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Liver&Onions 03-24-06 05:06 PM

Just picked up an HDTV
 
Just picked up a 42" samsung plasma. I cannot wait to get this thing home and set up with the 360. SWEET!

So for those who upgrade since the 360 came out, how noticable are the graphic upgrades?

neale 03-24-06 05:17 PM

Very.

It's especially obvious when you play games like Condemned and Oblivion. You'll be quite pleased.

Liver&Onions 03-24-06 05:19 PM

Excellent. I heard Kameo is pretty nice too, and I have that sitting uncracked so far, might have to pop it in too.

Looks like I might be playing Condemned again sooner than later to collect all those birds now :)

Liver&Onions 03-24-06 05:27 PM


Originally Posted by Vandelay_Inds
Maybe I'm nuts, but the display type that I like the most is a CRT PC monitor. I swear DVDs look orders of magnitude better on them than on my Wega TV.

I wish I could hook up my PS2 to my PC monitor.

Can't you buy a converter to allow you to do that?

Liver&Onions 03-24-06 05:34 PM


Originally Posted by Vandelay_Inds
I've seen some - for $200. And who knows what the resulting conversion looks like.

Anyway, enjoy your new HDTV. Will you post pics? :)


Heh, it was either this or a digital camera. So no pics...sorry ;)

pinata242 03-24-06 05:41 PM

That must've been on hell of a camera!

Liver&Onions 03-24-06 05:43 PM

More an agreement on the number of toys I can acquire within a given calendar quarter :) so talk to me in a week + 1 day ;)

BeanDip0001 03-24-06 07:26 PM


Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
Just picked up a 42" samsung plasma. I cannot wait to get this thing home and set up with the 360. SWEET!

So for those who upgrade since the 360 came out, how noticable are the graphic upgrades?


dude for the lack of anything nice to say, when you hook your 360 to it and put it in 720p and pop in GRAW or Burnout or something you're going to blow your load right in your pants. i've got a samsung LCD and its just freaking awesome, yours will have more vibrant colors so have it, give us a picture of course.

Liver&Onions 03-24-06 07:34 PM

I do love the load blowing. Looking forward to it!

The Bus 03-24-06 07:42 PM

The system looks great on both of my HDTVs. Just wonderful.

Vandelay... Why would you want to see movies on a 19" PC monitor?

Michael Corvin 03-24-06 09:10 PM


Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
I do love the load blowing. Looking forward to it!

So does chess.

jrobinson 03-25-06 12:10 AM


Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
I do love the load blowing. Looking forward to it!

Waaaay too much detail

RudeBoie 03-25-06 02:08 AM

http://www.x2vga.com/ if looking for a VGA Adapter

AllHallowsEve 03-25-06 09:45 AM

Be sure to correctly set your screen to avoid burn in.

Basically, don't leave it on the store settings which are usually pumped up to the max. That's a sure way to burn in.

Switch to movie setting or one of the other ones. Never use Vivid. it shouldn't even be an option on expensive sets with burn in problems.

Don't get paranoid about burn in. It never happened to me with the set properly set. Just better safe than sorry.

Barney1234 03-25-06 12:18 PM

picture!!!

pinata242 03-25-06 12:55 PM


Originally Posted by AllHallowsEve
avoid burn in


Originally Posted by AllHallowsEve
a sure way to burn in


Originally Posted by AllHallowsEve
burn in problems


Originally Posted by AllHallowsEve
Don't get paranoid about burn in.

AH! I'm so confused! Are you a politician?

Liver&Onions 03-25-06 03:41 PM


Originally Posted by Barney1234
picture!!!

<img src="http://www.videogametalk.com/images/reviews/17/1143322854.jpg" width="400" height="400">

Adam Tyner 03-25-06 04:01 PM


Originally Posted by BeanDip0001
dude for the lack of anything nice to say, when you hook your 360 to it and put it in 720p

Dunno about the Samsung, but some brands of plasmas (like my Panny 50PX50U) do better with 1080i input than 720p, even if the display resolution is closer to the latter than the former.

Liver&Onions 03-25-06 05:22 PM

i haven't checked it out fully yet, but I stuck it in 1080i for the time being. I'll check more closely tonight.

BeanDip0001 03-25-06 06:41 PM


Originally Posted by Adam Tyner
Dunno about the Samsung, but some brands of plasmas (like my Panny 50PX50U) do better with 1080i input than 720p, even if the display resolution is closer to the latter than the former.

i agree some tvs do better in interlaced mode, but interlaced really sucks but it only cost half the bandwidth and you can fit twice the stations into the same space so its still #1 i hope it dies soon, but it won't in this country for the simple fact billybob is still happy with his 19" 4:3 he bought in 1981 not to mention some people who bought HDTVs first round that only do 480p or 1080i (aka 540p) okay anyway samsungs are awesome in 720p my tv does 1080i also but video games look much better in 720p, your sammy (L&O) will probably be the same as most of their tvs share a lot of the guts.

DIE DIE DIE INTERLACE

BeanDip0001 03-27-06 01:06 AM

i had a view sonic N6 that worked much better also 3 times the cost though.


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