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My Monitor > Your Monitor
2004-10-06, 8:36 PM #1
Alright...here's a story with a kickass ending.

So I'm sitting at home, right? Well a friend messages me on AIM, asking to buy my DVI connector, and I told him sure. I look around and find it tucked away in my 6800GT box. Looking a bit closer, I find an S-Video cable. Realizing our big-screen TV has an s-video connector...I get an idea.

Porting my computer and all neccesary components down to our living room, I connect everything real quick, and boot 'er up. Next thing I know, I've got 62" of monitor looming ahead of me, at the POST screen. I'm in heaven.

Long story short--played a little UT2k4, and watched a little Clone Wars. I'm satisfied, to say the least. And I've found out I don't ever need to buy blank CDs or DVDs ever again.

Post your monitor...I guess. :)
D E A T H
2004-10-06, 8:37 PM #2
Nice.

19" Sony Trinitron
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2004-10-06, 8:39 PM #3
Kick ***!
Pissed Off?
2004-10-06, 8:45 PM #4
Nice.


Primary: 19" KDS, Secondary: 21" Samsung
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2004-10-06, 8:46 PM #5
19" Sharp LCD.

If I were at home, I could hook my computer up to the TV and have a lovely 59" widescreen monitor. But my LCD is sexay.
Stuff
2004-10-06, 8:47 PM #6
I need to hijack the projector in the Mac lab during one of my late night shifts... Hrmmm...
2004-10-06, 8:51 PM #7
When I get Gentoo up and running and all that good stuff...well let's just say Doom 3 is going to be very interesting. Now I've just got to get a Male to Male, a splitter, and two more Male to Males for the TV (or surround sound). That's so far the only thing I lack.

Man, the possibilities.
D E A T H
2004-10-06, 8:55 PM #8
17" Mag.

Oh, and die.
2004-10-06, 8:57 PM #9
19" NEC ClearFlat MultiSync FE990
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2004-10-06, 8:59 PM #10
A 19" Sony Trinitron and a 17" Mag Innovision.
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2004-10-06, 9:03 PM #11
I hate you. So very bad. *cries*
2004-10-06, 9:06 PM #12
17'' NEC Multisync 77f
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2004-10-06, 9:23 PM #13
yeah, i do this sometimes with our hdtv in the living room. normally on weekends my dad borrows a projector from work and we project dvds onto the wall (makes for a screen way bigger than any tv we have). so then afterwards i play max payne and doom3 on the projector. good times. nice theater speaker system too.

er but yeah. normal desktop monitor is a 19".
2004-10-06, 9:29 PM #14
Desktop: 19" ViewSonic CRT, 36" Sony Flatscreen TV
Laptop: 15.4" wide-screen LCD.
2004-10-06, 9:54 PM #15
Quote:
Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
*stuff*


Sweet. What resolution? I'm a bit behind the times in terms of hooking computers upto TVs. It used to be you could only do 640x480, surely it's larger than that now... right?

I'm happy with my 10 year old 21" ViewSonic. Though by christmas, I might have a new 17" Samsung flat panel. I need the space.

No I won't sell, it. Three reasons why.
  1. It's heavy as hell. No way am I packing it up, hauling it to a FedEx place, and then paying shipping and praying it arrives unbroken. I don't think FedEx even has a sturdy enough box to put it in. Unless it's wood.
  2. It's slowly dying. The monitor is noticably brighter when you first turn it on, and then gradually darkens after 30 minutes or so. I've noticed it tearing every so often. It has a color problem sometimes when you first turn it on. Everything flashes magenta and then it fades.
  3. Do any of you REALLY want to buy a 10 year old 21" monitor that's showing it's age?
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Last Stand
2004-10-06, 9:58 PM #16
s-video = 480i

now if i sent off for the HDTV adapter from ati i could play at 1080i on my 40" TV if i wanted to drag my computer into another room
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2004-10-06, 10:28 PM #17
Quote:
Originally posted by DrkJedi82
s-video = 480i


That honestly means nothing to me, and I'm way to tired right now to do a google search and try to absorb more information. Someone explain it for me so I can read it tomorrow.
"In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams
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Last Stand
2004-10-06, 11:58 PM #18
Quote:
Originally posted by phoenix_9286
That honestly means nothing to me, and I'm way to tired right now to do a google search and try to absorb more information. Someone explain it for me so I can read it tomorrow.


480i = normal tv resolution...
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2004-10-07, 12:09 AM #19
I really love the attachment feature.
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2004-10-07, 2:56 AM #20
17" Monitor and 55cm (don't know it in ") TV
My TV can handle resolutions of up to 800x600.
Sorry for the lousy German
2004-10-07, 3:55 AM #21
Hehe, JG has my speakers.

i've got a vanilla "19 monitor, couldn't be too specific.
2004-10-07, 4:09 AM #22
Samsung 19" Flatscreen 955DF.
Got a permanent feather in my cap;
Got a stretch to my stride;
a stroll to my step;
2004-10-07, 5:08 AM #23
Samsung 172x 17" (comparable to a 19" CRT) LCD monitor. 12ms response time so there's no blurring. I hate using the CRT monitors at work now, this is just soooooo much easier on the eyes.
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2004-10-07, 6:32 AM #24
My TV hits 1024x768 :cool:
D E A T H
2004-10-07, 7:10 AM #25
Same as spork, i see....

Samsung 172x (17" LCD)

[http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/monitor/samsung/172x/front_small.jpg]

could have gone for a bigger size but didn't really have the need, plus i've found you get some ghosting on the 19" models, which although not always noticable its there.

This beauty has no ghosting that I can see, colour quality is perfect and its the thinnest LCD i've ever seen.

http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2072

little review if anyones interested....
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Rbots
2004-10-07, 7:20 AM #26
I have a 19" iiyama Vision Master 1451. (CRT)
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2004-10-07, 7:38 AM #27
Quote:
Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
My TV hits 1024x768 :cool:


Same here :)
2004-10-07, 7:39 AM #28
Actually it probably simulates 1024x768, but in reality it's actually just displaying the area a 1024x768 monitor would in its actual 480i resolution.

You'll only get that high of a resolution from a TV if it's a good HDTV with DVI in.
2004-10-07, 7:41 AM #29
im jealous of you all! i've only got this shazbox of a Samsung Syncmaster.... 750s....
please... NO MORE OATMEAL COOKIES THE PAIN!!!!
2004-10-07, 9:46 AM #30
I have the same one as Spork and James Bond.

I love it goooood.
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2004-10-07, 9:50 AM #31
You always say it's comparable to a 19" CRT Spork, but it's not. =P

19" CRT nowadays almost always means 18" viewable. 17" LCD is just 17" viewable...
2004-10-07, 10:20 AM #32
Quote:
Originally posted by MBeggar


I love it goooood.


me too...
People of our generation should not be subjected to mornings.

Rbots
2004-10-07, 11:04 AM #33
Quote:
Originally posted by JediGandalf
I really love the attachment feature.


*Sidenote* you ever have problems with your speakers trying to choose a volume it wants to be at JG? If those are the speakers I think they are you should know what im talking about.

Oh and 19" ViewSonic A90f+ & 17" Samsung 753DF here
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2004-10-07, 11:16 AM #34
6" 16-colors! Wooooooo!
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2004-10-07, 11:24 AM #35
Quote:
Originally posted by JEDI-Salvation
*Sidenote* you ever have problems with your speakers trying to choose a volume it wants to be at JG? If those are the speakers I think they are you should know what im talking about.

Oh and 19" ViewSonic A90f+ & 17" Samsung 753DF here

Nope. No such problem on my end.
Code to the left of him, code to the right of him, code in front of him compil'd and thundered. Programm'd at with shot and $SHELL. Boldly he typed and well. Into the jaws of C. Into the mouth of PERL. Debug'd the 0x258.
2004-10-07, 1:41 PM #36
I have a 10 inch round screen, it sux bad.
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
2004-10-07, 1:50 PM #37
My 42" TV has a VGA input, which means I can do like 1440x960 :D

But even better is the ubersexay projector we have at school. It has a DVI input, with 1600x1200 max res. Oh, and the projector projects onto a screen in our gym approximately 120" diagonal. We had a LAN party there once, and it was pure heaven. Since I was running the lan, I got to play on the projector. Sure everyone could see what I was doing, but it didn't matter, cause they were too busy drooling to play :D

And as for my monitors?

Viewsonic P95f+b. Black 19" CRT. Love it.
Viewsonic VG700b. Black 17" LCD. Love it.

They run in dual monitor mode of course.
2004-10-07, 4:56 PM #38
Normally, 19" Flat screen Monitor from View Sonic.

But someitmes, if my buds are over, I just hook it up to my projector.
\(='_'=)/
2004-10-08, 5:59 AM #39
17inch flatron 775ft
nope.
2004-10-12, 8:43 PM #40
I've got a Samsung SyncMaster 712n (Analogue LCD monitor with a 12ms reaction time). However, i've also got a 42-inch LCD-Projection TV with a DVI-I Port, and my X300 has a DVI-I Out.. Hmmmm...... This has definate possiblilites.....
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