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I tend to agree with you--the difference is striking. However, you do know that with a damn good DVD upconverter there is very little difference between DVD and HD DVD when you watch from a distance.... right?
I'd say this is true if your eyesight is not that great or if you are pretty far away. (all depends on the size of the tv as well). I can still tell a noticable difference between a HDDVD and regular DVD when I'm about 12 feet away from my 37'' Westy laying in bed watching it. But, a good way to test this out is to go to Circuit City or something where they have all the HDTV's setup playing Bluray and DVD's. Sometimes it is hard to tell, or you don't even notice if you are 20 to 50 feet or more away.
I would say the advantages of 1080p start to diminish around 10-12 feet away. It's still noticeable, but not worth $200 (Xbox 360 add-on) in my opinion. Any closer than that and it's definitely worth it. It could very well be a matter of eyesight too, though, I agree.
The text on this monitor is the clearest I've seen in a very long time, so you need not worry. I sit at 3-4 feet and it's just perfect.the REAL "Jetlag";1030762406 said:
Correction I just put my face 6" from the screen and the text is still tack sharp. So in all honesty if you will be this monitor, you will be very disappointed and will immediately want to purchase another one. LOL
Will definitely be getting one.You westy owners are crazyyy
Been nearly a year now and I still love this display as much as the day I got it!So guys, when can I expect my royalty checks from all of you for starting this thread and introducing you to the beautiful world of Westinghouse 37"?
didnt want to just get monitor without upgrading machine as well going to a Core 2 Duo with 4 gigs 667 ram and a 8800 GTS.[H]ump;1030769201 said:Well finally scratched up the dough to get myself a Westy
Ordered it all from Mwave should have Friday or Monday.
I noticed the 8800 GTS is dual dvi, i think i read its not a problem for the westy ... someone please confirm.
Confirmed. I have it and I'm using a regular DVI-D at 1920x1080 with no problem.[H]ump;1030769201 said:
(btw, an E6600 + 8800GTS is plenty enough to run FEAR and Oblivion with everything maxed out at high framerates... Crysis, here I come! )
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Right, I realize that the television itself does not perform the 1:1 mapping like the Dell 2407 and FP241WZ/VW do. I just wanted to know if it's capable of doing 1:1 via drivers, and it appears that it might be because I found this post on a previous page in this thread (haha, actually it was posted by you!
The Westy does not have a dot to dot mode (1:1)
You must use your video card driver to output 1:1, the westy has no such feature. It doesn't overscan its native resolution like some other HDTVs do (samsung) so you can say it does native res 1:1, but non-native is always displayed as filled.
If that's true, I'm elated. I don't really care about 1:1 for my console games--I just want to make sure I can do 1:1 for PC games in the event that I don't want to shell out thousands of dollars to keep a top graphics card (or a pair of graphics cards) in my PC in order to play the latest games with all the eye candy on. But at 1920x1200 you could run a low level of AA, or even turn AA off, and it should still look damn good.
My 8800GTS arrived today. It's an eVGA so I can always step up to the GTX or 8900 series if they are released within the step-up period!
Right, I realize that the television itself does not perform the 1:1 mapping like the Dell 2407 and FP241WZ/VW do. I just wanted to know if it's capable of doing 1:1 via drivers, and it appears that it might be because I found this post on a previous page in this thread (haha, actually it was posted by you!
The Westy does not have a dot to dot mode (1:1)
You must use your video card driver to output 1:1, the westy has no such feature. It doesn't overscan its native resolution like some other HDTVs do (samsung) so you can say it does native res 1:1, but non-native is always displayed as filled.
If that's true, I'm elated. I don't really care about 1:1 for my console games--I just want to make sure I can do 1:1 for PC games in the event that I don't want to shell out thousands of dollars to keep a top graphics card (or a pair of graphics cards) in my PC in order to play the latest games with all the eye candy on. But at 1920x1200 you could run a low level of AA, or even turn AA off, and it should still look damn good.
My 8800GTS arrived today. It's an eVGA so I can always step up to the GTX or 8900 series if they are released within the step-up period!
Well guys, I broke down and ordered one. I was previously in the market for a 24" (most likely the FP241WZ or 2407-HC) but the HC isn't out yet and it might have issues just like all of the other 24 inchers out now. And I simply could not justify paying $800 for the BenQ when I could get a massive 37" for only $250 more.
If anyone is interested, I ordered from PCNation for a couple of reasons. Not only is their price currently cheaper than Newegg's ($1051 w/FREE 3-day shipping!), they seem to be more willing to do something in the event that you get dead pixels. AFAIK, Newegg will do nothing if you have fewer than 8
I was going to order it online but I had a couple of questions and decided to call and speak to a rep. I'm glad I did! Not only did two separate reps during two different calls assure me that they'd try to help me out in the event that I wasn't satisfied, I was actually able to haggle them down a bit when it came time to purchase. I told them that I was interested in purchasing the 3-year in home warranty along with the TV, since the Westinghouse warranty duration is only 1 year, and asked if they could give me a discount if I purchased the warranty along with the display. I mentioned that getting a certain price on Dell products tends to depend on who you talk to over the phone, and the rep said that sometimes there is a bit of room to move on certain merchandise. He was upbeat and friendly during all this, and I was put on hold for a sec while he cleared this with his supervisor. Sure enough, when he came back on the line he said that they were unable to knock anything off of this particular model due to something or other but his supervisor did approve a discount on the in-home warranty! So I got the display and 4 years of warranty (1 year from Westing house and then 3 years in-home) for less than $1200 shipped. Sweet.
Thanks everyone for the information in this thread and for making it as huge as it is. It certainly helped in my decision to purchase this awesome product! It should be here early next week -- I'm pretty excited!!
Just a quick question, how common are "dead' or "stuck" pixels with the Westy 37"?
The reason I ask, I'm hopefully getting one in April. Unfortunately, I live in Canada with my wife so my parents are going to bring this up for me when they visit next month. This makes returning the unit quite difficult of it does indeed have trouble.
I'm really excited about the prospect of owning one of these. I currently have a Dell 2007, so this will be quite an upgrade.