must be a factor. I would go for the biggest Dell WS you can afford, assuming you only have room for one.

Stay away from Sceptre. Delll would probably be your best bet. BenQ is a great brand, of course, but faced with the same decision you are now, I would go with Dell over them because of the sheer volume of satisfied customers and their truly fantastic return/replacement policy. Only go with...

Agreed. Jab-tech and SVC are awesome when it comes to that kind of product.

QFT. Act on this. Pretty much the best you can do in your price range, and will run WoW perfectly fine assuming you don't want to run around ironforge with all the crazy graphics turned on.

The article was FROM slashdot? As for the hard drive, the reliability would have to be through the roof for me to consider it. The security of RAID 5 against hardware failure is very comforting.

Economies of scale, very high barriers to entry, existing contracts, consumer loyalty... the list of reasons why this won't likely happen without a major shock to technology or a factor of production is long.

Pen & paper. No need to use high-precision laser cutting where safety scissors will do. If you insist on doing something digital, use a portable DVD player and burn a DVD with applicable pictures/languages on it

SED as a computer monitor is still quite a ways away. They'll be in the HDTV market long before the tech goes over to monitors.

That's why you just put the whole thing in a big plastic bag first. It's not a big deal to ship the whole thing as-is unless you have a huge heatsink, as has been said. Would Dell, Gateway, etc. ship everything this way if there was a great chance of stuff breaking?

LCD. CRTs hurt my eyes now that I've been using LCDs for so long, and when I first switched it was such a treat. Don't go back to the dark side

Dell 2001FP

2405 and save up for a better vid card. No contest.

That's really not that bad, imo. Not sure if you'll get too much better on an exchange.

Refresh rate has nothing to do withh ghosting. Ghosting arises from response time. Unless you have very sensitive eyes, 8ms should be fine. At 21", the most popular choice is probably the Gateway 2185. There are a lot more options available at 20", notably Dell and Viewsonic. Widescreen is...

Does the problem persist if one monitor is unplugged? If not, then your monitors are simply too close. I always had this problem at LANs until I switched to LCD.

Very nice mod, mate

Stacker, by far. Can't beat the versatility and build quality of that case.

TJ-07, V2000, or Stacker, as you prefer.

2005FPW... I can't wait for SED monster displays :cool:

I really can't see that being good for your eyes for extended periods of time. Kind of a neat gimmick, though.

That is one of the ugliest abominations I have ever seen. I think it's almost as ugly as TT Xasers, and for me, that's saying something. :mad:

My guess is it's a shitty cable and you're getting big time interference. Get a better cable.

Obvious question #1: Are you connected with DVI or VGA?

Gateway 21" or Dell 2005FPW

Even assuming that the Sceptre is all it's cracked up to be, for general monitor purposes I'd go with the Dell for a much more manageable size and a much higher resolution. It would be much better for me personally for computing purposes.

1680x1050 on my 2005FPW, 1024x640 on my lappy, widescreen for the win.

Centered output is probably what you want. Any resolution smaller than native would be centered on the screen with black bars around the edges.

For just a tower, build it yourself. For a complete system over $1000, build it yourself. For a tower an OS, build it yourself (in most cases.) Only for a complete, low end system is it more cost-effective to go with an OEM over a DIY.

Looks like it turned out somewhat ok for yhou in the end. Still a shitty situation, though. My condolences.