Yup, I grabbed a busted year old Dell PC, threw a new power source in there, pumped it full of cheap RAM, installed Windows MCE and now it's my media power house. I have a complete DVD library that outputs a better picture than any upscaling standalone unit I've ever seen. And all my music and pictues are readily available.
What you probably saw was an LCD at 30". There aren't many plasmas out there less than 37" and most plasmas don't have a PC input. But most LCDs do. The prices will be going down very, very fast on the 40" and above this year. Right now, you can grab a Sharp 32" LCD almost any day of the week for $1500 or so at the retail chains. (Sharps consistently considered the best LCD manufacturer, weird huh.) You could also hook it up to a DVI or HDMI (with an adaptor/cable) input, but I would still recommend an LCD over a plasma for computer connectivity, where as a plasma normally gets high marks for everyday TV watching. And on a related note, I've finally completed my setup a few days ago with a Harmony remote. These things just kick ass, period. One remote to rule them all: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm?PAGE=products/features/harmony&CRID=2078&countryid=19&languageid=1 (ebay is your friend - 35% off Best Buy's price for a brand new remote) Tyler On 12/28/05, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know, I haven't tried that. It was for a group gathering at my > house. My wife had a work retreat at our house and she wanted to actually > do the work they were talking about as they talked about it rather than > after the fact. I imagine a DVD would look better. > > I saw an amazing TV/Monitor the other day at Circuit City. The display > was > a 30 inch plasma hooked up to a Windows Media Edition PC, and it was super > incredible, so much that I want one now, and I haven't been passionate > about > any hardware in years. Would any Plasma TV do, or must it be specially > designed? > > - Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:189974 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
