On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 06:25:57PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
I grabbed it because it had good input connectivity (HDMI, DVI, S-Video,
etc.) so I can use it as a computer monitor *and* as an HDTV. And the
monitor was only about $200 more than the 1920x1080 30" HDTV's at the time.
It looks like 32" 1080p is now around $1200 while the gateway is $1600.
It's still an interesting tradeoff if you're looking for an HDTV, but it's
not as compelling as it used to be ($400 vs. $150 when I bought it)).
Now ask me how many times I've actually used it as an HDTV ...
I've thought about that monitor, mostly to use as an HDTV, but also
because it can be a decent computer display as well. I actually use the
HDTV so little that I have a hard time justifying spending more, even
though my current 1680x1050 has to scale HD, and does so incorrectly.
It seems as if someone chose to rather fill the screen than preserve the
pixel aspect ratio.
Then again, well more than half the time I see a TV showing something
somewhere, it is set to stretch or otherwise distort the screen image.
Goodness, we would want black bars now, would we.
David
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