TV as your monitor

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TV as your monitor

Postby gowhitesox99 » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:23 am

I was thinking of getting a 22 inch widescreen TV/monitor that has component in so I can get a 360 and play it on there also.

My pc cabinet has an opening of 21 inches exactly so a 22 inch widescreen would just fit.

Now mind you I shop for about 9 months before I buy anything over $500. I just got an SLR after looking for prolly about a year.

So far the 1st thing I found was this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=260077751287&rd=1&rd=1

does this have good enough res that a 360 will look as good as it does when I see em at Best Buy on those displays?

1680x1050 is the max res, with a 5ms respnse time.

It has a DVI input (I still have to get a dvi graphics card but thats a diff story) for the PC and component in for the 360.
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Postby Buliwyf » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:10 pm

my friend has that monitor and the 360 looks pretty nice on it. good price
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Postby gowhitesox99 » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:12 am

sweet, thanks Buli, for only a tad over $300 maybe I can swing it for b'day in May. Then i have to get the 360 for xmas... that's the plan anyways....
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Postby gowhitesox99 » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:41 pm

what kind of video card should iget for my pc so the image looks good, something under $100..

I have PCI and I believe 4x agp slot...
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Postby gowhitesox99 » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:45 pm

hey wait, xbox 360 has a vga adapter with audio cables, anyone use that?? Then i can get a hceaper 22 inch flat monitor for my pc...

I thought I had to get one that has component in but I see that xbox 360 has a vga adapter

http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-SEALED-VGA-Adapter-Cable-4-Microsoft-Xbox-360_W0QQitemZ8250787903QQihZ020QQcategoryZ41015QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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