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Jason
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Posted - May 14 : 7:43p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
My old set up (which I am in the process of selling) were two 20" dell widescreen monitors. The intention was to get a new 30" monitor (either the 30" dell or apple monitor) and use that as my primary screen.

I've been eye-balling tv's this month, and picked up a 40" Sony Bravia from BestBuy yesteday. I purchased the tv with the intentions of using it as a tv/xbox360. Today I tested out its HDMI capabilities and plugged in my mac mini to the Bravia and it looks bitchen! All text's that show are crystal clear (no pixelation) and our new HD videos (truckblog tv) look rad too.

So now i'm stuck on whether to use my tv or get a new monitor.

What do you guys use? Any of you using your TVs?

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Posted  - May 14 : 7:48p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
I want to say Bluewater has something ridiculous, like a 60+" flat screen....

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Posted  - May 14 : 8:17p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
My primary displays are 23" apple cinemas, but I also have a 22" Viewsonic monitor/lcd tv that looks pretty ok.

Elsewhere in the house I have 2 42" plasmas and a 60" plasma. All hooked to Mac mini's or Apple TV's.

The only CRT I still have is a 32" Panasonic at my weekend house, and that is fed from a Mini also.

As long as the monitor has a decent pixel size, refresh rate, and resolution, it's pretty much all the same...

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Posted  - May 14 : 8:23p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
jesus...do you own any Apple stock Brian? lol

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Posted  - May 14 : 10:46p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
why do you have so many plasmas?

you got a few kids or something.. each with their own plasma?

Id like to have a much bigger monitor, or run two.. for when I do video editing.. but all I have is this one monitor right now.. dont remember the size, but it is pretty big..

this house actually has been remodeled quite a bit.. there are 3 master bedrooms.. and 1 of them has a plasma.. my room has a regular tv, and it was really hard getting it upstairs to my room.. I wanna sell it in a year or two.. and make whoever buys it take it back down the stairs.. and get a large flat panel in my room

I was gonna move out this month, and leave some stuff behind.. but now Im staying here for now I think..

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Posted  - May 15 : 5:24a Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
I'm running two setups.

# Triple 19"





#2

63" phillips plasma 720p.Using a hdmi to dvi cable.The picture quality is as good as my 19" monitors.

Get the TV !!


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Posted  - May 15 : 8:56a Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
Having just gotten a mac lap top from my daughter Im going to hook it up to my 60" Sony Grand Wega SXRD 1080 lines.

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Posted  - May 15 : 9:55a Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
I'm still rocking my 27" Panasonic tube TV.

BUT...it's got S-video inputs.

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Posted  - May 15 : 12:14p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
...and here I thought I was a bad ass with my 22" LCD monitor...

Man, you guys suck.

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Posted  - May 15 : 12:33p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
By a landslide decision, i've decided to stay with my new tv and ditch the smaller dell/apple monitor.

Even convinced Chris to use his tv as well lol

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Posted  - May 15 : 1:17p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
You can't beat a TV for screen size. But I think even the best TV's these days can't match the resolution on some monitors. 1600x1200, etc.

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Posted  - May 15 : 4:38p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
Actually it displays 1920 x 1080, which is the same resolution size as the Dell 27" lcd. I totally wasn't expecting it to be as excellent as it is.

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Posted  - May 15 : 5:53p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
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Originally posted by MrSVTGal

You can't beat a TV for screen size. But I think even the best TV's these days can't match the resolution on some monitors. 1600x1200, etc.

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I've gotta disagree with your assessment of TVs. I've got a 60" Pioneer Kuro Series plasma that knocks the socks off the 24" HP Monitor (which is, by itself, a great monitor)!

I really love Bluewater's setups though. That picture on his plasma is awesome! Look at the bulging muscles on that handsome fella!

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Posted  - May 15 : 6:01p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
Yeah, Bluewater's plasma definitely has an awesome picture. I don't know why that old guy in the photo is playing with his pole around a bunch of other men though...sounds a lil ghey to me

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Posted  - May 15 : 6:02p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
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Originally posted by Jason

...sounds a lil ghey to me


And nobody knows better'n you - big fella!

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Posted  - May 15 : 6:57p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
I know nothing of the sort, sir.

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Posted  - May 16 : 3:42p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
For a while we were all worried Jason.
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