After a month or so of research, I decided to get this: SAMSUNG's Digital World - LCD - Digital | 215TW (in silver). Finally got it today as a graduation present from my dad. ![Woot :woot: :woot:](/images/smilies/woot.gif)
I've been staring at it for a good 3 hours now, and I really like it. The picture is absolutely great, and I haven't even properly set it up yet. Hi-res photos look absolutely marvelous, and HD-video looks fantastic. Games look way better than on my old 17" CRT, and my Geforce 6600 runs Half-Life 2 in 1680x1050 surprisingly well (Oblivion looks particularly great, but really starts to slow down in outdoor areas). Speaking of the 17" CRT, this thing is absolutely massive compared to it!
I hooked up my PS2 through the component inputs and the picture quality was pretty good considering that the monitor has to upscale the picture to 1680x1050. I had to sit a lot further from the screen than I normally would. I'm getting a Nintendo Wii soon, and I hope that the monitor does a little better upscaling the 480p signal.
Here's a few pics of the monitor in action (it looks way better in person):
![](http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/7500/215twdesktoppr2.jpg)
![](http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/461/215twoblivionie8.jpg)
![](http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8327/215twonlivion2md1.jpg)
Again, it looks way, way, way, WAY better in person. I was kind of nervous going from a CRT to an LCD, but it was definitely worth it. No problems with ghosting or anything else. The only bad thing I can think of now is the price, which is a bit steep. But since I didn't have to pay for it, I don't really care!
Oh, and the speakers probably suck, but I haven't tried them yet. I'll hook them up tomorrow.
![Woot :woot: :woot:](/images/smilies/woot.gif)
I've been staring at it for a good 3 hours now, and I really like it. The picture is absolutely great, and I haven't even properly set it up yet. Hi-res photos look absolutely marvelous, and HD-video looks fantastic. Games look way better than on my old 17" CRT, and my Geforce 6600 runs Half-Life 2 in 1680x1050 surprisingly well (Oblivion looks particularly great, but really starts to slow down in outdoor areas). Speaking of the 17" CRT, this thing is absolutely massive compared to it!
I hooked up my PS2 through the component inputs and the picture quality was pretty good considering that the monitor has to upscale the picture to 1680x1050. I had to sit a lot further from the screen than I normally would. I'm getting a Nintendo Wii soon, and I hope that the monitor does a little better upscaling the 480p signal.
Here's a few pics of the monitor in action (it looks way better in person):
![](http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/7500/215twdesktoppr2.jpg)
![](http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/461/215twoblivionie8.jpg)
![](http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8327/215twonlivion2md1.jpg)
Again, it looks way, way, way, WAY better in person. I was kind of nervous going from a CRT to an LCD, but it was definitely worth it. No problems with ghosting or anything else. The only bad thing I can think of now is the price, which is a bit steep. But since I didn't have to pay for it, I don't really care!