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On 1/31/2012 1:45 PM, John Welch wrote:
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cite="mid:CA+USgBOxp0MCR0RE9TiFE5wX-JRrYV8_-kT-L0YfhGpwZ+Yzyg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I know this is at least slightly off topic, but I'm
hoping some people here will<br>
have some good insight / info that they can pass along. In my
bedroom I<br>
currently have a Samsung 26" 720p LCD TV connected as a frontend.
In addition<br>
to the frontend PC, I also have the TV connected to a cable box
and a blu-ray<br>
player. <br>
<br>
Recently while changing some connections the HDMI port on the TV
became loose.<br>
It is now to the point where when I try to use the HDMI connection
I'll either<br>
get a "no connection" message on the TV or the colors will be
messed up. <br>
Sometimes I can fiddle with the cable and get it to display OK.
But even then,<br>
after some time of the picture being OK it will either drop out
entirely or the<br>
colors will go bad again. I've tried jerry-rigging the connection
to <br>
secure it a little but so far nothing has really done the trick. <br>
<br>
So, now I've started looking around for a possible replacement.
My question is<br>
do I get another LCD TV, or are the LCD monitors that are out
there now as good<br>
or better for what I need? I really want to get something capable
of FullHD<br>
(1080p), especially since I now have the blu-ray player. I'm
strongly<br>
considering something with an LED backlight, but I guess that
isn't a<br>
necessity if I find something that fits my needs without it. With
these specs<br>
in mind I've seen several Acer, Asus, Viewsonic, etc. 27" LED-LCD
1080p<br>
monitors that consistently get good reviews / ratings in the
$250-$350 range,<br>
which fits my budget. For LCD TV's I am only seeing a couple of
Vizio 26"<br>
models with similar specs as the monitors in this same price
range.<br>
<br>
The only thing that is holding me back from going with a monitor
right now is<br>
that none of the models that I've looked at so far can be
controlled with a<br>
remote or have a sleep timer; two functions that I use quite often
with my<br>
current Samsung. What else should I be considering that might
swing my<br>
decision one way or the other, or push me towards a specific
brand/model? With<br>
the monitors you see all these categories like brightness,
contrast ratio,<br>
response time, etc. and the specs sometimes vary wildly between
one model and<br>
another. <br>
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<div>Thanks in advance,</div>
<div>John</div>
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Sounds to me like you have made your pick. :) I for one am not
overwhelmed when I pick a TV / monitor. When I walk into Best Buy
and look at the different units, they are different in picture
quality but I ask myself, would I notice the difference of a high
end LCD or LED to a less preforming model in my home...and the
answer is no. So I buy the biggest one that I can get for my budget.<br>
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