Ok, that makes sense about the Plasma. Tigerdirect's got a 27 inch HD LCD for $599 after rebate. That makes me want to buy now, but I think I'll wait until after I finish the remodel of my office.
Thanks for the info. - Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Silcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: Re: Computer display to a TV > 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:5:189983 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
