LCD/Plasma/CRT/DLP - questions

[nakamura]

Is there a tv that gives you full control over image size? May be a little nuts but I would love to see a 480i/p image run in the centre of the screen with all around borders to give a true image for last gen games. With a fairly large tv, could look ok.

[JSR]

I believe most TV's has a "just scan" (names will vary from brand to brand) function that doesn't scale the image at all. So if the input is 480p, that will be displayed in the center of the screen.

[gIzzE]

Buy a Panasonic PWD5/6/7/8/9 etc.

They are all 480p displays and about as close as you will get.

However the old consoles are not 480, p or i.
They had the right frequencies for TVs to lock on and show an image, but they were never true 480.

SNES is one example, it could and did output the following..

Progressive: 256 x 224, 512 x 224, 256 x 239, 512 x239.

Interlaced: 512 x 448, 512 x 478.

[Shozuki]

gone for a Panasonic TH-65VX300 65" Monitor as my new display with DVI in the expansion to allow for 3D @ 1080p/60 via nvidia 3D vision!

total price inc 4 glasses was ?9270.00

Well excited though!!

[koopatroopa90]

Jesus christ. When you mentioned it to me I looked and saw prices of about $6000, which I thought was alright, but ?9k! It better be worth it.

Edit: now looking to actually buy it, rather than reviews/reports and I've found it at 9 grand. Damn!

[teddymeow]

Bumpage.

Getting on with redecorating the "spare bedroom" into my "man den" and am looking for a TV to put in the room for gaming & Blu-ray enjoyment.

At heart I'm a Sony bitch but I have come across this for ?349 which I think is a pretty good deal seeing as Panasonic list it at ?589!

Panasonic Viera 42" TX-P42X50B

Failing that. Here's the Sony I'm considering:

Sony KDL 42EX410

Any others I should consider at about ?400? What about 3D for that price?

Cheers.

[gIzzE]

Panny all day long.

That will still give the HX923 at ?1800 a good run for its money.

[ItsThere]

gone for a Panasonic TH-65VX300 65" Monitor as my new display with DVI in the expansion to allow for 3D @ 1080p/60 via nvidia 3D vision!

total price inc 4 glasses was ?9270.00

Well excited though!!

That is a lot to drop on a Monitor! Would love to see some pictures when you get it up and running, certinaly looks impressive on the website.

[gIzzE]

VX300 is the best display I have seen, clean as a whistle.

However, did you not think that OLED might be worth considering for that sort of dosh?

[gIzzE]

BTW, not saying you're decision is wrong, just wondered if you had considered OLED.

[koopatroopa90]

Don't worry, he's got one in the kitchen

[Shozuki]

VX300 is the best display I have seen, clean as a whistle.

However, did you not think that OLED might be worth considering for that sort of dosh?

Yeah mate I did, but the issue was the OLED screens are only 55" and I wanted 65" Besides I'm really happy with the screen, its an absolute marvel!!

Don't worry, he's got one in the kitchen

Lol thats true! your old one!! Lovely for the kitchen though!! Even got HD fed into it via a wireless HD Streamer - works a treat! Great for breaky and dinner!

[dvdx2]

[QUOTE=Shozuki;1956801]Yeah mate I did, but the issue was the OLED screens are only 55" and I wanted 65" Besides I'm really happy with the screen, its an absolute marvel!!
QUOTE]

only 55", is that all? lol

I would gladly sacrafice 10" of screen for the quality an OLED would bring over a plasma/projector....if i could afford it...

[Shozuki]

I dunno man, 10" is a pretty big difference - perhaps next year...

[dvdx2]

I dunno man, 10" is a pretty big difference - perhaps next year...

hmm, a 6 pack of baveria or a 4 pack of erdinger...

quality over quality any day for me