Marius Fett Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Ahoy thar techies I'm on the hunt for a nice new monitor/tv. The one I had hooked up to the Xbox 360 has died after about five years of service (it's taken quite a few hard knocks over the years..) (darn baby cousins *shakes fist*) and i'm now looking for a nice reliable new one that will last me quite a while. I've been looking at a few makes, and have been mainly considering a Samsung or Dell.. If you know of a model by either one of those companies that would suit me, (or by another company) please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I have 1 monitor and 2 LCD TVs from samsung. Totally satisfied, their 3 year warranty as standard speaks for itself All I can suggest is that you consider connectivity when you are buying. Note that some LCD TVs do not support DVI or HDMI via PC. Grafix cards sometimes can force their way into compliance, but Im not a fan of that personally. Best get a unit designed for what you want to connect it to. Of course, also keep in mind what rez you want, Full HD(1080p) is more than enough for most, and makes you bluray ready(if it has a HDMI port of course) Only go down the UHD path is you are a high rez junkie and like to watch/lament at the highest end graphics cards getting murdered at 1600p when runing Crysis, Far Cry 2 etc mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Fett Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 ^ I'm not after something uber-massive, the room it's going in doesn't really have space for soemthing huge. Something in the 20-30 inch range would be enough for the Xbox. I'm just after something durable and that will last for a long while with either a VGA or Scart connection for the 360 and possibly the PS3 should we get one. I've just been looking at this one: http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=television&type=television&subtype=tftlcd&model_cd=LE23R88BDX/XEU How do you reckon this would fare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth333 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Depending on the primary use you want to make of it (monitor or TV), another possible option (I bought a t240 hd) is this monitor which can be used as a TV as well (both have a a built-in digital HDTV tuner ): 22": http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=computersperipherals&type=monitors&subtype=lcd&model_cd=LS22TDNSUV/ZA 24": http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=computersperipherals&type=monitors&subtype=lcd&model_cd=LS24TDNSUV/ZA Edit: there's a 26" as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Fett Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Yowza, that is one sweet looking monitor D3! I'll definitely write the name of that down for when I do my comparison! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 yeah, theyre pretty nice Marius HDMI ready for your BR/PS3 to boot mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Fett Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 What I could do, rather than fork out cash for this now, is get it for Christmas from the parentals... I can use my PC monitor until then... Sneaky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 lolz...enjoy it whilst it lasts.. adulthood is an endless array of bills.. Gifts that you do get you often have to pay for directly yourself or it works out often against your favour with gifts you have to get for others *sigh* mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I have a really nice HDTV which works great as a second monitor for my PC... the only problem is that it's 40" which is kind of overwhelming to sit in front of. The solution is that I use it as a secondary monitor and display videos, pics and games on it while I use my primary monitor for the more every day stuff. The only problem is too few HDTVs are actually good to use as a PC monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Fett Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 I've got another 3 years before i'm legally an adult Astro, so i'll try and make the most of it. @Lynk: Yowza, that's a big monitor. But as I said, i'm looking for something on a slightly small scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urluckyday Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 You mentioned Dell? Don't...overpriced as compared to Samsung. Also, I'm not that smart w/ specs of TV's and stuff, but perhaps consider a Vizio...I have one of them, and the picture is sharp, the sound is great, and they aren't extremely expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 When it comes to HDTVs, Sony and Samsung are the top picks, though I personally prefer Sony over Samsung. For LCD monitors, Samsung all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Fett Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 I'm kinda leaning towards the Samsung D333 suggested atm... Unless I see something better by tonigh, i'll either dip into the iMac fund a bit, or convince the parents to get it as I said before. Thanks for the help guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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