Bjorn3D WideScreen Club

[Miker]

asus vh222h 1920x1080 hdmi 5ms (maybe a bit of a high resolution for a 22" running off a 7600gt, but WHATEVER, lol)

Strain on the card + font 1mm tall.

[RutRowRaggie]

http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/17/0,1425,sz=1&i=174548,00.jpg
Hanns-G 28" 1920x1200

[Bio-Hazard]

Been thinking about getting one of those, they seem to be getting fairly good user reviews.

[RutRowRaggie]

It may not be top of class in contrast and black levels. But, it only cost me $350. And, I'm not that picky. Games look and play just fine on it. It's so bright, on white pages, that I think I'm going to get sunburn, sometimes. I could almost hear the angel choir sing, when I first saw how big it was. Poor UPS guy.

[KenithKarson]

I feel poor I'm still rolling with my cathodes.. I may upgrade, but then what will I do with all the free space on my desktop ?? My actual desk top.. not the Pc's

[Goliath182]

I feel poor I'm still rolling with my cathodes.. I may upgrade, but then what will I do with all the free space on my desktop ?? My actual desk top.. not the Pc's
DVI looks a lot better IMO.

[CDsDontBurn]

are there any decent monitors out there now that are 19in, 1440x900, and support DVI for around $150? i need to pick one up for my youngest sister (11). she's still got an old 15in. CRT with her system...which is significantly better than mine :redface:

it doesn't NEED to be/have DVI, but i'd prefer it.

[RutRowRaggie]

I'm sure newegg has a big selection to choose from at the price.

[swmeek]

Here ya go! http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010190020+1309821317+1109917096+1233314219&Configurator=&Subcategory=20&description=&Ntk=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=
Quite a large selection too!

[CDsDontBurn]

coolness. i woulda checked, but kinda hard to do that while i'm at work. it's pretty busy sometimes

[RutRowRaggie]

If you don't mind the Hanns-G Brand, you can get a 22" for $159

[CDsDontBurn]

i could do that. but, then i'd give my other sister (19) the Hanns-G monitor and give my other sister (11) my 19yr. old's monitor, a 19in. Samsung 1440x900 monitor, to her :p.

[Manfred]

she's still got an old 15in. CRT with her system...which is significantly better than mine :redface:

[CDsDontBurn]

ouch man! what do you have? a 13in CRT from like 1999 or something? time to upgrade that biznitch!!!

[zachig]

Yeah, what can be worse than a 15" CRT???

I didn't even know that people are still using 15" CRTs...

And in my workplace we just got rid of tons of 15" LCDs...:grin:

[CDsDontBurn]

i couldn't work on anything that has a smaller resolution of 1280x1024. 1024x768 i'll deal with, but not for very long.

[andydrew39219]

I'm happy to announce that I'm officially part of the club now! A few months ago I built a family member a computer and the family member's husband insisted on purchasing a big monitor. It turns out that the family member didn't really like it so they traded monitors with me. I used to have a Acer AL1714, now I got the Acer X223w 22" monitor. Been using it for about 10 minutes now and I'm loving it, can't wait to try out some games.

[Scott]

Congrats Andy.

[andydrew39219]

Congrats Andy.

Thanks.

[swmeek]

It does take a bit of getting use to a widescreen monitor after you've used a standard monitor but in the end it's all good !

[andydrew39219]

It does take a bit of getting use to a widescreen monitor after you've used a standard monitor but in the end it's all good !

Oh yeah, I played Left 4 Dead 2 at 1680*1050 with the video settings all the way up and it was nice. I don't even lag at all. Widescreen monitors feel a lot better to use for first-person shooter games.

[PP Mguire]

Samsung 23" Syncmaster 2343 for me.

[RutRowRaggie]

Every time I use a computer with a 4:3 monitor, it feels so cramped.

[Gizmo-guy]

My picture at fileshack got deleted, and since I pay for my own server it should be used for something. So here is the photo that is now missing from my 04-15-2008 post.


http://www.gizmo-guy.com/memberpics/gizmoguy/oldmonitorsetupsmall.jpg (http://www.gizmo-guy.com/memberpics/gizmoguy/oldmonitorsetup.jpg)
http://www.gizmo-guy.com/memberpics/%3Cfont%20color=red%3Egizmoguy%3C/font%3E/%3Cfont%20color=blue%3Eoldmonitorsetupsmall.jpg%3C/font%3E (http://www.gizmo-guy.com/memberpics/[COLOR=red)

[mousiness]

Ever since I bought a console and started to use my parents' 50 inch LCD, I have never played high-demanding video games on a PC (even at a friend's house) simply because it's so hard to see details (especially in bfbc2) such as people far off in the map.

I can't believe people still use 4:3 ratio monitors, I haven't used one since 2004 when LCDs became dominant in the market. It's just so much easier to do schoolwork and surf internet on a 16:9.

[crowTrobot]

yeah once you got 16:9 you can't go back.
I was watching Red Dawn last night (WOLVERINES!!!) on my 52" tv and its weird seeing a square box of an image in the middle.

I can't wait till the 3D tvs come out and when is that damn 1080p Acer 24" inch 120Hz coming out? I can't seem to find it in any stores yet. I hope the price stays the same as the announced price of $399. I love my Samsung 2233rz but it can only do 1680x1050.

[Rollo]

My main PC has 3 X Samsung 2233RZs running NVIDIA 3d Surround for some VERY widescreen gaming.:)







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[Katronix]

My main has a Samsung 2233RZ and I just "pulled the trigger" after about a week of research on this 12-bit Dell U2410. Hope it will live up to my expectations for an IPS panel.

[swmeek]

Just got a new toy to play with.
24" Samsung LED monitor
Looks great but I wish it would have been a 1900 x 1200 resolution.
Been nice to have an adjustable height on the stand.
But it was on sale at a good price.
Model number bx2431

[ryandigweed]

Got a Full HD LG 24" LCD. 16:10

I was wondering if i should Upgrade to a 27" or a used 30" HDTV :S

[PP Mguire]

As indicated in my sig I run a 24" NEC Multisync 2470WNX and an InFocus 1080p DLP projector.

[James86]

I'm rocking a 24" asus led that I won!

[Joshua_Mahr]

3 ASUS 23" Full HD Led Monitors.. Finally.

[ryandigweed]

3 ASUS 23" Full HD Led Monitors.. Finally.



Congrats mate. Wanna share some pics of your setup??

[Figit090]

OOO I'll join, I have two HP zr22w monitors, 21.5" each. Makes for lots of desktop real estate, it's great! :)

I paid a measly 270 for them, including an ergotron neo-flex stand ...such a great deal. =)

No pics of the monitors yet, my desk is always to dirty.

[CDsDontBurn]

I think a more up to date version of this thread - rather a new thread - should be "Bjorn3D AMD Eyefinity / NVIDIA Surround Screen Club"

:p

[najiro]

how do you activate nvidia surround sound? It does provide sound option in my TV monitor but it kills the audio output for my main speakers.. How do you enable both? Is that even possible?

[CDsDontBurn]

No idea dude. I'm not much of an NVIDIA guy anymore :lol:

[najiro]

LOL! ahh okay.. I was using 6770 before on DVI connection.. It never game audio output in my TV/Monitor.. When I shifted to GTX 560TI, I was surprised it had audio output but I can't configure it in a way that it will produce output to my speakers and the monitor, I can only choose one :(

[CDsDontBurn]

Were you using a dedicated HDMI cable on that 6770, or something else?

[najiro]

Were you using a dedicated HDMI cable on that 6770, or something else?
DVI to HDMI to be specific since my TV/Monitor only have VGA and HDMI input sockets. Still, why was the gtx560ti able to produce audio output? the 6770 didn't.. I was just surprised.. is it something nvidia normal have? or AMD cards should have it too? I wasn't just able to enable it?? The catalyst is kinda confusing by the way.. too many tabs.. I like nvidia's control panel.. simple but easy to navigate.

[CDsDontBurn]

DVI to HDMI to be specific since my TV/Monitor only have VGA and HDMI input sockets. Still, why was the gtx560ti able to produce audio output? the 6770 didn't.. I was just surprised.. is it something nvidia normal have? or AMD cards should have it too? I wasn't just able to enable it?? The catalyst is kinda confusing by the way.. too many tabs.. I like nvidia's control panel.. simple but easy to navigate.

Gotcha. With AMD cards you can't take any DVI -> HDMI cable and expect to get audio. You need to use an AMD certified DVI -> HDMI adapter such as THIS ONE (http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/dvi-to-hdmi-amd-345k-series.html).

[najiro]

Gotcha. With AMD cards you can't take any DVI -> HDMI cable and expect to get audio. You need to use an AMD certified DVI -> HDMI adapter such as THIS ONE (http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/dvi-to-hdmi-amd-345k-series.html).
I see.. that explains a lot.. +1 for nvidia!

[CDsDontBurn]

It's really all the same to me, IMO. If you have an AMD card and already have an HDMI cable, you just need to buy a $10 adapter for audio to pass through on a DVI port.

If you have an NVIDIA card, you need to buy a DVI -> HDMI cable. So, there's technically no difference except that the price of cable and adapter.

[najiro]

true but adapters are hard to find in my country. I was having a hard time looking for one. DVI cables are also cheaper unless I go with the chinese cheap hdmi cables that I dont really trust @__@

[CDsDontBurn]

Umm....just about everything in your computer is built in China. :lol: