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Oyako
12-11-2005, 07:17 AM
Is there some possible way to play your xbox 360 on your PC monitor? I know it sounds odd but a series of unfortunate events have lead me to having one crappy Flat Panel LCD TV. So now I have no "good" TV to view my games on for awhile. My PC monitor is perfect but I don't know if it could be done...
Blair
12-11-2005, 07:40 AM
Yes, yes you can.
Oyako
12-11-2005, 07:45 AM
*bows down* I love you.
Blair
12-11-2005, 08:05 AM
No problem. ;)
You also may want to know, depending on the type of monitor you have. And you will likely be able to play games in high definition too. The Xbox 360 supports the following resolutions when using the VGA AV connector: 640
Oyako
12-11-2005, 09:26 AM
ah I see. Thats what I was wondering really. Thanks man :) I'll have to pick one of those up.
what happened to your TV?
drkazndragon
12-11-2005, 02:02 PM
what happened to your TV?
im assuming he has an analog tv (last generation)
hdtv=1000+
monitor=alot cheaper
picture quality should be almost the same, so id go with the monitor.haha
Oyako
12-12-2005, 06:48 AM
I bought some Flat Panel 26 inch LCD TV (HD Ready) but... images look all washed out and it can't handle movement that well. Playing Morrowind looks great now but becomes a giant blur if I move around and it's dark (which is like half the game lol) So FPS are gonna be a pain or any game that has fast action or dark area's.
I bought THIS (http://secure.syntaxgroups.com/products/detail.jsp?pid=LT26HVE) I thought "Hey... 700 bucks with a $200 rebate? What can go wrong" -_- I guess I was just sick of my old tube TV being all blurry and having bleeding colors so much that I was willing to get anything.
Krueger
12-12-2005, 06:52 AM
You need some good HD cables
Oyako
12-12-2005, 06:56 AM
You need some good HD cables
Think it could salvage some of my TV problems? So far, the xbox is the only thing that looks decent on the TV.
maybe your tv has poor refresh rate in general. did you buy a reputable brand?
Oyako
12-12-2005, 08:42 AM
maybe your tv has poor refresh rate in general. did you buy a reputable brand?
Syntax, Olevia line.... the reviews for it on Amazon were good; well.. thats what they made it out to be
there is a link to the exact one I bought in my previous post.
I bought THIS (http://secure.syntaxgroups.com/products/detail.jsp?pid=LT26HVE)
mikemike
12-12-2005, 06:20 PM
Unfortunately, most LCD TVs have bad response times, around +20ms. For regular viewing for TV shows, it's fine, but when you use it for games like FPS and HD video, there's bound to be ghosting and black issues.
If you plan to use HDTV on your monitor, get a LCD with at most 8ms response time or a good CRT monitor.
Oyako
12-12-2005, 07:12 PM
Thanks for the advice. I didn't know to look our for the response time when I was shopping for one :( whish I did lol
Kerii
12-13-2005, 08:42 AM
The Olevia TV is listed as 12ms, that's plenty enough to play FPS games without ghosting, maybe you got a defective unit?
Of course... that's assuming they're listing the gray-to-gray response time which is much more important than the black-to-white response time some manufacturers use.
dohboy
12-13-2005, 07:05 PM
response time nowadays means nothing, since every manufacturer measures it differently, some measures from grey to grey, some measure from black to black, also, we dont know WHICH grey to which grey they used to measure, so so 8 ms from lets say samsung, might be different from 8ms from NEC, u just never know, the only way to know for sure is to bring your own source to the store to test