HDTV Monitors

[Darklink]

Anyone have any experience with these? I'm thinking about buying one, but I would rather have a good monitor and no TV.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...-_-Product

[Versus]

i'd buy a good monitor. my samsung ~25" HDTV monitor was nice, but was nowhere near as bright as my samsung 24" monitor.

what would you be using the TV function for?

[Darklink]

i'd buy a good monitor. my samsung ~25" HDTV monitor was nice, but was nowhere near as bright as my samsung 24" monitor.

what would you be using the TV function for?

I really just don't want to drop cash for an HDTV and a monitor. So I would be using the TV function for PS3/Blu-Ray

[Versus]

alright

it'd be best if you could go to a fry's or something and see how bright it really is

[Kirby]

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i'd buy a good monitor. my samsung ~25" HDTV monitor was nice, but was nowhere near as bright as my samsung 24" monitor.

what would you be using the TV function for?

I really just don't want to drop cash for an HDTV and a monitor. So I would be using the TV function for PS3/Blu-Ray
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Just get something with HDMI

[Versus]

my one experience with computers and HDMI was very, very bad

i never noticed the difference in brightness until i put my monitors side by side anyway

[HeK]

my one experience with computers and HDMI was very, very bad

i never noticed the difference in brightness until i put my monitors side by side anyway

It's the same video data!

A DVI signal is electrically compatible with an HDMI video signal; no signal conversion is required when an adapter or asymmetric cable is used, and consequently no loss in video quality occurs.[3]  As such, HDMI is backward-compatible with Digital Visual Interface digital video (DVI-D or DVI-I, but not DVI-A) as used on modern computer monitors and graphics cards. This means that a DVI-D source can drive an HDMI monitor, or vice versa, by means of a suitable adapter or cable. However, the audio and remote-control features of HDMI will not be available unless the output supports HDMI via a DVI plug (e.g., ATI 3000-series and NVIDIA GTX 200-series video cards).[3]  Additionally, not all devices with DVI input support High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). Without such support by the device, an HDCP-enabled signal source will suppress output and so prevent the device from receiving HDCP-protected content.[88]  All HDMI devices must support sRGB encoding.

[Versus]

i'm just concerned about what he's going to do for sound if he's plugging his ps3 into just a monitor with an HDMI port as opposed to something that can behave like a regular TV

unless you were addressing what i said about brightness, i mean the screen was just not as bright as my other monitor