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HD on LCD?

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Shadow300z

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Well I am in the market for an LCD, and am seriouslly tempted to buy the 2005FPW. But I was thinking that if I bought this I would want to use it as a TV as well at school, and was wondering if there was a way to watch HD content on it(my guess would be 720p, but not sure).

What kind of hardware will I need to watch HDTV on this monitor? I already have a 6800 w/DVI capability. Would this do the trick and be all I need?
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...y_id=5385&first=true&page=productlisting.aspx

Thanks for the help!
 
If you can afford it just get a 2405fpw...

I picked up a 2005fpw early on and had good results with a Pace CableHD box on DB15 via VDZ3 transcoder (cheap xbox to vga adaptor.) Yes, that's at 720p. The 2005fpw will take 1080i using HV sync, but image is badly washed out and menu (includine the hidden factory menu) can not correct. Scientific Atlanta Cable HDDVR (8300HD?) sucked though--bad scaler and image quality.

Now I'm on Dish Network using a crappy 810 HD receiver and am not happy at all with the 2005fpw. The 810 does the worst job scaling to 720p I've ever seen, and seems to output a wider dynamic range signal. There's just no way to adjust VDZ3 and monitor without losing MUCH color information (clouds lost in the sky, dark images lost in the shadows.)

Trust me... $300 is far less than the cost in aggrivation you'll go through trying to get the 2005fpw setup if your stb doesn't play nice.

OR, if you can live with 1280x720 as your PC display res, just pickup a cheap LCD TV that will take encrypted DVI for the best TV image quality. The Olevia 26" is under 800, and reportedly a cut above most cheapo's <I don't own one--waiting 6-12 mos for larger 1080p LCD competition to heat up so I can replace my bedroom 2005fpw>

hope this helps
 
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