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> hey all, Im looking at getting a widescreen lcd display for my 360,
> lookingat the dell 24" and need to know 2 things
>
> 1. is a 16ms response time good enough or am I gonna notice blurring
> during high acrion scenes?
> 2. the monitor had DVI, composet and VGA connectors, do I need a cable
> other that the one supplied with the xbox to avail of high def resolution?
> 3. (I know I said 2 but while I'm at it the displayhasa native rez of
> 1900x1200, will games and DVDs look fuzzy as the screen will be running in
> non native rez or will black bars be placed around the image?
>
> thanks for any feedback you can give
> gR
>

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> 1. 16ms isn't too good.. see below
> 2. If that's the only connectors you'd need the VGA adaptor for HighDEF
> modes 720p/1080i but you could use the composite for 480i
> 3. DVDs would probably scale fine and look okay.. but this depends on what
> your using to play the video. You might be able to scale up or keep in a
> window.. I'd probably say that no matter what your going to be scaling
> DVDs..
>
>
> Right now the XBOX 360 does not support DVI or HDMI. You could use the
> composite connection on the 360 but that would be just plain sad.
>
> In order to use 720p or 1080i you'd need the VGA cable for your 360... But
> since the XBOX 360 supports 720p and 1080i your monitor would be scaling
> of course since it's native resolution is 1900x1200 This could look okay
> but would not be maybe as nice as a PC running 1900x1200. You would
> probably be able to run 720 or 1080i in a window.. with black bars.. but
> why would you really want that on such a large monitor?
>
> 16ms is not the greatest.. but I wouldn't really want to comment on that
> particular monitor's capabilities. Is that black to white or grey to grey?
> Better provide the actual monitor model for someone to analyze. If it's
> the one I found online it actually has an analog component connection.
> I'd use that.
>
> The monitor is probably really built for a PC.. but for a PC to run
> anything at that sort of resolution you would want a very high end system,
> with perhaps even SLI or dual-link DVI-DL support. With certain high
> resolutions... video cards need to share the size.. IE half the image
> displayed by one output, and the other side by the next. It's called Dual
> Link.. read up on this.
>
> Only some monitors support DVI-DL but usually it's the large (24+) and not
> all video cards support this feature.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface
>
> Bottom line.. if I were getting ready to drop some serious coin on a large
> LCD monitor I'd have to contemplate HDMI connectivity for PS3 etc...
>
> Jixter
>
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> Thanks for the detailed reply Jixter
>
> response time is 16ms black to white and 6ms grey to grey
>
> http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sn...edhs1&sku=59234
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>
> I have just seen this Acer monitor with an 8ms response time but it looks
> to have limited connectors too.
>
> "Jixter" <jixterNOEMAILME@NOREALLYhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8U9Eg.396658$iF6.136385@pd7tw2no...
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> 1. is a 16ms response time good enough or am I gonna notice blurring during
> high acrion scenes?

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> 2. the monitor had DVI, composet and VGA connectors, do I need a cable other
> that the one supplied with the xbox to avail of high def resolution?

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> 3. (I know I said 2 but while I'm at it the displayhasa native rez of
> 1900x1200, will games and DVDs look fuzzy as the screen will be running in
> non native rez or will black bars be placed around the image?