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RavenX

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I'm in the market to buy a new 24-inch hd monitor.

The other day I went to my local circuit city and checked out some of their 1080p hd tv's. They had some hd movie playing that look really nice and sharp, lifelike . I'd like to know if I go out and get myself a 24-inch 1920x1200 monitor for my pc, will the hd movies I play have the same picture quality, sharpness as the hd tv's i saw?
 
It will depend on the quality of the 24" screen you get of course, but that said, yes a quality 24" will look good with HD material once set up properly.

I use to run two BenQ FP241WZ's and they looked great running either Blu-ray or HD-DVD's.
I've since moved up in size to a SHARP LC-32D62U 1080p 32" tv and have to admit that the extra screen real-estate sure makes for a more enjoyable movie-watching experience.
 
does dvi or hdmi connections have anything to do with picture quality? Also does the contrast ratio add to the clarity of hd? I'm guessing higher is better...
 
DVI-D (single link) and HDMI are electrically identical. HDMI is just a smaller plug since it doesn't have space to wire a 2nd data link (needed >1920x1200 res) or legacy analog video wires.

With a PC monitor I'd make sure to have HDCP if you're intending to watch HD movies on it.
 
RavenX said:
does dvi or hdmi connections have anything to do with picture quality? Also does the contrast ratio add to the clarity of hd? I'm guessing higher is better...
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I have a Acer 26 at 1920x1200.
Does HDTV look good on it...it sure does, it's clear, detailed and as long as the signal is strong[hi-bitrate}, it looks reasonably 3D like, but watching good quality HDTV on a larger HDTV with much higher specs will really show off what HDTV is capable of.

Don't get me wrong, you'll like HD on a 24, but I'd rather you bought a good quality 32-37inch HDTV with strong blacks......you can actually test black levels in store by comparing it to other sceeens whilst a black border appears, and you can also cup your hand over the screen and have a peak at it.

HD is kind of compressed on a small PC monitor, it really comes alive at 37inch and over if you ask me.

I use my Acer for everything lately, HDTV, DVD, games, pics,etc, and it's freaking awesome with games and hi-res pics.
DVD looks good on my Acer, but HDTV is much better.
 
well I'm getting a gift cirtificate to Alienware and the 3 monitors I'm looking at are

24'' Samsung
http://www.alienware.com/GearShop_Pages/Gear_Shop_Detail.aspx?ItemId=16430&CatId=1441

42'' Westinghouse
http://www.alienware.com/GearShop_Pages/Gear_Shop_Detail.aspx?ItemId=16454&CatId=1441

47'' Westinghouse
http://www.alienware.com/GearShop_Pages/Gear_Shop_Detail.aspx?ItemId=16455&CatId=1441

I noticed the 47 has a contrast ratio of only 1200-1 which I think is a little low? or average. The 42 is nice but has high 8 msec response time.
 
It is to bad that they do not have the 40 inch Samsung LN-T4065, or 71, because they have a much higher contrast ratio. That is what is wrong with viewing movies on a computer monitor. The contrast ratio is just not high enough.

As mentioned above, 1080 doesn't really kick in until you get over 37 inches.

But hey; I would take any one of them if it was a gift.

Best of luck

Dave
 
How far away do you plan to sit from your screen?
That will help determine what size panel you might be looking for.
 
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