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Old 09-17-2009, 11:23 PM
DirtyRasa DirtyRasa is offline
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Hello

I am currently on the hunt for a new monitor. I love to play FPS games as well as other games. I want to be able to hook my xbox 360 to the monitor as well.
Being able to watch TV on the monitor would be a plus but not absolutely necessary. I'm looking for HD quality playing in 1080p with a response time of 2~5ms. Also, I would like the monitor to be widescreen larger than 22".

Some of the monitors that I am currently looking at in no particular order.

Built in TV tuner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824001280


Regular Monitor (I would have to buy a vga converter for the xbox 360 and use the DVI for my computer)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236048

Same as above, but smaller and no web cam
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236059

Anyways, I would like thoughts and suggestions please. I'm leaning towards a regular monitor as it is cheaper.

Thanks in advanced!

P.S. I'm not a huge fan of watching TV but there are times where I would like to watch TV. I could just get a TV tuner card for the computer but I'm not entirely sure if my GPU is covering the pci x1 slot or not right now...
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Old 09-18-2009, 02:43 AM
The Wise Monkey The Wise Monkey is offline
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I think that you can get standard PCI TV tuners, so that shouldn't be too much of an issue.

I've always been partial to the Samsung Rose Black models - I have the 22" version of the one you posted and it is absolutely stunning, even when it is turned off.

You can get HDMI->DVI converters, which is fine if you have somewhere else to play your sound through.
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Old 09-18-2009, 07:29 AM
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Yep, I have a sound system hooked up to my computer as we speak that I would use to connect to my new monitor.

Thank you for the input!
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